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The Uni League starts today and continues until November. The matches will take place on Kunstrasen (synthetic turf) at the sports area of VfR Mannheim. Matches will be hold on a small pitch. The league is structured by a group stage followed by play-offs
Retter der Metaphysik
In der Sendung “Sein und Streit” von “Deutschlandfunk Kultur” kommentiert Dr. Helge Rückert das Lebenswerk des verstorbenen US-amerikanischen Philosophen Paul Kripke.
Our research in the Music City: Ruth Schültken presented at the 2022 CSCMP ARS
Our research on sustainability at one of the leading supply chain management and logistics conferences for academics and practitioners.
Investigating students’ use of self-assessments in higher education using learning analytics
New open access article published presenting an exploratory case study using learning analytics methods for investigating students’ engagement with self-assessments and how this relates to performance in the final exam and self-reported self-testing strategies.
A Categorization of Workplace Learning Goals for Multi-Stakeholder Recommender Systems: A Systematic Review
New open access article published focussing on workplace learning goals and recommender systems.
PwC Accelerated Internship Programm
Werde neben dem Studium ein fester Teil des PwC-Teams.
PwC Accelerated Internship Programm
Werde neben dem Studium ein fester Teil des PwC-Teams.
Seven people are standing in the courtyard of B6, 30-32 and are holding papers.
Hot of the press – GESS 2022 awards are in
It is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of this years' GESS awards that recognize outstanding research and teaching in the past academic year. CDSB Best Paper Award: Fabian Gamm CDSB Best Interdisciplinary Paper Award: Himani Singh & Leo Schmallenbach for ‘Knowledge ...
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
Promotion im Sommer: Das Lehrstuhl-Team gratuliert Herrn Dr. Franc Paul sehr herzlich zur bestandenen Disputation über das Thema “Alpträume unter der Lupe”.
Eine Person trägt eine weiße Bluse sowie einen schwarzen Blazer und steht in einem Flur. Die Person heißt Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi.
Frauen und Finanzen
Im Interview mit Capital beantwortet Prof. Dr. Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi die Frage, inwiefern sich Männer und Frauen bei der Wahl der Geldanlage unterscheiden (Paywall).
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!