Please register for the course program via the online registration tool before 15 February 2024. You can request the respective link from Annette Förster (annette.foerster[at]uni-mannheim.de).

Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS)

The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim provides graduate training in empirical and quantitative methods as well as their application to business, economics, and the social sciences. The 11 full-time three to five year PhD programs provide access to world-class teaching and a vibrant and international faculty at the forefront of cutting-edge research. All programs are characterized by focusing on achieving excellence in research in its own discipline. At the same time the program structure encourages to exchange ideas, methods and approaches to research across the boundaries of the economic and social sciences.

The GESS Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) opens courses for SMiP members to participate in and SMiP does so for CDSS students.

The following courses from the SMiP qualification program are open for CDSS students:

  • Core Courses (mandatory)

    Foundations 2: Modeling Intraindividual Variabilty and Change

    Instructors:Tanja Lischetzke
    Dates:

    19 March (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    20 March (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:Campus Landau, Fortstr. 7, 76829 Landau
    (Room: CIII 140 [grüner Aufgang])

    Foundations 2: Multinomial-Processing-Tree (MPT) Modeling: Basic Methods and Recent Advances

    Instructors:Edgar Erdfelder &  Daniel Heck (University of Marburg)
    Dates:

    11 April (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    12 April (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:Mannheim (Room: 108 CIP Pool; B6, 30–32)

    Foundations 2: Stochastic Models of Time-Dependent Cognitive Mechanisms

    Instructors:Andreas Voss (AV) & Rolf Ulrich (RU)
    Dates:

    AV: 19 April (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    RU: 04 June (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    AV: Heidelberg (Room: tba) &

    RU: Mannheim (Room: 519; L13–15)

    For more information on the course contents of Foundations 2 click here.         

  • Trainings (mandatory)

    Academic Writing and Publishing

    Instructor:Benjamin Hilbig
    Dates:

    26 April (10 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    27 April (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:Campus Landau in der Fortstr. 7
    (Room: , Gebäude K, 1. OG, Raum-Nr.: 2.01)

    Conference Presentations 

    Instructor:Andrea Kiesel
    Date:

    03June (10:00 – 18:00)

    Location:Mannheim (Room: 519; L13 – 15)
  • Workshops (elective)*

    Advanced Topics in Structural Equation Modeling

    Instructor:

    Martina Bader

    Date:

    22 March (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (Room: 211; B6, 30–32)

    Mixed-Effects Models for Repeated Measures Designs: Part 1 – Introduction

    Instructor:

    Lesa Hoffman

    Dates:

    14 May (03:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.) &

    21 May (03:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.) &

    22 May (03:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.)

    Location:

    remote
    Note:The instructor will provide video input as preparation for the meetings.

    Heterogeneity of Behavior: Order-Constrained Modeling and Data Analytics

    Instructor:

    Michel Regenwetter

    Dates:

    16 May (11:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    17 May (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Freiburg (Room: PR 04 005 (4. OG, Abteilung Sozialpsychologie und Methodenlehre))

    Misinformation: Cognitive Processing and Interventions 

    Instructor:

    Ullrich Ecker

    Dates:

    23 May (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    24 May (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (Room: 108 CIP Pool; B6, 30–32 [1st day];
                            Room: 211; B6, 30–32 [2nd day])

    Bayesian Parameter Estimation and Process Modeling

    Instructor:

    Jeffrey Rouder

    Dates:

    27 May (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    28 May (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Freiburg (Konferenzraum, 6. OG, Institut für Psychologie)

    Bayesian Latent Variable Modeling

    Instructor:

    Jeffrey Rouder

    Dates:

    06 June (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) &

    07 June (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (211, B6 30-32)

    Introduction to Bayesian Modeling

    Instructor:

    Martin Schnuerch

    Dates:

    13 June (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    14 June (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (108 CIP Pool, B6 30-32)

    Mixed-Effects Models for Repeated Measures Designs: Part 2 – Advanced Topics

    Instructor:

    Lesa Hoffman

    Dates:

    25 June (03:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.) &

    New: 27 June (03:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.) &

    02 July (03:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.) &

    New: 16 July (03:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.)

    Location:

    remote

    IRT Modeling – Theory and Applications in R

    Instructor:

    Thorsten Meiser

    Dates:

    10 July (10:00 a.m. – 04:00 p.m.) 

    Location:

    remote or Mannheim
    Note:The instructor will provide video input as preparation for the meetings.

    * SMiP PhD Candidates may also attend other method workshops (e.g., offered by the CDSS: GESS, or by IOPS). Please consult the coordinator for further information.

Please refer to the complete   SMiP program   for continuous updates.