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Current Projects

Einstein Center Population Diversity (ECPD)
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Prof. Dr. Melinda Mills
Staff
Tina Baier, Ph.D., Xuejie Ding Ph.D., Alessandro Ferrara, Ph.D.
Anastassia von Lingen
Duration: 2024-03/2030
Funding: Einstein Foundation Berlin
Mapping inequalities through the life course (Mapineq)
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Prof. Dr. Jan Paul Heisig
Staff
Carla Hornberg, Christian König
Duration: 10/2023-9/2025
Funding: EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme
Transition to Parenthood and Dynamics in Job-related Training Participation: On the gender-specific relationship between family formation and job-related further training participation in Germany and the UK
Head
Sascha dos Santos
Duration: ongoing
Gender, Race, and Family Status Inequality in Labor Markets
Head
Misun Lim, Ph.D.
Duration: ongoing
The role of families and schools in the creation of education inequalities
Head
Dr. Anne Christine Holtmann
Duration: ongoing
Is education key? The education-training-relationship and its association with the quality of (computerized) work in international comparison
Head
Carla Hornberg
Duration: ongoing
Vocational Training and Transitions into the Labor Market – Educational stage 6 of the National Educational Panel Study in Germany/NEPS
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert
Duration: 10/2008 – 12/2027
Social inequality in access to prestigious fields of study: The interplay of students’ application behavior and universities’ selection procedures
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Dr. Claudia Finger
Staff
Rebecca Wetter, Birte Freer
Duration: 01/2018-12/2023
Funding: 09/2018-08/2021 funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Employment Opportunities of Less-educated Persons in Historical and Comparative Perspective
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Carla Hornberg
Duration: on-going
MATH+ as a Research Object
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Sophie Hofmeister, Johannes Lindenau, Julia Bersch
Duration: 07/2019 – 12/2025
Funding: gefördert vom MATH+ Excellenzcluster und dem WZB
Future and career plans before high school graduation (ZuBAb study)
Head
Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Marcel Helbig
Prof. Dr. Marita Jacob (Universtät zu Köln)
Staff
Dr. Melinda Erdmann, Irena Pietrzyk, Juliana Schneider
Duration: 2016 - 2024
Funding: Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft Nordrhein-Westfalen
Appointment standards for professors in international and disciplinary comparison
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Dr. Alessandra Rusconi
Duration: 4/2019-12/2023
Funding: WZB
From School-to-(Quality)-Work. A Comparative Study of Sequence Trajectories in Developed and Developing Countries.
Head
Agustina Marques Hill
Duration: 10/2021-10/2025
Funding: Research Grant for Doctoral Program in Germany by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
Environmental inequality, residential sorting, and health in urban Germany
Head
Christian König
Duration: ongoing

Completed projects/projects of former staff members

School-to-Work Transition of SEN Students
Head
Dr. Laura Menze, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pollak, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schoon, Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Duration: 07/2018 - 12/2020
School-to-work transitions of disadvantaged youth
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Duration: completed project
New opportunities or reinforced disadvantages? Variations in returns to low-achieving school leavers' participation in pre-vocational training programmes - Extension: Dropping out of VET programs (N.O.R.D. 2)
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Dr. Anne Christine Holtmann
Duration: 01/2015 - 06/2022
Funding: gefördert von der Deutschen Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG)
International Comparison of School-to-Work Transitions
Head
Dr. Christian Brzinsky-Fay
Duration: on-going
Zunehmender Abstieg aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft?
Head
Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert, Prof. Dr. Jan Paul Heisig
Duration: on-going
The Family and the Household as a Buffer for Labor Market Insecurity
Head
Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert
Duration: on-going
Technological inequality – understanding the relation between recent technological innovations and social inequalities (TECHNEQUALITY)
Head
Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert, Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pollak
Staff
Sascha dos Santos, Carla Hornberg, Misun Lim, Ph.D.
Duration: 01/2019-12/2021
Funding: EU-Funding
New opportunities or reinforced disadvantages? Variation in returns to low-achieving school leavers’ participation in pre-vocational training programmes (N.O.R.D. 1)
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Dr. Anne Christine Holtmann, Dr. Laura Menze
Duration: 01/2015 – 10/2021
Funding: funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Matching Young People to Apprenticeships in Challenging Times - Employers' Recruitment and Selection Practices in the German Apprenticeship Market (completed)
Head
Prof. Dr. Paula Protsch
Staff
Matthias Flohr
Duration: 11/2017 – 08/2021
Funding: funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Facets of School Systems and their Effects on Students' Skills
Head
Prof. Dr. Sönke Hendrik Matthewes
Duration: 1/2017 - 8/2021
Understanding NEETS. Individual and Institutional Determinants of Youth Inactivity in France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and the UK
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Dr. Christian Brzinsky-Fay
Staff
Sebastian Schongen
Duration: 06/2016-12/2019
Funding: funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Dr. Sabine Hübgen
Staff
Prof. Dr. Sönke Hendrik Matthewes, Diana Lange, Babeta Ymeri
Duration: 10/2012 - 06/2019
The provision and effects of company provided further training for the labour market integration of low skilled workers
Head
Dr. Philip Wotschack
Duration: 10/2015 – 4/2019
Funding: until 10/2018 DFG, 11/2018-4/2019 WZB
Ethnic Inequality in Retirement Income
Head
Prof. Dr. Jan Paul Heisig
Dr. Bram Lancee (Utrecht University) and Dr. Jonas Radl (University Carlos III, Madrid)
Duration: Since 2014
The Returns to Formal and Non-formal Further Training
Head
Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert
Duration: on-going
Vocational Opportunities of Students with “Learning Disabilities”
Head
Prof. Dr. Jonna M. Blanck
Duration: until 2018
Individuals’ Lives after Unemployment – A Comparative Study
Head
Prof. Dr. Martina Dieckhoff
Duration: until 10/2018
PIAAC-Leibniz-network - Modul "Mismatch in the Labor Market"
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Prof. Dr. Paula Protsch
Staff
Prof. Dr. Camilla Borgna
Duration: 02/2015-06/2018
Untracked or off-track? Inequality of educational opportunities and comprehensive schools in Germany
Head
Prof. Dr. Camilla Borgna
Duration: 04/2017 - 02/2018
Funding: funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Productive Ageing in Europe: The Role of Waged Work, Family Work and Volunteering
Head
Prof. Dr. Susanne Strauß
Duration: 04/2014 - 03/2017
Funding: Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Berliner-Studienberechtigten-Panel (Best Up)
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Dr. Alessandra Rusconi
Staff
Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert, Dr. Claudia Finger, Cindy Fitzner
Duration: 10/2012 - 12/2017
Funding: until 12/2016 funded by Einstein Stiftung, 1-12/2017 funded by WZB
Empirical research on educational inequalities and its normative implications: An interdisciplinary perspective
Head
Prof. Dr. Camilla Borgna
Rolf Strietholt (Institut für Schulentwicklungsforschung, Dortmund)
Duration: 2014-2017
Funding: funded by the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER), a joint initiative of the BMBF, the Jacobs Foundation and the Leibniz Association
Linking large scale cross sectional studies on cognitive competences
Head
Prof. Dr. Camilla Borgna
Rolf Strietholt (Institut für Schulentwicklungsforschung, Dortmund), Dr. Janna Teltemann (Universität Bremen)
Duration: 2014-2016
Funding: funded by the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER), a joint initiative of the BMBF, the Jacobs Foundation and the Leibniz Association
The social stratification of competences beyond compulsory schooling. An international comparison
Head
Prof. Dr. Camilla Borgna
Duration: 2014-2016
Funding: funded by the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER), a joint initiative of the BMBF, the Jacobs Foundation and the Leibniz Association
The causal effect of parental education on children’s educational achievement and its mediators
Head
Anna Kroth, Ph.D.
Jan Marcus (DIW)
Duration: 2014-2016
Funding: funded by the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER), a joint initiative of the BMBF, the Jacobs Foundation and the Leibniz Association
The effects of financial aid and employment on drop-out behavior, academic achievement and time to degree in Germany
Head
Anna Kroth, Ph.D.
Frauke Peter (DIW)
Duration: 2014-2016
Funding: funded by the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER), a joint initiative of the BMBF, the Jacobs Foundation and the Leibniz Association
Time for Life-Long Learning in German Companies. New Approaches and Institutional Requirements
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Dr. Philip Wotschack
Duration: 12/2009 – 06/2015
Funding: WZB; until 06/2013 funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation
Project for Documentation and Preparation of the German Life History Study
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Prof. Dr. Karl Ulrich Mayer
Staff
Dr. Maarten Buis
Duration: 2010-2014
Internationalization of Vocational and Higher Education Systems in Transition (INVEST)
Head
Prof. Dr. Justin J.W. Powell, Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Prof. Dr. Nadine Bernhard, Prof. Dr. Lukas Graf
Duration: until 03/2014
Funding: WZB; funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) 2009-2012
Being a Couple: Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block for Female Careers?
Head
Dr. Alessandra Rusconi
Duration: 2011-2013
Labour Market Entry after Apprenticeship Training - The Impact of Characteristics of the Training Occupation
Head
Dr. Laura Menze
Duration: since 2013
Weak Employees and Work Policies in Companies. Challenges and Operational Approaches of Company-Level Employee Representatives
Head
Dr. Franziska Scheier
Duration: 2009-2013
Funding: Dissertation project (funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation)
The “Discovery” of Youth’s Learning Potential Early in the Life Course
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Prof. Dr. Martina Dieckhoff
Staff
Prof. Dr. Paula Protsch
Duration: 7/2007 – 7/2012
Funding: Funded by the Jacobs Foundation
The Entwined Life Courses of Academic Couples
Head
Dr. Alessandra Rusconi, Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Johanna Hess, Ralf Künster, Prof. Dr. Lisa Pfahl, Marion Thiele
Duration: 11/2007 – 10/2010
Funding: Funded by German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and European Social Fund (ESF)
Varieties of Life Course Patterns: The Role of Institutions in Shaping Labour Market Careers in Europe
Head
Prof. Dr. Martina Dieckhoff
Dr. Nadia Steiber
Duration: until 08/2010
Funding: Funded by the European EqualSoc Network on Economic Change, Quality of Life & Social Cohesion
Doing Gender in Science and Engineering
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Prof. Dr. Lisa Pfahl
Duration: 2009 - 2010
Shifting Tensions between Vocational and General Education: France and Germany Compared (VOCGENE)
Head
Prof. Dr. Justin J.W. Powell, Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Prof. Dr. Lukas Graf, Prof. Dr. Nadine Bernhard
Dr. Laurence Coutrot (Centre Maurice Halbwachs, CNRS, Paris), Dr. Annick Kieffer (Centre Maurice Halbwachs, CNRS, Paris)
Duration: 2008 - 2010
Funding: Funded by European EqualSoc Network on Economic Change, Quality of Life & Social Cohesion
Special Education and Disability Policy in Historical and Comparative Perspective
Head
Prof. Dr. Justin J.W. Powell
Prof. John G. Richardson Ph.D. (Western Washington University)
Duration: 2007 - 2010
Funding: funded by Stiftung Deutsch-Amerikanische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen (SDAW) im Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
The Impact of State Intervention on the Educational Integration of Immigrants: German 'Resettlers' and Non-German Immigrants Compared
Staff
Dr. Janina Söhn
Duration: 2007 - 2010
Funding: Dissertation project (funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation)
Special School-Leavers Transitioning from School to Work. Discursive and Biographical Constructions of Learning Disability
Head
Prof. Dr. Lisa Pfahl
Duration: 2003 - 2010
OECD Cross-national Study of Transitions of Students with Disabilities beyond Secondary Education
Head
Prof. Dr. Justin J.W. Powell
Kai Felkendorff (Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich)
Duration: 2007 - 2009
Funding: Funded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Social inequalities in the German Education System – What we know and what we want to know
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Rosine Dombrowski
Duration: 06-12/2008
Funding: Funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation
Working-Life Time Accounts in Company Practice
Head
Prof. Dr. Eckart Hildebrandt
Staff
Dr. Philip Wotschack, Dr. Franziska Scheier
Almut Kirschbaum
Duration: 04/2006 - 05/2008
Funding: Funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation
Recruitment Behavior of Companies in Vocational Training and Labor Markets
Head
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Kübler, Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Prof. Dr. Paula Protsch, Dr. Julia Schmid
Duration: 2011-05/2016