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Supervision of PhD Thesis

ongoing dissertations

Timo Wiesner: "A Comparative Perspective on Perceptions of and Preferences for Inequality", Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), First Supervisor, ongoing

Julio Iturra: "Ties Matter: The Role of Interpersonal Networks on Attitudes towards the Role of the State, the Market, and the Community on Shaping Economic Inequality", Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), First Supervisor, ongoing

Gonzalo Arevalo Iglesias: "Family Solidarity and Welfare Preferences in Cross-National Perspective", Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), First Supervisor, ongoing

Margherita Cusmano: "How do Migrants in Germany make Sense of Economic Inequality?", Max Planck Institut for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Committee member, ongoing

Nadine Maser: "Social Status as a Category of Discrimination. A Case Study on the Role of Inequality in Public Administration", University of Hamburg, Second Supervisor (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sighard Neckel), ongoing

completed dissertations

Anne Speer, "Incorporating Status Bias into Prejudice Research", Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Second Supervisor (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Olaf Groh-Samberg). Current Position: Research Associate, University of Bremen

Florian Buchmayr, Attitudes and Social Positions. Social Structural Determinants of Ideological Beliefs. University of Bremen, Second Supervisor (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Olaf Groh-Samberg), completed. Current Position: Research Associate, University of Bremen

Sthamer, Evelyn: "Inequality Perceptions and their Consequences: Sentiments of Injustice, Right-Wing Populism, and Solidarity with the Poor", First Supervisor (Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carsten G. Ullrich), University of Bremen, completed. Current position: Research Associate, Youth and Social Welfare Office of the City of Frankfurt

Katharina Kunißen, The Independent Variable Problem. Welfare Stateness as an Explanatory Concept, University of Mainz, Second Supervisor (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gunnar Otte), completed. Best Dissertation award by Section "Social Inequality and Social Structure", German Sociological Association. Current Position: Freelance Researcher

Carlotta Giustozzi, Social Consequences of Labour Market Marginalization, Goethe University Frankfurt, Second Supervisor (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Gangl), completed. Best Dissertation award by Section "Social Inequality and Social Structure", German Sociological Association. Current Position: Head of Public Relations and Press Spokesperson at the Federal Office of Administration (BVA)

Sara Weckemann, Large Families on Welfare, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne (Comitee member, First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streeck, Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Axel Honneth), completed. Current position: Policy Officer, DLR Project Management Agency, Bonn

Support of Postdoctoral Researchers

Mentor for Dr. Lukas Pfäffle, University of Heidelberg, within the heiTRACKS mentoring scheme of the University of Heidelberg

Mentor for Daniel Moosdorf, University of Marburg, within the DIFIS mentoring scheme