Thesis supervision

I am/was supervisor and/or opponent of the following theses:

Ongoing

Doctoral theses, 1st supervisor:

1. Julia Mayr (BAGSS): “Knowledge and Power: An empirical analysis of the effect of education on political participation from a life-course perspective”  (2022–)

2. Sascha Christopher Geschke (BAGSS): “Poverty dynamics of ethnic minorities in Germany (1990-2020) – How have first- and second generation migrants fared compared to the native-born ethnic majority?” (2021–)

3. Daniel Zeddel (Univ. of Bamberg): “School-to-work transition: Exploring country differences and the role of educational institutions” (2018–)

4. Christoph Schlee (Univ. of Bamberg): “Social exclusion of young adults in Germany – Unemployment, insecurities and coping strategies” (2016–)

5. Eliza Mandieva (Univ. of Bamberg): “Informal markets in the CCA region: Composition, causes and consequences” (2016–)

6. Simon Christoph  (Univ. of Bamberg): “The impact of peer groups on immigrant and native students' educational achievement and aspirations” (2015–)

7. Paul Löwe  (Univ. of Bamberg): “What are the consequences of structural differences? Career dynamics in public service in Germany and Europe” (2015–) 

Doctoral theses, 2nd supervisor:

8. Julia Fritzsche (Univ. of Rostock) (2023-)

9. Carmen Friedrich: “Women’s agency and fertility in the Middle East and North Africa" (2019–)

10. Carina Sperber (IAB Nuremberg): “Determinanten atypischer Beschäftigung und Chancen der Aufwärtsmobilität zum Normalarbeitsverhältnis“ (2016–)

Completed

Doctoral theses, 1st supervisor:

1. Chen-Hao Hsu: “Employment instability, family formation, and motherhood penalties: Comparative and life course perspectives” (Univ. of Bamberg 2024)

2. Stephan Bischof: “Skill mismatch: Measurement, determinants and consequences“ (LIfBi, Univ. of Bamberg 2024)

3. Sophia Fauser: “Investigating the career consequences of temporary employment in and outside of Europe” (Univ. of Bamberg 2023)

4. Maye Ehab Samy: “Labor market inequalities in Egypt: Some causes and consequences for youth and women“ (BAGSS 2022)

5. Sonja Scheuring: “Disentangling the (long-term) effects of fixed-term employment on well-being from a country-comparative and household-integrative perspective” (Univ. of Bamberg 2022)

6. Jacqueline Kroh: “The causal effect of education on health: A consideration of methodological challenges, mediating effects, and variation by age” (LIfBi, Univ. of Bamberg 2021)

7. Jonas Voßemer: “The economic and non-economic consequences of job loss, unemployment, and inadequate re-employment in Germany and Europe” (Univ. of Bamberg 2019)

8. Stefanie Heyne: “The role of culture in explaining female labor force participation in worldwide comparison” (Univ. of Mannheim 2017)

Doctoral theses, 2nd supervisor:

9. Nadja Bömmel: “Universal solvent or catch-all proxy? Causal evidence on the effect of education on political participation and attitudes in Germany” ( (LIfBi, Univ. of Bamberg 2023)

10. Leonard Geyer: “The political economy of active labour market policies for young people” (BAGSS 2022)

11. Claudia Traini: “Stratification of education systems and social mobility. Empirical analyses of the moderating role of the stratification of education systems on the association of the mobility triangle” (BAGSS 2022)

12. Zahra Kamal: “Gender agenda in classroom and student educational outcomes. Three essays on the impact of gender interactions in the classroom environment on student achievement” (BAGSS 2021)

13. Stephanie von Göwels: “Gatekeeping im Lebenslauf. Übergangsentscheidungen von Ärzten und Richtern” (Univ. of Bamberg 2021)

14. Tobias Putz: “Die Bedeutung der zeitlichen Einbettung von Geburten für die Erwerbsbiographien ost- und westdeutscher Frauen” (Univ. of Bamberg 2019)

15. Eric Stollenwerk: “The legitimacy of governance actors and collective goods provision in areas of limited statehood. Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and Afghanistan” (FU Berlin 2018)

PhD opposition and written review of thesis: 

16. Alexander Dicks (Univ. of Maastricht 2023)

17. Saverio Minardi (Univ. of Trento 2022)

18. Michael Kolander (Univ. of Tilburg 2022)

19. Paul Vinod Khiatini (City University, Hong Kong 2019)

20. Ansgar Hudde (BAGSS 2019)

21. Giampiero Passaretta (Univ. of Trento 2017) 

PhD opposition: 

22. Jörg Welker (LIfBi, Univ. Bamberg 2023)

23. Claudia Karwath (Univ. of Bamberg 2021)

24. Susanne Elsas (Univ. of Bamberg 2020)

25. Yi-Jhen Wu (BAGSS 2018)

26. Gundula Zoch (BAGSS 2018)

27. Irina Hondralis (BAGSS 2017)

28. Marion Fischer-Neumann (BAGSS 2017)

(Co-)Supervisor of BA and MA theses: 26 MA theses in total (since 2011) 

• Univ. of Bamberg: 12 MA theses

• Double Degree Bamberg–Trento: Co-supervisor for 3 MA theses 

• Double Degree Bamberg–UPF Barcelona: 1 MA thesis

• Univ. of Mannheim: 10 MA theses 

(Co-)Supervisor of BA and MA theses: 41 BA theses in total (since 2011) 

• Univ. of Bamberg: 13 BA theses

• Univ. of Oldenburg: 6 BA theses

• Univ. of Mannheim: 22 BA theses