Newsroom of the School of Social Sciences

In this interview, Sören Bürkle, board member of the Mannheim Debating Union initiative, provides exciting insights into the work of the organisation and explains the central goals of the association.

A new international study confirms this: Political science at the University of Mannheim is one of the strongest research institutes worldwide – and even surpasses many renowned institutions from the global top rankings in terms of impact.

Mannheim psychologist Dr Sarah K. Danböck has received the “Forschungsförderpreis der Elfriede Dietrich Stiftung 2025”. Her project is the first to systematically investigate anti-dissociative techniques – a field of research that has been little studied to date. The prize, endowed with 6,000 euros, ...

Sonnentag's work in the field of work and organizational psychology is attracting a great deal of interest worldwide: Her 189 publications, which are listed in Clarivate's “Web of Science”, have been cited over 10,000 times to date.