| Lecturer: | Prof. Dr. Hilmar Schneider E-Mail: schneidh@uni-mainz.de |
| ID Number: | 6150 (Lecture) |
| Contact Time: | 3 SWS lecture |
| Credit Points: | 6 ECTS for master students |
| Time/Place: | Fri, 10.00h - 12.15h (00 461 P11) |
| First Session: | Fri, November 7th, 2025 |
| Language: | English |
| Assessment: | written Assessment of a systematic review (10 pages) and oral exam |
Content:
This course is about the principles of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Examples will be taken from active labor market policies, welfare policies, housing policies, financial education, development policies, climate policies and the like. The role of replications as a validation tool is also addressed. Students will be given the opportunity to run their own meta analysis based on a dataset of publications on active labor market policies. The course aims at enabling students to critically assess systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Students interested in a career at policy related institutions will learn how to use systematic reviews for evidence-based policy-making. Students interested in an academic career will learn how to use systematic reviews for developing their own research agenda.
Class material and handouts will be downloadable from the e-learning platform Moodle