Current Courses


Within the Saxon Doctoral Program at least four research methods courses are offered each year, which are held by internationally renowned scientists. These courses will take place alternately at four locations (Chemnitz, Dresden, Freiberg, Leipzig). Additionally, we offer short workshops that can also be attended by doctoral students and postdocs of partner institutions.


Research Methods Courses

DatePlaceSeminarLecturer
June 19 & 20, 2025ChemnitzPublishing with Purpose, Building a Career with VisionProfessor Rofcanin
July 31 & August 1, 2025DresdenEinführung in R: Analyse und ProgrammierungDr. Christian Ullerich
September 11 & 12, 2025DresdenGathering Open Data: Web Scraping and APIsJun.-Prof. Dr. Tristan Becker
October 9 & 10, 2025DresdenBasic Methods of Causal Inference Using Stata and Python (1)Prof. Dr. Lars Hornuf
October 28 & 29, 2025FreibergDisaster operations management: a multi-disciplinary perspectiveProf. Dr. Christopher Zobel
November 11 & 12, 2025DresdenExperimental Research in Business and EconomicsAssoc. Prof. David Schindler

Short Workshops

DatePlaceSeminarLecturer
May 19, 2025ZoomAutomatically detect emotions in text using emojisProf. Dr. Nils Wlömert
June 16, 2025ZoomExperimental Design and ImplementationProfessor Nitika Garg
September 15, 2025ZoomAn Introduction to Best-Worst Scaling and Recent ExtensionsProfessor Paul F. Burke 
September 29, 2025ZoomThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Review ProcessAssoc. Prof. Davide Christian Orazi
October 27, 2025ZoomIllustration of empirics-first research process from conception to publicationJake An
November 3, 2025ZoomMeta-Analysis MethodsAssoc. Prof. Natalina Zlatevska