CV

Short CV

2009 Junior Professor for Sociology, with a focus on Education, Labour Markets and Social Inequality, at BIGSSS, University of Bremen

2009 DIW Research Professor

2006–2009 Researcher (Postdoc) at the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), DIW Berlin

2006 Doctorate in Sociology (Dr. phil.), Institute of Sociology, University Muenster. Dissertation on Poverty, Social Exclusion and Class Structures (“Armut, soziale Ausgrenzung und Klassenstrukturen. Zur Integration multidimensionaler und längsschnittlicher Perspektiven”, erschienen 2009 im VS-Verlag)

2005 EPU-Net Research Visit at ISER (Essex)

2002–2006 Researcher at Institute of Sociology, University Muenster

2000 Master of Arts in Sociology, Institute of Sociology, University Muenster. Thesis on Poverty and Social Disadvantages in Germany (“Armut und soziale Benachteiligung in Deutschland”)

1991-2000 University studies on Sociology, Philosophy and Modern History at Universities of Muenster and Kassel