NEWS

[Aug 2025] I became Honorary Professor (Professor honoris causa) at Tallinn University. Click here for more information.

[Sep 2023] I became the Director of the Institute for Sociology at the University of Bamberg.

[Apr 2022] I became Associate Editor of European Sociological Review (ESR).

[Oct 2021] I became Board Member and Treasurer of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR).

RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND AWARDS

[Apr 2018 - Mar 2023] The European Research Council (ERC) funded my ERC Starting Grant project "The Socio-Economic Consequences of Temporary Employment: A Comparative Panel Data Analysis" (SECCOPA) for a period of 5 years. Project homepage

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

SSCI-listed journal publications marked with (*)

Ortiz-Gervasi, L. and M. Gebel (2025). The role of labour market institutions for the transition from education to work. In M. Wolbers and D. Verhaest (eds.) Handbook of Education and Work. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 204–227. DOI: 10.4337/9781035309917.00017  Download 

(*) Manzoni, A. and M. Gebel (2024). Young adults’ labour market transitions and intergenerational support in Germany.  European Sociological Review, 40(1), 99–115. DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcad006 Download (open access!)

Gebel, M. (2023). Globalization and the transition from education to employment in the MENA region. In D. Hofäcker and C. Karner (eds.). Research handbook on the sociology of globalization. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 287-296. DOI:10.4337/9781839101571.00037 Download 

(*) Gebel M. and S. Gundert (2023). Changes in income poverty risks at the transition from unemployment to employment: Comparing the short-term and medium-term effects of fixed-term and permanent jobs. Social Indicators Research, 167(1-3), 507–533. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-023-03118-5 (*) Download (open access!)

Gebel, M. (2023). Causal inference based on non-experimental data in health inequality research. In R. Hoffmann (ed.). Handbook of health inequalities across the life course. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 93-111. DOI: 10.4337/9781800888166.00014 Download

Gebel, M. (2023). Education-to-work transitions and youth’s psychological well-being in Taiwan. In C.-C. Yi and M.-C. Tsai (eds). Journey to adulthood. East Asian perspectives. SAGE Studies in International Sociology. London: SAGE, 99-125. Download

(*) Kleinert, C. and M. Gebel (2023). Editorial: Consequences of the corona crisis for social inequalities in Germany. Soziale Welt, 74(1), 3-13. DOI: 10.5771/0038-6073-2023-1-3 Download

(*) Kleinert, C. and M. Gebel (eds.) (2023). Consequences of the corona crisis for social inequalities in Germany. Soziale Welt. 74(1) . DOI: 10.5771/0038-6073-2023-1 Download

(*) Fauser, S. and M. Gebel (2023). Labour market dualism and the heterogeneous wage gap for temporary employment: A multilevel study across 30 countries. Socio-Economic Review, 21(4), 2069–2091. DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwac072 Download (open access!)

RECENT EVENTS

[Jun 26, 2024] Held a presentation on "Unemployment and subjective well-being across the globe: The moderating role of the economic and institutional context" at the 22nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) in Kota Kinabalu.

[Jan 16-17, 2024] Acted a a discussant at the  workshop on "Reflections of the YOUTHShare Project" at the Department of Geography at the School of Social Sciences of  the University of the Aegean in Mytilene. 

[Nov 22, 2023] Held a presentation on "Education effects on education-to-work transition: Evidence from 23 low and middle income countries" at the ERAS International Conference and WERA Focal Meeting at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.

[Nov 7, 2023] Contributed to the discussion round on "Future directions in intergroup relations research" at UAEU/NYUAD/LSE Joint Research Symposium on Identity & Tolerance in the Face of Global Challenges at New York University Abu Dhabi.

[Nov 6, 2023] Held a presentation on "Gender role attitudes among young people in Muslim-Majority Countries"  at UAEU/NYUAD/LSE Joint Research Symposium on Identity & Tolerance in the Face of Global Challenges at UAEU in Al Ain. 

[Nov 3, 2023] Acted a a discussant at the UAEU/DCD Research Symposium on Social Cohesion and Well-being of Youth and Elderly at UAEU in Al Ain.