PROGRAMME
「Courses, Colloquia & Guest Lectures」
Please note: The new qualification structure as well as the new guidelines for the structure of the course programme(105.7 KB, 5 pages) of BAGSS have come into effect. Please note that the new course programme guidelines affect only members of BAGSS, whose membership started in the summer semester 2021 or later.
DOCTORAL SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA
Semester Colloquium
Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Exercise of Power as Autonomy: The Introduction of the eNaira in Nigeria
Thursday, 21 May 2026; 4.00 p.m. Feldkirchenstraße 21, Room FG1/00.06 (hybrid session)
Speaker: Dr Florence Dafe, Technical University Munich
Florence Dafe is a political economist at the Chair of European and Global Governance of the Hochschule für Politik /TUM School of Governance. Her research interests revolve around finance and development, especially the political constraints that governments in lower-income countries face in governing their financial sectors.
Why do so many lower income-countries plan to introduce Central Bank Digital Currencies? Existing research suggests that important drivers of central bank digital currency work in larger economies are enhancing monetary sovereignty and security through strategic autonomy. Yet we still know little about these drivers in countries situated in the periphery of global finance. In this presentation, Florence Dafe sheds light on some of the factors that explain the efforts of African central banks to invest in the exploration and development of CBDCs.
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Competence, Personality and Development in Different Learning Environments.
Joint Research Seminar of the Department 1 (Dr Ilka Wolter) and the Director of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (Professor Dr Cordula Artelt).
(BAGSS Pillar 1)
Weekly sessions
ORGANISERS: Professor Dr Cordula Artelt and Dr Ilka Wolter
TIME: Wednesdays, 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. (c.t.)
PLACE: LIfBi, Wilhelmspost 3, 95047 Bamberg, Room 02.20
For more information please write an email to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de or abteilung-1-assistenz(at)lifbi.de
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Joint Paper-Colloquium, BAGSS Pillar 2 and Department 2 (LIfBi)
Weekly sessions
ORGANISER: Professor Dr Steffen Schindler; Professor Dr Corinna Kleinert
TIME: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. (c.t.)
PLACE: Online via Zoom
For more information please write an email to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de or to abteilung-2-assistenz(at)lifbi.de
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Weekly Doctoral Colloquium (BAGSS Pillar 3)
Weekly sessions
ORGANISER: Professor Dr Rasmus Hoffmann
TIME: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. (c.t.)
PLACE: Online via Zoom
For more information please write an email to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Weekly Doctoral Colloquium (BAGSS Pillar 4)
Weekly sessions
ORGANISER: Professor Dr Ulrich Sieberer
TIME: Tuesdays, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. (c.t.)
PLACE: Hybrid sessions via Zoom and room FG1/00.06 at BAGSS (Feldkirchenstraße 21).
For more information please write an email to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de.
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In addition to their Pillar Seminars and Colloquia, members of BAGSS can also participate in the
Statistics - Psychometrics Research Seminar
Weekly sessions
ORGANISERS: Professor Dr Claus Carstensen and Professor Dr Christian Aßmann
TIME: Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
PLACE: Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajecories, Wilhelmspost 3, 96047 Bamberg (& also via Zoom)
For more information please write an email to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de or abteilung-3-assistenz(at)ifbi.de.
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BAGSS & LIfBi JOINT LUNCHTIME TALKS
BAGSS & LIfBi JOINT LUNCHTIME TALKS
The Lunchtime Talks is the joint series of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) and the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS). Meetings take place online via Zoom. Details on how to participate can be found below.
The Lunchtime Talks are open to members of the University of Bamberg and the LIfBi as well as to anyone else interested.
For more information, please contact: weiterbildung(at)lifbi.de; courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
No registration required!
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO FUTURE ALTERATIONS OF THE INITIAL PROGRAMME!
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- Tuesday, 21 April, 2026, 1.00 - 2.00 p.m.
Dr Andrea Hesse
National Contact Point European Research Council, DLR Projektträger
European Research Council: How the National Contact Point can support you
No registration required
Zoom Meeting: uni-bamberg.zoom-x.de/j/61555908571
Password: &p?3pm
- Tuesday, 12 May, 2026, 1.00 - 2.00 p.m.
Dr Stephan Bischof
Postdoctoral Researcher, Federal Institute of Population Research
Working at Research Institutes
No registration required
Zoom Meeting: uni-bamberg.zoom-x.de/j/68115428481
Password: y+c9@q
- Tuesday, 16 June, 2026, 1.00 - 2.00 p.m.
Dr Lukas Hohendorf
Research Information Service, University Library of Leipzig
From Access to Output: How Specialized Libraries Support Your Research Workflow
No registration required
Zoom Meeting: uni-bamberg.zoom-x.de/j/61762381067
Password: 0=m5pc
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS ON METHODS AND RESEARCH DESIGN
WEEKLY COURSES ON METHODS AND RESEARCH DESIGN
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Introduction to Statistics for Social Science
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Anna Neumann
DATE & TIME: Tuesdays, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
PLACE: F21/03.01
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Research Design and Causal Inference
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Prof Dr Ulrich Sieberer & Dr Alexander Herzog
DATE & TIME: Mondays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
PLACE: F21/02.41
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Workshop Introduction to R
Weekly Course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Alexander Herzog
DATE & TIME: Block workshop
PLACE: F21/03.02
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Panel Data Analysis
Weekly course
INSTRUCTORS: Professor Dr Michael Gebel
DATE & TIME: Mondays, 8.00 a.m. - 12 a.m.
PLACE: RZ/00.06
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Research Design
Weekly course
INSTRUCTORS: Professor Dr Michael Gebel
DATE & TIME: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
PLACE: F21/02.55
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Methods in Epidemiology and Demography
Weekly course
INSTRUCTORS: Prof Dr Henriette Engelhardt-Wölfler
DATE & TIME: Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
PLACE: F21/01.20
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Advanced Mathematical Methods
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Prof Dr Anne Leucht
DATE & TIME: Tuesdays, 08 a.m. - 10 a.m.
PLACE: FG1/00.08
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Advanced Time Series Methods for Macroeconomic Analysis
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Prof Dr Christian Proaño & Jonas Dix, M.Sc.
DATE & TIME: Tuesdays, 10.00 a.m. - 12 a.m.; Wednesdays, 12 a.m. – 02.00 p.m.
PLACE: F21/02.18, F21/03.02
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Advanced Macroeconomics
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Naira Kotb & Jonas Dix, M.Sc.
DATE & TIME: Mondays, 12 a.m. - 02.00 p.m.; Mondays, 02.00 p.m. – 04.00 p.m.
PLACE: F21/01.37, F21/03.02
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Computational Behavioral Macroeconomics
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Prof Dr Christian Proaño
DATE & TIME: Wednesdays, 10.00 a.m. - 12 a.m.
PLACE: RZ/00.07
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Introduction to Econometrics
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Nora Würz & Niklas Dörner
DATE & TIME: Wednesdays, 12 a.m.– 02.00 p.m.
PLACE: F21/01.37; KÄ7/00.10, F21/02.55
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Computationally Intensive Techniques / Monte Carlo Methods
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Silvia Förtsch, Universität Trier
DATE & TIME: Wednesdays, Mondays, 02.00 p.m. – 04.00 p.m., 04.00 p.m. – 06.00 p.m.
PLACE: FMA/01.20
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Statistical Analysis of Incomplete Data
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Florian Meinfelder
DATE & TIME: Mondays, 10.00 a.m. – 12 a.m., 12 a.m.– 02.00 p.m.
PLACE: FMA/01.20
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Survey Sampling Theory
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Florian Meinfelder
DATE & TIME: Mondays, 10.00 a.m. – 12 a.m., 12 a.m.– 02.00 p.m.
PLACE :FMA/01.20
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Applied data analysis for psychology using the open-source software R
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Alexander Pastukhov, Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg
DATE & TIME:Mondays, 12 a.m.- 02.00 p.m.
PLACE: MG2/01.09
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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Python for social and experimental psychology
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Alexander Pastukhov, Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg
DATE & TIME:Mondays, Mondays, 08.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
PLACE: M3N/-1.19
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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The R and RStudio Environment: Handling, Visualisation and Communication of Data in Science
Weekly course
INSTRUCTOR: Prof Dr Judith Vollmer, Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg
DATE & TIME: Online
PLACE: Online
Participation in the course has to be coordinated with the course instructor. Please inform us about your participation in advance, by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de
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You can find a list of further available courses here(201.0 KB, 4 pages)
WORKSHOPS ON METHODS AND RESEARCH DESIGN
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BAGSS workshop
Qualitative Interviewing
1 Day Workshop
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Herwig Reiter, German Youth Institute
DATE & TIME: Friday, April 24, 2026, 09.00 a.m. to 04.00 p.m. (s.t.)
PLACE: BAGSS, Feldkirchenstraße 21, 96050 Bamberg, Room FG1/00.06
To register, please send an email to courses.bagss@uni-bamberg.de by Monday, March 30, 2026. Registration is mandatory. The number of participants is limited to 16.
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BAGSS and LIfBi joint workshop
Introduction to Git for Social Scientists
1 Day Workshop
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Jan Simson, LMU Munich & University of Mannheim
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 09.00 a.m. to 04.00 p.m. (s.t.)
PLACE: BAGSS, Feldkirchenstraße 21, 96050 Bamberg, Room FG1/00.06
To register, please send an email to courses.bagss@uni-bamberg.de by Monday, June 1, 2026. Registration is mandatory. The number of participants is limited to 16.
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The Bamberg Center for Empirical Studies (BACES) offers statistical consulting for the members (students, doctoral members, research fellows, scientific staff) of the University of Bamberg. The offer is free of charge and must be communicated in advance with the main supervisor of the research project. Consultation meetings can be offered either in English or in German. A max. of three meeting per research project must not be exceeded.
Here you can register for a consultation meeting.
Apart from the consultation meetings, BACES offers immediate help for statistical problems in the form of short (20-minute max.) virtual meetings. Meetings can be offered in English or in German and take place every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.. Again, the first supervisor of the research project must be informed in advance and agree on the meeting.
To apply for a short meeting, please contact: beratung.baces(at)uni-bamberg.de
Here you can find more information regarding the statistical consultation of BACES
Here you can find all contact details of BACES.
Head of the Bamberg Center for Empirical Studies: Professor Dr Timo Schmid, Professor for Statistics and Econometrics, University of Bamberg.
This is an offer of the Bamberg Center for Empirical Studies (BACES)
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS ON PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Own your PhD: Time- and Selfmanagement
BAGSS, LIfBi & TRAc Joint Workshop
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Christiane Kasack, cK Coaching + Workshops
DATE & TIME: Thursday, 22 January 2026, 09.30 a.m. to 05.30 p.m. (s.t.)
Friday, 23 January 2026, 09.30 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. (s.t.)
PLACE: BAGSS, Feldkirchenstraße 21, 96050 Bamberg, Room FG1/00.06
This workshop addresses key questions: How do I effectively plan a multi-year research project? How can I balance daily tasks with long-term goals? How do I build a relationship with my supervisors that supports my progress? Through group exchange, practical exercises, and personalized input, you will develop strategies for managing your PhD as both a research project and career phase.
To register, please use the following link: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/trac/workshops/anmeldung/ until 13 January 2026. Registration is mandatory. The number of participants is limited to 12.
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Writing and Publishing Academic Papers
BAGSS, LIfBi & TRAc Joint Workshop
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Christina Siegert, University of Bamberg
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 09.00 a.m. to 02.30 p.m. (s.t.)
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 09.00 a.m. to 02.30 p.m. (s.t.)
Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 09.00 a.m. to 02.30 p.m. (s.t.)
PLACE: BAGSS, Feldkirchenstraße 21, 96050 Bamberg, Room FG1/00.06
This interactive workshop helps PhD students develop and refine their research papers for publication. Across several blocked sessions, participants receive input on effective paper structure, clear academic writing, and strategies for communicating their argument — especially in quantitative social science research, though students from all methodological backgrounds are welcome.
To register, please send an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de until 16 March 2026. Registration is mandatory. The number of participants is limited to 12.
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Navigating Research Collaborations
LIfBi, BAGSS & TRAc Joint Workshop
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Matteo Garavoglia, Centre for China-EU Relations at Tsinghua University Beijing
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 09.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. (s.t.),
Monday, 11 May 2026, 09.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. (s.t.)
PLACE: Online
This online workshop supports postdoctoral researchers in developing key skills needed to lead and contribute to collaborative research projects. Participants will explore communication strategies, conflict resolution, and team leadership in both formal and informal settings. The training also covers effective facilitation of online and in-person meetings, negotiation of diverse interests, and the role of academic networks in successful collaboration.
To register, please send an e-mail to weiterbildung(at)lifbi.de until 15 April 2026. Registration is mandatory. The number of participants is limited to 12.
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Funding Possibilities for Starter Scholarship Holders
Consultation Meetings organised by the Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc), University of Bamberg
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Marion Hacke
DATE & TIME: By appointment
The meetings cover every step of fundraising, from an overview of the funding landscape in Germany to the funding application process. In order to make your consultation more productive you are advised to send Dr Hacke your questions and ideas in advance, for her to prepare.
To register, please send an e-mail to Dr Marion Hacke: promotion.trac(at)uni-bamberg.de. Registration is mandatory!
After making an appointment, please inform us by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de.
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Career Planning for Postdoctoral Researchers
Consultation Meetings organised by the Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc), University of Bamberg
INSTRUCTOR: Dr Martin Rehfeldt and Dr Antonia Widmer-Leitz
DATE & TIME: By appointment
The meetings cover every step of planning an academic career after the end of the doctoral studies, including assistance by the application process for third-party funding. In order to make your consultation more productive you are advised to send your questions and ideas in advance.
To register, please send an e-mail to Dr Martin Rehfeldt and Dr Antonia Widmer-Leitz: postdoc.trac(at)uni-bamberg.de. Registration is mandatory!
After making an appointment, please inform us by writing an e-mail to courses.bagss(at)uni-bamberg.de.
Have a look at the programme of the following institutions as well. To register for offers, please contact the respective institution independently.
- Centre for Higher Education Didactics (ZHD)
- Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc)
- The Writing Centre
- University Health Management
- Beauftragte für die Gleichstellung von Frauen in Wissenschaft und Kunst
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