Doctoral Program

ul and robust results, one has to know these methods and understand them well. This course shall convey advanced econometric methods, with a focus on approaches to identification such as instrumental variables and propensity score matching. Depending on the participants’ needs, the emphasis can be shifted to some extent; we will discuss the selection of topics at the kick-off session. The focus will be on applicable knowledge, not so much on details of the theory. Having participated in an introductory Ph.D. level course in econometrics is required, such as “Applied Econometrics: An Introduction” by Professor Hottenrott.

Syllabus: Advanced Econometrics

Registration: at kick-off session

rting with the theory of consumer choice, the course will discuss different types of choice data available. The main part of the course will focus on choice experiments. It discusses the specifics of choice experiments, possible experimental designs and data collection procedures. Participants will be familiarized with data handling and analysis considering conditional logit, random parameters logit and latent class analysis. To obtain an overview of the literature, participants will present papers from their respective field.

Syllabus: Applied Choice Analysis

Registration: https://www.agraroekonomik.de/Doctoral_program/index.html

hods. We will not focus on the econometrics, but aim at developing the students’ understanding of what the methods are all about and how they work in practice. The course is taught over 5 days. We expect all students to read all the required readings and be prepared to discuss as the class will be interactive. Attendance is mandatory! We have combined lectures that provide an overview of the different concepts as well as more applied exercises that employ the techniques we will discuss. All examples will be illustrated using STATA. Please bring your own laptops – if you do not have STATA, please apply for a 30-day test version by the end of September here: http://www.dpc-software.de/index.php?id=488.

Syllabus:  Applied Econ SS 18

Registration: hanna.hottenrott@tum.de (no later than September 15, 2019)

s meaningfully in management and organisational research. We will specifically focus on non-invasive brain stimulation, electroencephalogram, and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Participants will be enabled to understand these methods, successfully read respective papers and their method section, and to assess the potential as well as the pitfalls of neuroscientific methods in their fields of research

Syllabus: Basic Neuroscience For Organisational Research And Economics

Registration: By email to Kerstin Löwe. Participants will be admitted on a first come, first served basis

phic change. A special focus will be given to the analysis of: 1) the consequences of aging for the sustainability of the social security systems; 2) the interactions between economic decisions and health outcomes and 3) the consequences of aging on labor, capital and goods markets.

Basic knowledge of the empirical research methods is essential. The successful completion of courses like “empirical research methods”, “angewandte Statistik”, “empirische Wirtschaftsforschung”, “consumer behavior research methods” is highly recommended.

Syllabus: Economics of Aging

Registration by e-mail to kneip@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de until April 15, 2019

with cognitive research in the managerial sciences, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship.

Syllabus: Research Seminar: Introduction to cognitive research in the managerial sciences

Registration: via e-mail to hana.milanov@tum.de until April 30, 2019

issues central to entrepreneurship research. The course is interactive in nature and demands students’ preparation and active engagement during and between class sessions.

Syllabus: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Research

Registration: All eligible and interested students should send a one-page motivation letter (be sure to state your current stage and planned progress in your PhD) and current CV to Holger Patzelt, before March 1, 2019 (patzelt@tum.de).

laboratory experiments. It will enable you to
• decide whether a laboratory experiment is appropriate to address some research question;
• fin d research questions in your area of interest that a laboratory experiment can address;
• develop an experimental design to address such a research question.
In addition, the course will offer you hands-on training on how to bring experiments to the laboratory. It will cover common practical issues, such as which software to use, how to recruit participants, or how to conduct an experiment.
The course will be most beneficial for you if you plan to run your own experiment soon. If you consider using experimenTUM, TUM’s laboratory for experimental research in economics, you are strongly encouraged to take it.

Syllabus: Exp Econ Syllabus

Registration: To apply, please write to Andreas Ostermaier until August 4, 2019 (ostermaier@sam.sdu.dk).

a focus on stochastic optimization and robust optimization. The theory will be complemented by numerous illustrative classical examples such as the newsvendor problem and examples from the field of energy markets. The course consists of a lecture part, where the basic principles from stochastic optimization and robust optimization are presented as well as student presentations. Students either present an academic paper that uses the methods covered in the course or methods that build on the presented material.

Syllabus:
a. Two stage stochastic optimization: concepts and tools
b. Multi-stage stochastic optimization: scenario trees and decomposition
c. Introduction to robust optimization: concepts and standard uncertainty sets
d. Robust counterparts and tractable reformulations.
e. Distributionally Robust Optimization

Tools & Requirements:
– The course is aimed at students with a clearly quantitative focus
– Knowledge about basic linear algebra, probability, and optimization is a plus
– Proficiency in MATLAB or a similar high level programming language is an advantage

Registration: david.wozabal@tum.de

al? For this course, it will be the “Top 6” (AMJ, AMR, ASQ, ManSci, OrgSci, SMJ) and leading journals in other disciplines (e.g., AJS, ASR, MISQ, Nature, Science…). In turn, we will focus on what the requirements for publications in these journal are. Usually, this boils down primarily to one thing: how can I make a “theoretical contribution?”

Syllabus: Paper Development Workshop

Registration: o.alexy@tum.de (by March 24, 2019)

s at leading journals. The course is an intensive one-week course, where participants are expected to focus exclusively on this course. Participants are expected to submit a piece of writing before the start of the seminar. This can be a draft of a conference paper or a draft of a regular paper. The goal is to course is to revise the written piece after each day of the PhD course. At the end of the course, the initially submitted piece of writing should be revised substantially and should be re-submitted to the professor. Participants should also actively take part in the discussions.

Prerequisites: First writing experience (in English). Please note that attendance is expected on all three days.

Syllabus: PhD Seminar on Scholarly Writing

Registration: doctoralprogram@wi.tum.de, please include information on your current research papers

and technical aspects of this research program.

Syllabus: Readings In Empirical Accounting Research

Registration: benedikt.downar@tum.de (by April 12, 2019)

and experimental economics. What are the main historical milestones? What have been the hot topics of recent years? In which direction is the literature currently moving? (B) You will learn to recognize some essential features of good (and not so good) behavioral/experimental papers and be able to apply that knowledge to your own work. (C) We will practice the essential skill of pitching one’s own experimental/behavioral research effectively to others, be it at a conference, over lunch/dinner/coffee, in an interview slot with an invited seminar speaker, in a taxi, etc.

Syllabus: Topics In Behavioral And Experimental Economics

Registration: m.kurschilgen@tum.de (until June 1). Please write Topics ExpEcon as email subject.

efore, renowned researchers from various European universities will present their latest research in the fields of asset pricing, corporate finance, and financial intermediation. Extensive discussion in class is encouraged. Thereby, students will learn to know and discuss critically current topics in finance. They will also learn more about state-of-the-art research methodologies.

The target audience are PhD students and post-docs in finance. A requisite for participation is a specialization in finance and/or accounting.

Syllabus: Advanced Topics In Finance

Registration: Please send an email to matthias.hanauer[at]tum.de by September 20, 2019. In your email, please state your department and specify the topic and state of your PhD thesis or research area (post-docs). Strict preference will be given to individuals with a specialization in finance and/or accounting.

phic change. A special focus will be given to the analysis of: 1) the consequences of aging for the sustainability of the social security systems; 2) the interactions between economic decisions and health outcomes and 3) the consequences of aging on labor, capital and goods markets.

Basic knowledge of the empirical research methods is essential. The successful completion of courses like “empirical research methods”, “angewandte Statistik”, “empirische Wirtschaftsforschung”, “consumer behavior research methods” is highly recommended.

Syllabus: Economics of Aging (Methods/Theory)

Registration: By e-mail to: kneip@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de until October 7, 2019

rden mit diesem Seminar die Mindesanforderungen von 22,5 Vollzeit-Präsenzstunden erreicht. Im Rahmen des Seminars werden aktuelle Veröffentlichungen zum Einsatz von Conjoint-Analyse im wissenschaftlichen Umfeld diskutiert sowie die Vor- und Nachteile der Methode herausgearbeitet (siehe Seminar begleitende Literatur: Wildemann – Conjoint-Analyse und Kundenorientierung). Ebenso Bestandteil des Seminars ist die Erarbeitung einer Vorgehensweise Conjoint-Analysen aufzubauen, welche in Form von Gruppenarbeiten erarbeitet wird. Ziel des Seminars ist, dass die Teilnehmer/-innen in Ihrem Forschungsumfeld Conjoint-Analysen gezielt einsetzen können, um empirische Erhebungen durchzuführen.

Syllabus: Empirische Forschung mit Hilfe der Conjoint-Analyse – Eine Einführung

Registration: Alle interessierten Doktoranden/-innen müssen sich bis spätestens zwei Wochen vor Verantstaltungsbeginn per E-Mail anmelden (E-Mail: wisekretariate@wi.tum.de)

all papers and all journals are the same. Academic conversations are often led by publications in so-called top journals. That does not mean that all papers in top journals are good, or that papers published outside those journals are bad – however, given how we all have limited time (and, hence, often focus our reading time on top journals), publications in top journals carry more status and, in the logic of a self-fulfilling prophecy, that should attract better paper submissions, a stricter reviewing process, and, hence, higher quality on average.

Syllabus: Paper Design Workshop

Application process:
Please submit to o.alexy@tum.de by 30.11.2019: a cover letter, a full, up-to-date academic resume, the paper or paper idea you would like to bring into this course including any review(s) you may have potentially received on the paper previously. In your cover letter (no longer than 2 pages), please specify (1) the topic and state of your doctoral thesis, (2) why and how you think that taking this specific course will help you become a better scholar, (3) what scholar you would like to become, (4) the history of your paper (where does it come from, where has it been), and your goals for the paper (where do you want to submit it, when, and why), and (5) why you think this paper can make a contribution to academia, what that contribution is, and who would care. Please note that no feedback can be provided on applications that are turned down.

luential for management research and practice. At the end of the course participants will be familiar with the key concepts, respective empirical findings, and their application to management practice. To this end, each participant will be asked to present in class recent research pertaining to the theory s/he chooses, and to conduct an interactive exercise to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the theory’s relevance for management research and practice. During the kick-off session, participants wil receive an introduction to both psychological research and psychological research methods and will be asked to choose one of the theories. Thus, the attendance on that day is required.

Syllabus: Psychological Theories

Registration: By email to: kerstin.loewe@tum.de until November 13, 2019 (Wednesday). Participants will be admitted on a first come, first served basis.

ding management and related fields. Qualitative papers are published in leading management journals (e.g. Academy of Management Journal). In this seminar you will learn about the nature, design, and methods of qualitative data collection and analysis. The seminar is targeted at postgraduate students (PhD and post doc researchers), who intend to employ qualitative research designs and methods.

Syllabus: tbd

Registration: If you want to attend and participate in the postgraduate seminar, write an email to: Frank.Belz@tum.de. The registration deadline for the seminar is the tbd. Prof. Dr. Frank-Martin Belz will confirm your registration and grant access to the required readings.

and technical aspects of this research program. After this course, participants should

• know of state-of-the art accounting literature
• understand the methodological approaches to empirical archival accounting research
• know (and avoid!) common pitfalls of empirical archival research designs
• have a feeling for the most important aspects for publishing in top-journals in accounting
• be able to identifying interesting, important, and researchable topics in financial accounting
• be able to formulate testable hypotheses about research topics
• be able to empirically test hypotheses using valid, powerful, and otherwise wellchosen research designs
• be able to identify topics and settings for your own research/PhD projects

Syllabus: Readings In Empirical Accounting Research

Registration: Please write an e-mail to benedikt.downar@tum.de by October 10th, 2019 at the latest.

allenges will be presented and discussed and venues for innovative research followed. Therefore, knowledge of the Master-level course is a pre-requisite for this advanced research seminar.

More information can be found here.

More information for Stochastic Modeling and Optimization.

Syllabus: Research on Stochastic Modeling and Optimization (Methods/Theory)

Registration: logistics.wi@tum.de until November 01, 2019

is no boiler-plate template to follow. In this course, we will look at different paths that authors have taken when writing up qualitative work, discuss how to tackle reviewers’ comments and participants will get a chance to reflect on their own writing and how to make it more transparent.

Syllabus: Publishing Qualitative Papers

Registration: Please register by sending an e-mail to Prof. Breugst (nicola.breugst@tum.de).

s meaningfully in management & organisational research, and economics. We will extend the knowledge students acquired in the first module of this course and focus on inventing and writing concrete research proposals applying neuroscientific methodology to our respective fields of research. Graduate students will be enabled to understand neuroscientific methods in depth, to widen their horizon regarding neuroscientific applications in organisational research, and to transfer their knowledge to their own research.

Syllabus: Basic Neuroscience for Organisational Research and Economics – Module II

Registration: By email to kerstin.loewe@tum.de until November 5, 2018. Participants will be admitted on a first come, first served basis

phic change. A special focus will be given to the analysis of: 1) the consequences of aging for the sustainability of the social security systems; 2) the interactions between economic decisions and health outcomes and 3) the consequences of aging on labor, capital and goods markets.
Basic knowledge of the empirical research methods is essential. The successful completion of courses like “empirical research methods”, “angewandte Statistik”, “empirische Wirtschaftsforschung”, “consumer behavior research methods” is highly recommended.

Syllabus: Economics of Aging (Methods/Theory)

Registration: By e-mail to: kneip@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de until October 1, 2018

for planning, designing, and evaluating a research project and writing a paper.

At the end of this course, students will:

• Understand what theory is and what theory is not
• Be aware of the central decisions in the research process
• Be able to design a research project
• Be able to communicate their research

Syllabus: Introduction to Management Research

Registration: To apply, please send a short note to michael.zaggl@tum.de stating your name, PhD topic, and supervisor. We assign places on a first come first served basis.

ding management and related fields. Qualitative papers are published in leading management journals (e.g. Academy of Management Journal). In this seminar you will learn about the nature, design, and methods of qualitative data collection and analysis. The seminar is targeted at postgraduate students (PhD and post doc researchers), who intend to employ qualitative research designs and methods.

Syllabus: Qualitative Research.

Registration: If you want to attend and participate in the postgraduate seminar, write an email to: Frank.Belz@tum.de. The registration deadline for the seminar is the 17th of December 2018. Prof. Dr. Frank-Martin Belz will confirm your registration and grant access to the required readings.

and technical aspects of this research program.

Syllabus: Readings In Empirical Accounting Research

Registration: benedikt.downar@tum.de (by 15 October 2018)

allenges will be presented and discussed and venues for innovative research followed. Therefore, knowledge of the Master-level course is a pre-requisite for this advanced research seminar.

More information can be found here.
More information for Stochastic Modeling and Optimization.

Syllabus: Research on Stochastic Modeling and Optimization (Methods/Theory)

Registration: christian.mandl@tum.de until October 26, 2018

ted to:
(1) Pricing and hedging for structured contracts and physical resources on energy markets
(2) Modelling of energy prices
(3) Modeling and managing risk in energy markets
(4) Efficiency and market power in power markets
(5) Renewables: Cost efficiency, subsidies, and market integration
(6) Fundamental models for power markets.

Syllabus: The seminar will cover topical research questions in the field of energy markets. Participants are expected to prepare presentations on selected topics related to their thesis projects and take an active role in discussions during the class. The range of possible topics spans applications of Operations Research, Finance, Risk Management, and Energy Economics.

Registration: Prof. Dr. David Wozabal: David.Wozabal@tum.de

tal impacts as well as considering them in management decisions requires advanced multi-method approaches. Participants will therefore be qualified to combine methodologies from different domains to create effective decision support. Such multi-method based approaches are at the core of modern operations research reaching out to neighboring disciplines.

We investigate how sustainability assessments can be obtained and integrated in modelling approaches for operations and supply chain management. The course includes an introduction to sustainability and to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which is one of the most commonly used quantitative tools for the systematic evaluation of environmental aspects. We will also introduce multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approaches such as multi-objective optimization (MOO) and show how both LCA and MCDM can be combined in a multi-method approach to provide insights and sustainable solutions.

The state-of-the-art will be summarized drawing on recent textbooks on sustainable operations and MCDM, review papers, and research papers. However, a large part of the class will be devoted to the solution of a new case recently developed by the lecturers. The case provides first-hand experience of the development of multi-method approaches for sustainable operations.

Syllabus: Sustainable Operations Management 

Registration: Please register by sending an email to Martin Grunow (martin.grunow@tum.de) by January 8^th, 2019 (with submission of CV to assess suitability of background).

European universities will present their latest research in the fields of asset pricing, corporate finance, and financial intermediation. Extensive discussion in class is encouraged. Thereby, students will learn to know and discuss critically current topics in finance. They will also learn more about state-of-the-art research methodologies. A requisite for participation is a specialization in finance and/or accounting. More information can be found here.

Syllabus: Topics In Finance

Registration: matthias.hanauer[at]tum.de by October 10, 2018