Welcome to the Chair of Business and Social Statistics!
Statistical Colloquium
In the Statistical Colloquium, invited speakers present their current research. All interested parties are welcome to attend!
![Fakultätslogo Statistik Logo der Fakultät Statistik an der Technischen Universität Dortmund](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/8/4/csm_StatistikLogo_01_91320dd5ea.jpg)
New Transregio "Spatio-temporal Statistics for the Transition of Energy and Transport"
Researchers at the UA Ruhr are developing methods to model and forecast data on the energy and mobility transition.
![](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/3/8/csm_DFG_Logo_963b3c2ba3.jpg)
DFG research grant for network inference
Researchers at TU Dortmund University and Leipzig University are developing new models for network data and statistical methods for estimation,…
![](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/c/a/csm_DFG_Logo_1069f92f35.jpg)
Yuliya Shrub receives the award for the best graduating international student
We congratulate Yuliya Shrub on her Master's degree and on winning the award for the best international student. Ms. Shrub completed her master's…
![Potrait of Yuliya Shrub Potrait of Yuliya Shrub](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/4/5/csm_Shrub_71a0d89d80.jpeg)
Fabian Blunck receives the Alumni Association Award for his outstanding thesis
We congratulate Fabian Blunck on his master's degree and on the award of the Alumni Association for his outstanding thesis. Fabian Blunck wrote his…
![Potrait of Fabian Blunck Potrait of Fabian Blunck](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/2/6/csm_Blunck_ab10987ce8.jpg)
Dr. Jonas Rieger receives funding from the TU Dortmund Young Academy
For his research project "The Era of ChatGPT: Evaluation and Regulation of Large Language Models" he receives a grant of 5.000€.
![Jonas Rieger Porträtfoto im Querformat von Jonas Rieger](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/3/b/csm_rieger_full_0031eeb5c8.jpg)
MERCUR project funding for the Narrative Economics Alliance Ruhr
Researchers of the TU, the RUB and the UDE develop methods to analyze economic narratives
![NEAR Logo](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/5/a/csm_near_ad056bca20.png)
EU funds GADMO: German-Austrian Initiative against misinformation
Researchers of the TU Dortmund University join Journalists in their task to automate Fact Checks using Natural Language Processing.
![Logo von GADMO Logo des German Austrian Digital Media Obversatory](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/5/f/csm_Gadmo_6fe1d8669a.png)
MERCUR project funding for dynamic networks
Researchers at TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen are developing new comparative data analysis methods for dynamic networks.
![Logo von MERCUR Logo des Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR)](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/8/4/csm_Mercur_bd6d576435.png)
MERCUR individual funding regarding digital data.
Thomas Bauer becomes a professor at the UA Ruhr for "Digital Data in Social and Economic Research".
![Logo von MERCUR Logo des Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR)](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/8/4/csm_Mercur_bd6d576435.png)
DFG research grant on model diagnostics for count time series
Researchers at TU Dortmund University and HSU Hamburg are developing methods for the identification, selection and validation of time series models in…
![](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/c/a/csm_DFG_Logo_94abf13675.jpg)
UA Ruhr program M.Sc. Econometrics (starting WiSe 2019/20)
The four-semester English-language master's program "Econometrics" brings together economics, mathematics and statistics.
![](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/1/0/csm_UA-Ruhr_Logo_895cce7e60.png)
Cooperative Research of RWI and UA Ruhr
Scientists from RWI, RUB, UDE and TU Dortmund University work together under the competence field "Empirical Economic Research".
![EWF Logo Logo des Kompetenzfeldes für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/a/d/csm_EWF_5cda33d3e4.jpg)
DoCMA: Cooperation across three departments for text data analysis
Researchers from the departments of Journalism, Computer Science and Statistics develop methods and application scenarios for modeling text data.
![DoCMA Logo Logo des virtuellen Instituts DoCMA](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/c/9/csm_DOCMA-Logo-RGB-300dpi_19b978e290.jpg)
Joint doctoral training at the UA Ruhr
The Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ) offers a doctoral program in economics.
![RGS Logo Logo der Ruhr Graduate School](/storages/lwus-statistik/_processed_/d/f/csm_RGS_6830ae5dec.png)