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Das Barock-Schloss und der Ehrenhof der Universität Mannheim unter strahlend blauem Himmel. Das Schloss ist von unzähligen Fenstern, rotem Sandstein und einer gelben Fassade geprägt.

Researchers' opinions on the US elections

The University of Mannheim asked Prof. Ratkovic as one of five researchers from different disciplines about his opinion on the election of Donald Trump as the next US president. The original press release in German language can be found here.

Bilder von Selim Yaman und Tilo Schütz

Credit: Selim Yaman und Uni Mannheim

Dr. Selim Yaman and Tilo Schütz join the group

This fall we welcomed two new researchers to our group! Dr. Selim Yaman has joined us as a Post-Doctoral researcher in August 2024, coming from the American University at Washington D.C. where he completed his PhD specializing in text analysis methods within political science. He is currently ...

Das Barock-Schloss und der Ehrenhof der Universität Mannheim unter strahlend blauem Himmel. Das Schloss ist von unzähligen Fenstern, rotem Sandstein und einer gelben Fassade geprägt.

Panel discussion on the US elections 2024

On the occasion of the US elections 2024 the student representatives of the Departments of Sociology and Political Science of the University of Mannheim are organizing a panel discussion with three speakers: Prof. Marc Ratkovic, Ph.D. (Chair of Social Data Science, Universität Mannheim) Dr. Ala ...

Titel picture of the session "Community Insights on AI readiness" at the conference "STM Annual Conference Fankfurt 2024". Dark blue background, yellow circles present 5 persons: the moderator of the panel Heather Staines and the speakers of the panel Lisa JanickeHinchliffe, Marc Ratkovic, Gracian Chimwaza and Anne Taylor.

Invited talk – Advancing trusted research in the AI era

Prof. Ratkovic was an invited speaker at the plenary panel on Community insights on AI readiness on Tuesday afternoon at the STM Annual Conference 2024 on October 14–15. The event focuses on the challenges and opportunities of AI and the importance of community driven initiatives to ensure ...