Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences - GESS

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Official Bluesky account for the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim. 🔗 http://www.uni-mannheim.de/gess

Pedro Sánchez creating an unexpected (?) occasion to put this out here again. Seems like we will need to add a new robustness test to this piece… 🇪🇸👀

Klara Müller@klaramueller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 New paper out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social (w/ @aleferna.bsky.social)! Asking how a snap election call affects vote choice (un)certainty, we find that they tend to increase voters’ confidence in their vote intentions. The longer answer: 🧵👇 OA here: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

@krausewe.bsky.social and I also want to congratulate our co-author @aigneranna.bsky.social on her first publication! 🎉🎉 Anna is a brilliant first-year PhD candidate at @gessunimannheim.bsky.social. 👉 Follow her for research on political behavior, political psychology, and personality in politics.

Denis Cohen@denis-cohen.bsky.social · 2w ago

📄 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: “From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection” 👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

“Expedition Open Science Land – A Guidebook for Business Researchers” is now also available in English! A practical guide with ideas and steps for using Open Science in research. @ our PhD students: Printed copies available at B6! Feel free to take a look.

Golareh Khalilpour@golareh.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Vielen lieben Dank an das @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social für die Post! 📦 Unsere Promovierenden freuen sich sicher über diese äußerst kreative und verständliche Einstiegslektüre zum Thema #OpenScience! 🔗 Hier können alle anderen die Publikation abrufen (auch eng): expedition-open-science.org

A person wearing a green knitted sweater holds a booklet titled “OPEN SCIENCE LAND – Expedition Open Science Land,” with purple typography and playful black line drawings (mountains, a traveler, and a car labeled “Open Science”). The subtitle reads “Ein Reiseführer für die Wirtschaftsforschung” and “It’s a Journey.” In the background, daylight comes through a window; a yellow rubber duck with a graduation cap sits on the windowsill.

So, uhm, my colleagues from our #OpenScience Office and Research Data Center offer expert advice on the legal and ethical requirements regarding data management and sharing. If you’re a researcher at #UniMannheim and your data includes personal/sensitive info, I do recommend reaching out to them.

Institute for Replication@i4replication.bsky.social · last mo.

1/ What is the prevalence of personally identifiable information (PII) in author-collected data publicly shared in the social sciences? We audited 327 replication packages from 11 leading journals in economics, political science, and psychology Answer: surprisingly high 🧵

Congratulations to CDSE doctoral researcher Marina Hoch on being selected as finalist for this year’s ECB Young Economist Prize! 🎉 We are very proud to see her research recognized among the most outstanding work by young economists. 👏

CDSE student Marina Hoch among finalists for ECB Young Economist Prize |

Our warmest congratulations to CDSE student Marina Hoch, whose research earned her a place among this year's ECB Young Economist Prize finalists!

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Congrats to CDSE alumna Dr. Laura Montenbruck on receiving a SEK 1M research grant from Handelsbankens forskningsstiftelser! Now at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, she studies gender equity in public transportation. We're proud to see her research recognized and wish her and her collaborators success!👏

CDSE Alumna Laura Montenbruck awarded prestigious Research Grant from Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelser |

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What drives legislators' emotional engagement with climate issues? I explore the role of their age and party affiliation and over-time developments in a new research note in European Journal of Political Research. (a thread)

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Joshua Claassen@jclaass.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 Register now!! 📢 Join Johanna Hölzl for our next #CS3Meeting on May 19, 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Learn about the generalizability, reliability, and validity of #APIs (e.g., #YouTube @nytimes.com) and their implications for reproducibility in #CSS. 🚨 Sign up here: ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeti...

📼 New episode out! With the final application deadline approaching⏳, this is a good time to explore whether a structured #doctoral program is the right fit for you. If you already have an offer, this video gives you a clear sense of what to expect. 📮 #Apply: gess-application.uni-mannheim.de/portal/

Mannheim’s Structured Doctorate: How It Works

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📣 New article alert 📣 We're happy to see Domantas’ solo‑authored paper out now! His article is an insightful contribution to understanding patterns of political support among immigrant communities. Congratulations, Domantas! Fantastic work and an important step in your academic journey! 🥳

Domantas Undzėnas@unddom.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 My first dissertation paper is out in the BJPIR! 📢 Why do ethnic majorities support the radical right? I show that feeling deprived compared to ethnic minorities increases support for hierarchical societies - which in turn fuels radical right support. doi.org/10.1177/1369... A short 🧵:

▶️ Episode 2 of our video series is out! How does #interdisciplinarity change your research? Voices from across our community explain how coursework and training across economics, business, and the social sciences inform research questions, foster co-authorships, and open new professional paths.

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To mark #InternationalWomensDay, the University of Mannheim is launching “Women in Research – Success Stories @UniMA” on LinkedIn. Look out for new interviews highlighting our scholars and their career journeys. The first interview features our doctoral candidate Yasmin Kuhlmann (CDSB): #IWD2026

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Interview series „Women in Research – Success Stories @UniMA” Meet Yasmin Kuhlmann, doctoral candidate at the University of Mannheim, and learn more about her path into research, challenges, and wha...

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🎬📼 We are launching a new video series, with a fresh episode every 2 weeks, and episode 1 is out now! Listen to doctoral researchers and alumni explain how cohort meetups, feedback circles, and celebrating collective wins translate into stronger scholarship and a more rewarding doctoral journey.

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The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim provides graduate training in empirical and quantitative methods as ...

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Excited to kick off the @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social Spring series 🙌 I’ll talk about different threats to causal inference in quasi-experimental designs and share hands-on tools to tackle common biases. Hybrid event, so happy to see non-Mannheim folks joining on Zoom as well! 🗓️ Feb 25th, 1.45pm CET

MZES Social Science Data Lab@mzes-ssdl.bsky.social · 8mo ago

▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Spring 2026 Events Four input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)! 🗓️ Details & Zoom: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/ 👥 Organizers: @rubac.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz

Upcoming

2026-05-13 | Input talk | Lion Behrens (Data Scientist & Independent Researcher)
Modeling Causal Heterogeneity with Machine Learning
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2026-04-22 | Input talk | Leah von der Heyde (GESIS)
AIn't Nothing But a Survey? Using Large Language Models for Coding Open-Ended Survey Responses
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2026-03-11 | Input talk | Andreas Küpfer (TU Darmstadt & University of Birmingham)
Politics in Action: Studying Multimodal Data from Local Meetings to National Parliaments
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2026-02-25 | Input talk | Klara Müller (University of Mannheim)
When Events Change Samples: Disentangling Causal Effects from Compositional Bias in Quasi-Experimental Designs
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Why hasn’t the energy‑intensive manufacturing sector in Germany become more efficient? In this video, CDSE doctoral candidate @joschakrug.bsky.social explains how preferential treatment for large firms can blunt climate policy and increase energy intensity. More in the video. #ClimatePolicy #Econsky

Economics department, University of Mannheim.@econunimannheim.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Video by Joscha Krug is now available: https://t.co/8PH0PeOOfK https://t.co/SY23iEHpCX 🔄 Repost von X: https://x.com/EconUniMannheim/status/2020801991790801042