Chair of Political Science, Social Data Science

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Professor Marc Ratkovic, Ph.D.

Welcome to our website!  Here at the Chair of Social Data Science, we are working to integrate machine learning and deep learning methods into practical social science methodology.  The research and teaching at the chair focuses on utilizing Large Language Models (LLMs) for statistical inference and causal inference.  Our work has appeared in top journals across political science, statistics, and computer science.

We are building a team of top researchers, an integrated server system, a Masters level curriculum, and a series of events all focused on pushing quanti­tative and computational social science forwards. 

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Academic Speed Dating – Experiments and Causal Research with AI
Am 16. April 2026 um 14:00 Uhr findet im Schloss, Raum O 048, das nächste Academic Speed Dating des Mannheim Center for Data Science statt. In diesem Semester steht die Veranstaltung unter dem Leitthema „Experiments and Causal Research with AI“. Wir freuen uns besonders, Prof. Marc Ratkovic und Dr. ...
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Forscherin aus Harvard sucht Zuflucht an der Universität Mannheim
Die an der Harvard University promovierte Forscherin Eirliani Abdul Rahman wechselte Anfang März dank einer Förderung der Baden-Württemberg Stiftung an die Universität Mannheim. Das Programm für internationale Wissenschafts­freiheit unter­stützt sie mit rund 1,8 Millionen Euro und ermöglicht ihr einen ...
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Talk at the Schloss: The current situation in the United States of America
Prof. Ratkovic will be giving a talk on Thursday March 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in lecture hall SN 169 Röchling Hörsaal (Schloss Schneckenhof Nord). download date His talk will be titled „The current situation in the United States of America“. Topics covered in the lecture include the United States ...
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Talk at NATO Innovation Continuum 2026 SPARK Event
Prof. Ratkovic was a speaker at the NATO Innovation Continuum 2026 SPARK Event, where he gave a talk titled „Targeted Behavioral Risk Intelligence: Early Detection and Intervention on Radicalization“. The NATO Innovation Continuum is a strategic framework designed by NATO Allied Command ...

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Dr. Birgitta Schirmer

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Universität Mannheim
Fakultät für Sozial­wissenschaften
Politik­wissenschaft, Social Data Science
A 5, 6
Bauteil B – Raum B129
68159 Mannheim