Project Details
Projekt
GSC 1019: Graduate School of Decision Sciences
Subject Area
Economics
Mathematics
Psychology
Social Sciences
Mathematics
Psychology
Social Sciences
Term
from 2012 to 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194458330
Decision making is the cornerstone of the social sciences. The processes that drive human behaviour are fundamental, not only for individual choices and personal well-being, but they are of foremost importance for our understanding of human interactions and, hence, for the organisation of society as a whole. The social science disciplines, notably economics, political science, psychology and sociology, are all based on distinct and often conflicting assumptions about human behaviour. In fact, there are frequent discrepancies between the behavioural assumptions in social science modelling approaches and the findings of experimental studies. At the same time, many of the important social issues, such as education, discrimination, migration or inequality, are analysed in several disciplines separately. For a comprehensive understanding of decision making and its consequences for economic and political outcomes, a multidisciplinary research approach is, therefore, essential. The Graduate School of Decision Sciences offers an ideal training and research environment for doctoral students concerned with questions about decision making and its application to important social science problems. It focusses on economics, political science and psychology, but also includes researchers from the complementary disciplines computer science, sociology and statistics. The Graduate School concentrates on four interdisciplinary research areas, between which several cross-connections exist: (1) behavioural decision making, (2) intertemporal choice and markets, (3) political decisions and institutions, (4) information processing and statistical analysis. A broad set of courses and seminars, as well as an open and communicative academic environment, provide ideal conditions to guide doctoral students to scientific excellence and international visibility. The Masters programmes of the participating disciplines enable fast entry to the Graduate School through a Graduate School Fast Track. Doctoral students benefit from our connections to network partners and from targeted career preparation.
DFG Programme
Graduate Schools
Applicant Institution
Universität Konstanz
Spokespersons
Professor Dr. Urs Fischbacher; Professor Dr. Leo Kaas, until 9/2015
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr. Carlos Alós-Ferrer; Professorin Dr. Nathalie Behnke; Professor Dr. Jan Beran; Professor Dr. Ulrik Brandes; Professor Dr. Friedrich Breyer; Professor Dr. Ralf Brüggemann; Professor Dr. Marius Busemeyer; Professor Dr. Florian Englmaier; Professor Dr. Günter Franke; Professor Dr. Peter M. Gollwitzer; Professor Dr. Thomas Götz; Professor Dr. Thomas Hinz; Professorin Dr. Katharina Holzinger; Professor Dr. Ronald Hübner; Professor Dr. Jens Carsten Jackwerth; Professor Dr. Christoph Knill; Professor Dr. Dirk Leuffen; Professor Dr. Winfried Franz Xaver Pohlmeier; Professor Dr. Gerald Schneider; Professor Dr. Peter Selb; Professor Dr. Susumu Shikano; Professor Dr. Heinrich W. Ursprung (†)
