Associated Graduates
Thomas Hattenbach
GSDS Associate 06/2015 – 05/2019
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays in Experimental Accounting
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Ulrike Stefani
Michal Marenčák
GSDS Associate 07/2014 – 02/2019
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays in Economics
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Volker Hahn
Marius Bayer
GSDS Associate 11/2012 – 11/2018
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Deliberation in the Lab - The Effect of Communication on Information Sharing, Cooperation, and Consensus
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Katharina Holzinger
Michael Dörsam
GSDS Associate 11/2014 – 05/2018
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Educational Reforms, Incentive Schemes, and Their Impact on Academic Achievement
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Guido Schwerdt
Torsten Twardawski
GSDS Associate 12/2015 – 03/2018
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Four Essays in Strategic Corporate Finance
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Axel Kind
Fuzhen Wang
GSDS Associate 07/2016 – 10/2018
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays in Macroeconomics
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Volker Hahn
Iana Zborshchyk
GSDS Associate 01/2015 – 06/2018
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays in Empirical Corporate Finance
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Axel Kind
Fadong Chen
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 05/2017
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Four Essays on Cognitive Processes of Social Decision Making
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Urs Fischbacher
Horatio Cuesdeanu
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 03/2017
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on Option Pricing
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Jens Jackwerth
Vigile Fabella
GSDS Associate 11/2012 – 07/2017
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Essays on the Political Economy of Education Reforms
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Heinrich Ursprung
Christoph Frey
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 01/2017
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on Bayesian Shrinkage Methods Supervisor(s):
Prof. Dr. Winfried Pohlmeier
1st Position: Assistant Professor, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Pinar Simunovic-Kunt (geb. Kunt)
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 11/2017
Prof. Dr. Heinrich W. Ursprung
Jan Mellert
GSDS Associate 06/2015 – 06/2017
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Essays in Quantitative Macroeconomics
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Leo Kaas
Erik Neimanns
GSDS Associate 09/2013 – 05/2017
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Public opinion and social investment : How
political-institutional context shapes support and opposition towards expanding childcare
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Marius R. Busemeyer
Matthias Draheim
GSDS Associate 12/2015 - 04/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on Foundation Owned Firms in Germany
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Günter Franke
Andra Filote
GSDS Associate 10/2014 – 10/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Empirical Studies in Political Economics
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Heinrich Ursprung
Marc Gerritzen
GSDS Associate 11/2014 - 04/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on Hedge Funds
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Jens Jackwerth
Florian Kern
GSDS Associate 11/2012 – 06/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: A town too small for the both of us?: the state, traditional authorities, and the coordination of public goods provision in East Africa
Astrid Kause
GSDS Associate 12/2015 – 12/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Grasping a Changing Climate: Judgment and Behavior in the Face of an Uncertain Phenomenon
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gaissmaier
Caroline Preidel
GSDS Associate 12/2014 – 01/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Zwischen Lebensschutz und Ökonomie : parlamentarische Abstimmungen über den Embryonenschutz im Deutschen Bundestag
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill
Sven Resnjanskij
GSDS Associate 10/2015 – 12/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: In Search of Economic Rationality: Puzzles Related to Saving, Voting, and the Opportunity Costs of Time
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Heinrich Ursprung
Lisa Töbel
GSDS Associate 04/2014 – 12/2016
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Evaluation of Dual-Process Models in Decision Making: Suppression of Irrelevant Activation in Conflict Paradigms
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Ronald Hübner
Julian Garritzmann
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 05/2015
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance – A Comparative Analysis of the Politics of Tuition Fees and Subsidies
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Marius Busemeyer
Shreyasi Mishra
GSDS Associate 10/2014 – 05/2015
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Conflict Resolution Mechanisms In A Cognitive Conflict Paradigm
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Ronald Hübner
Ulf Mohrmann
GSDS Associate 07/2013 - 09/2015
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Essays on the Quality of Audited Financial Statements
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Ulrike Stefani
Sog Yee Mok
GSDS Associate 01/2015 - 08/2015
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Why Do Turkish-Origin Students Underperform in Germany? Investigating the Effects of Ethnic Composition in Classrooms and Negative Stereotypes on Performance and Coping Strategies
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Sarah E. Martiny
Sven Resnjanskij
GSDS Associate 06/2013 - 05/2015
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: In Search of Economic Rationality – Puzzles Related to Saving, Voting, and the Opportunity Costs of Time
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Ursprung
Marina Schall
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 04/2015
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: The Regulation of Positive Emotions in Social and Achievement Situations: Looking Beyond the "Positivity"
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Thomas Götz
Mirjam Weis
GSDS Associate 07/2013 - 10/2015
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Self-Regulation and School Achievement in Contexts: Aspects of Gender, Parenting, and Culture
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Gisela Trommsdorff
Fabian Fink
GSDS Accociate 11/2012 - 07/2014
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Almuth Scholl
1st Position: FX Economist, Swiss National Bank, Zurich
Klaus Harnack
GSDS Associate 11/2012 - 12/2014
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Self-Regulation and Grounded Cognition
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Peter Gollwitzer
1st Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the working group "Industrial
Psychology", Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Petra Marotzke
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 07/2014
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on Market Frictions and Wage
Inequality
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Leo Kaas
1st Position: Economist at the Division of International and Euro-Area
Macroeconomic Analysis, Deutsche Bundesbank
Carolin Schuster
GSDS Associate 06/2013 - 07/2014
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Cognitive and Emotional Processes Underlying
Stereotype Threat Effects on Performance and Career Motivation
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Thomas Götz
1st Position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Passau
Yves Schüler
GSDS Associate 01/2013 - 05/2014
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Macroeconomic Interdependencies during Financial
Crises
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Ralf Brüggemann
1st Position: Trainee at the European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt
Anna Slavustskaya
GSDS Associate 10/2013 - 07/2014
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on Hedge Funds
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Jens Jackwerth
1st Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Swiss Finance Institute, Lausanne
Karsten Wasiluk
GSDS Associate 04/2013 - 11/2014
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on the Economics of Technological
Change and Technology Adoption
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Leo Kaas
1st Position: Consultant at Schlegel und Partner GmbH, Weinheim
Dr. Katarina Zigova
GSDS Associate 01/2013 - 05/2014
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Essays on Competitive and Collaborative Research
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Heinrich Ursprung
1st Position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Konstanz
Madeleine Bieg
GSDS Associate 01/2013 - 09/2013
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Trait and State Academic Emotions: Two Sides of
the Same Coin
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Thomas Götz
1st Position: Assistant professor for empirical educational research, University of
Konstanz
Federica Genovese
GSDS Associate 11/2012 - 11/2013
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: The Power of the Strong, the Perseverance of the
Weak Explaining Climate Change Negotiations
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider
1st Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Government & EARC,
University of Essex
Dominik Sachs
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 09/2013
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Optimal Social Insurance and Redistribution
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Friedrich Beyer
1st Position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Cologne; Starting 09/2015:
Assistant professor at the European University Institute, Florence
Tahmina Sadat-Hadjer
GSDS Associate 02/2013 - 06/2013
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Spoiler or Stabilizer?: Assessing the Role of
Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflicts
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider
1st Position: NRW Bank Düsseldorf
Steffen Schaarschmidt
GSDS Associate 04/2013 - 12/2013
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Three Essays on Financial Markets and Portfolio
Management
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
1st Position: Independent financial advisor
Peter Schanbacher
GSDS Associate 07/2013 - 12/2013
Title of the Doctoral Thesis: Four Essays on Robustification of Portfolio
Models
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Winfried Pohlmeier
1st Position: Life Valuation Actuary Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, Zurich