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Computer-Based Diagnostics and Systematic Analysis of Knowledge
A new edited volume focussing on advances in computer-based diagnostics and analysis of knwoledge was published.
Portrait of Jacob Chen
Jacob Chen joins the group
We welcome Jacob Chen to the group!  Jacob Chen joined the group as a research assistant in the beginning of May. Currently enrolled in the Mannheim Master in Data Science program, his research focuses on leveraging Large Language Models to enhance the quality of scientific writing. Working ...
Tax Foundation Europe vom 30.04.2025
Interview mit Prof. Spengel im Beitrag “Fiscal Forum: Future of the EU Tax Mix”
New Publication: Coalition-directed Voting under Uncertainty (forthcoming)
Oke Bahnsen, Lukas F. Stötzer and Thomas Gschwend
Zwei Hände tippen auf einer Tastatur.
Registration for OPM 760 and OPM 761
The topics for Project Seminar Operations Analytics (OPM 760) and Research Seminar Production Management (OPM 761) in the Fall semester 2025 are now available!
Leben auf dem Land und von dem Land: Agrarwirtschaft und dörfliche Strukturen (Weseke, Marbeck, Burlo)
Vortrag von Hiram Kümper und Friederike Scholten-Buschhoff, 20. Mai 2025, Borken
Auslandscorrespondent von studieren weltweit macht ein Selfie mit Kommiliton*innen
Aufruf: Correspondent für „studieren weltweit – ERLEBE ES!“ gesucht
Sie gehen im Wintersemester 25/26 ins Ausland und möchten Ihre Erlebnisse teilen? Werden Sie Correspondent für „studieren weltweit – ERLEBE ES!“!
Europäische Geschichte in slowenischen Archiven
Erasmus Summer School, Ljubljana, Mai 2025
Mannheimer Schloss
Mannheimer Politikwissenschaft weltweit führend in neuer Forschungsanalyse
Eine neue Studie sieht die Mannheimer Politikwissenschaft unter den weltweit führenden, basierend auf Publikationen, Zitierungen und Impact.
Porträtfoto von Frau mit blonden Haaren namens Dr. Sandra Morgenstern
Studie: Neue Perspektive auf Geschlecht und Migration
Dr. Sandra Morgenstern und Carlos Vargas-Silva (Universität Oxford) zeigen in ihrem neuen Artikel, wie Geschlechterrollen und gesellschaftliche Wahrnehmungen Migrationsentscheidungen unterschiedlich beeinflussen.
Exam date

The exam of the BA lecture “Ausgewählte Themen der Vergleichenden Regierungslehre: Authoritarian Politics” held by Professor Traunmüller will take place on Wednesday, 11. June 2025.

The retake of the exam is planned to be on Saturday, 23 August 2025.

26/01/2022 Conditional Accept at PSRM!

Our paper “Computing quantities of interest and their uncertainty using Bayesian simulation” has just been conditionally accepted at Political Science Research & Methods (with Andi Murr and Jeff Gill).

14/12/2021 Invited Talk at WZB

Tomorrow, I will give a talk on “Free Speech and Self-Censorship at the University: Testing the ‘Campus Cancel Culture’ Hypothesis” in the MaD Colloquium at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).

24/11/2021 Pre-registered Study In-Principle-Accepted!

Our pre-registered study for the GLES Open Science Challenge “Subjective Freedom of Speech: Why Do Citizens Think They Cannot Speak Freely?” (with Jan Menzner) has been in-principle-accepted for publication in Politische Vierteljahresschrift.

06/07/2020 Our Survey Items on Covid-19 are included in ESS Round 10!

Our (Marc Helbling, Rahsaan Maxwell and myself) survey items on Covid-19 were chosen to be included in the next round of the European Social Survey, due to be fielded across Europe from September 2020. The survey items on government authority and legitimacy in the age of a pandemic will focus on attitudes... 

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17/08/2020 Conditional Accept at KZfSS!

Our paper “Is Free Speech in Danger on University Campus? Evidence from a Most Likely Case” (with Matthias Revers) has just been conditionally accepted for publication in the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie!

17/08/2020 Accept at PA!

What a day: Our paper “Eliciting Beliefs as Distributions in Online Surveys” (with Lucas Leemann and Lukas Stoetzer) has just been accepted for publication in Political Analysis!