Regular & Affiliated Fellows
BIGSSS hosts more than 90 international fellows in its PhD Programs. Please find below their research profiles, publications and contact information.
BIGSSS PhD fellows of Thematic Field A
BIGSSS PhD fellows of Thematic Field B
BIGSSS PhD fellows of Thematic Field C
BIGSSS PhD fellows of the DFG Research Training Group "Self"
BIGSSS PhD fellows of the DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Program "GloWel"
Thematic Field A "Global Governance and Regional Integration"
Research Interests
Digital anthropology
Interpretive sociology
Philosophy of language
Grounded Theory
Netnography & multi-sited ethnography
Thematic & qualitative content analysis
Research Interests
Global governance and international organisations
Political Sociology
Armed conflict & Forced migration
Peacekeeping, humanitarianism, development aid, particulary in regards to the 'Protection of Civilians'
Qualitative methods/ Ethnography
Geographic focus: Central and East Africa
Research Interests
I conduct research on Global Regulatory Governance, focusing on the intermediary actors operating in transnational and state regulation process of labor standards. I am particularly interested in studying the strategic behaviours employed by the stake-holding actors, including work on governance tactics, legislative instruments, and the role that constitutional characteristics and contemporary industrial relations play in shaping these strategies.
My ongoing project looks at relations among key actors (e.g. Ministry of Labor, the tripartite representatives and International Labor Organisation (ILO), international organisations (IOs), ad-hoc initiatives, international and national non-governmental organisations (INGOs & NGOs), and contemporary social movements…). I further investigate how the network of these actors shapes their strategic intervention towards the promotion of labor standards in specific institutional settings.
Research Interests
- Theories of international relations
- International organizations and institutions
- International Political Economy
Research Interests
- Emerging powers
- Chinese entrepreneur networks
- New Silk Road
- Social network analysis; qualitative interviews
Research Interests
- Institutional Economics
- Environmental and Resource Regimes
- Institutional Change
- Environmental & Resource Management
- Human-Environment Interactions
- Environmental Governance
- Property Rights
Research Interests
Strategies and Actors of Economic Transformation
(Historical) Regionbuilding
Structural Policies in Socialism and Capitalism
Research Interests
- Future of Work
- Digitalisation
- Digital Labour Markets
- Digital Economy
- Decent Work
- Platform governance
Research Interests
Political Strategies and Actors of the Economic Transformation in Poland
Internationalization of Higher Education
Partisan Positions on Higher Education
Polish Party System
Thematic Field B "Welfare State, Inequality and Quality of Life"
Research Interests
Healthcare Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)
The Welfare State in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)
International Organizations especially the World Bank and IMF
Health Financing Policies and Politics
Research Interests
Inequalities, Equality policy, diversity, social mobility, ethnic and racial minorities, gender, Roma, Central Eastern Europe
Research Interests
- Distribution and diffusion of national and global patterns of labour law
- (International) Organisations, their actors and power
- mixed-methods research
- workers representation, especially works councils
Research Interests
- Institutional Economics
- Economic Sociology
- Income Inequality
- Relative Deprivation
- Trust
Research Interests
Organizational Sociology
Social Theory
Welfare State and Labour Market
Qualitative Methods
Research Interests
Political Sociology
Education
Research Interests
- Migration studies and Transnationalism
- Long-Term Care Policy
- Gender, Labour Market and Social Policy
- Qualitative Research
Research Interests
- Health inequality
- Social stratification
- Welfare states
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Reproducible research
Research Interests
- Sociology of the Family
- Intersectionality
- Elderly-Care Arrangements
- Gender and Social Policy
- Feminist Methodology
- Life Course Research
Research Interests
- Informal sector labour
- Welfare State, Social Protection
- Gender and the informal employment
- Welfare State for the informal sector labour
Research Interests
- Healthcare Systems in East-central Europe
- Quality of health care
- Patient safety
- Patient rights
Research Interests
Sociology of the Family
Intergenerational Value Transmission
Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods
Research Interests
- Intergenerational Inequality
- Family and intergenerational reproduction
- Extracurricular activities and skill development
Research Interests
Various developments are increasingly challenging social cohesion, such as anthropogenic climate change, globalisation or populism. In particular, the nature of the latter, including its effects on European democracies, has become the focus of my research interest in recent years.
Research Interests
- Transition
- East Germany
- Entrepreneurship
- Vocational Training
- Life-long Learning
Research Interests
Comparative Political Economy, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Quantitative Research Methods.
Research Interests
- Social policy
- Identities
- Public policy
Research Interests
Theoretical interests:
- Sociology of the Life Course
- Family Sociology
- Gender Studies
Research methods:
- Methods of Causal Inference in the Social Sciences
- Longitudinal Data Analysis
Thematic Field C "Changing Lives in Changing Socio-Cultural Contexts"
Research Interests
- Work and Retiremeent
- Immigration Studies
Supervisors:
Dr. Jakob Fruchtmann
Prof. Dr. Sven Voelpel
Prof. Dr. Jan Pletzer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
Research Interests
Coming from Serbia, my interests focus mainly around societal outliers—Roma children and families, LGBTIQ adolescents, and gifted underachieving pupils. I am currently working on a project investigating the interplay of individuals' personal values and values they are exposed to while interacting with their immediate social groups, and its effects on subjective well-being.
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Mental Health
- Values
- Personal Construct Psychotherapy
- Mixed Methods
Research Interests
Noncognitive skills (particularly grit and self-control)
Positive psychological approach to personality
Educational inequalities
Research Interests
Methods of Social Research
Sociological Theory
Questionnaire Design
Cognitive Interviews
Comparative Social Research
Social Norms
Anomie
Research Interests
- Social Complexity
- Agent-based modelling
- Immigrant Integration
Visiting PhD Fellows
Thematic Field B
Visiting Fellow 04-05/2023 (Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University)
Research Training Group "Social Dynamics of the Self" (SELF)
Research Interests
- Norms
- Social Morality
- Attitudes
- Prejudice
- Inter/Intra-Group Relations
- Intergroup Conflict
- Integration
- Social Identity
- Human Evolution
Research Interests
- Cultural Psychology
- Self across different cultural backgrounds
- Values
- Acculturation
DAAD-GSSP "Global Inequality, the Middle Classes and the Welfare State" (GloWel)
Research Interests
Family Solidarity; Social Policy Attitudes; Welfare State; Labour Market Inequalities; Quantitative Methods; Survey Methodology
Research Interests
Care work; Elderly; Emotional labour; Gender inequality; Class inequality; Qualitative methods; Latin American research; Feminist studies
Research Interests
Social Comparison, Subjective Social Status, Social Stratification, Redistributive Preferences
Research Interests
- Gender and Development
- Environmental Sociology
- Gender Inequality
- Class Inequality
- Care Work
- Qualitative Methods