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Since 2019
Speaker of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC)

2015-2020
Dean of Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)

Since 2013
Professor (W2) for Sociology, with the focus Education, Labour Markets, and Social Inequality at the University of Bremen

2013-2015
Field Chair of Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)

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

2009-2013
Field Coordinator der Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)

Since 2009
DIW Research Professor, DIW Berlin

2006-2009
Post-doctoral researcher 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”, (published in 2009, VS-Verlag)

2005
EPU-Net Research Visit at the Institue for Social & Economic Research, University of Essex

2002-2006
Researcher at Institute of Sociology, University of Muenster

2000
Graduate degree of Arts in Sociology, Institute of Sociology, University of Muenster. Master's thesis on
"Poverty and Social Disadvantages in Germany
(“Armut und soziale Benachteiligung in Deutschland”)

1991-2000
Studies on Sociology, Philosophy, and Modern History, Universities of Muenster and Kassel