Our DFG network "Influences of the social environment on educational processes of students of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds" (SUBSES) had its first kick-off meeting in Berlin on 22 and 23 March 2024. Over the next three years, our network of 14 interdisciplinary researchers aims to investigate the complex interactions between teachers and their social environment and thus contribute to the elucidation of educational disparities. The first meeting served to coordinate research interests and develop initial project ideas and questions. 

20 February 2024: New publication out in Reserach in Social Stratification and Mobility with my great collegue Markus Kohlmeier. We find with NEPS data that ambivalent parental expectations hinder the choice for academic upper secondary education. This effect was stronger for non immigrant students. Older siblings reduce this negative influence for both immigrant and non-immigrant students.