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MaFAT Student Club Semesterprogramm HWS 2021
Hier finden Sie eine Übersicht der Aktivitäten des MaFAT Student Club im HWS 2021. Fragen zur Anmeldung beantwortet der MaFAT Student Club gerne via E-Mail (vorstand@mafat.de oder workshops@mafat.de). Kurzfristige Änderungen der Termine sind möglich. 
VISUM Buddy Programm
LAST MINUTE! Finde jetzt noch deinen internationalen Buddy!
Wie kann man an den Kursen teilnehmen? 1) Sie benötigen ein Teilnehmerticket und eine gültige SportsCard. 2) Klicken Sie auf unserer Website auf „Sport AbisZ“, wählen Sie den gewünschten Kurs aus und buchen Sie bis zu 24 Stunden im Voraus ein Teilnehmerticket."
Please Note: To participate in our sports program you need a valid SportsCard and a participant ticket! This is necessary since places are limited and because of a possible contact tracking in case of Covid. 🎟
"Wie man eine SportsCard bucht: 1) schrreibe eine E-Mail an sport@uni-mannheim.de einschließlich Ihrer gültigen Immatrikulationsbescheinigung per E-Mail. Sie erhalten ein Passwort (innerhalb von 3 Tagen), mit dem Sie eine SportsCard auf unserer Website buchen können. Corona Spezial: Buche eine SportsCard und kriege kostenlosen Eintritt in unser D2FitnessGym bis Ende des Jahres"
In order to participate in our sports program, you have to book a SportsCard, but it is free of charge for most participants💪🏾. Since we have gained many new students for the new semester, we have explained above how you can book a SportsCard. 🏋🏼
Student Assistants: Please Apply Until Oct 01, 2021
We are currently looking for student research assistants (“studentische Hilfskräfte”). If you are interested, we provide additional information here. Please apply until October 1, 2021.
Basketball landet im Basketballkorb. Unten rechts steht: "IFS. Institut für Sport. UNiversität Mannheim."
Starting tomorrow, a few new ball sports will join our current lineup: Are you ready for Lacrosse🥍, Dodgeball and Handball🤾🏼‍♀️ ? Or have you always wanted to try Harry Potter's ⚡️Quidditch in real life? At the IfS, you can try your hand at anything!💪
Job Offer: Student Researcher for Science Communication
Join our team as a Student Research Assistant (m/f/d) for Science Communication on a basis of 20 to 40 hours per month. In this position, you will manage the appearance and content of our website, social media channels, and upcoming newsletters. This also includes the exchange with the press ...
Sportlerin trägt eine dunkle sportjacke und ist am laufen. Unten rechts steht "IFS. Institut für Sport. Universität Mannheim."
There will be a wide range of outdoor activities again. You like to go running in a group🏃🏾 or always wanted to try Rowing or Climbing🧗🏻‍♀️? Cooperations with various clubs in the area make this possible for you! Have a look at our sports program!
Gruppenbild bei der Disputation von Herrn Gehrlein
Sebastian Gehrlein successfully defended his doctoral dissertation
We congratulate Sebastian Gehrlein for the successful completion of his doctorate.
Sportlerin trägt weißes Sportoberteil und orangene Sporthose. Unten rechts steht "IFS. Institut für Sport. Universität Mannheim".
#teaserno3 How about one of our fitness courses? Whether it's Functional Fitness, Body Workout or HIIT – our wide range of courses offers something for every fitness fan with a wide variety of trainers. Just try your way through 💪🏾💪🏻
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!