Academic Affiliations, Positions and Qualifications

since 7/2020
Professor for Comparative Education at the University Augsburg/Germany
04/2020 – 07/2020
Interim Professor for Comparative Education at the University Augsburg/Germany
04/2017 – 03/2020
Scholarship funded within the framework of the Heisenberg Program of the German Research Foundation (= DFG, Deutsche Forschungs­gemeinschaft)
04/2011 – 03/2017
Assistent Professor for System-related School Research (= Juniorprofessur, W1) at the Humboldt-University Berlin/Germany (evaluation in 2014, considered as habilitation qualification-acchievement)
01/2010 – 03/2010
Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University within the exchange programme of the CES and the Social Science Research Center (= WZB, Wissenschafts­zentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung)/‌Germany
09/2010 – 11/2010
T.H. Marshall Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences within the framework of the T.H. Marshall Fellowship Programme on European Social Policy of the Volkswagen­Stiftung
04/2007 – 03/2011
Head of the Reserch Group "Education and Transitions into the Labour Market“ at the Social Science Reserch Center Berlin (= WZB, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung)/‌Germany
04/2006 – 03/2007
Research Associate of the Director at the Institute for Employment Research (= IAB, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung) (Prof. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D.)
2006
Ph.D. in Political Science (Dr. rer. pol.), Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg/Germany (first supervisor Prof. Dr. Manfred G. Schmidt, second supervisor Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal)
04/2004 – 03/2006
Research Associate in the project "Educational Expenditure in International Comparison", funded by the German Research Foundation (=DFG, Deutsche Forschungs­gemeinschaft) (Head Prof. Dr. Manfred G. Schmidt) at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg/Germany
2004 – 05
Interim Research Assistent at the chair of Prof. Dr. Manfred G. Schmidt at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg/Germany
2004
Magister in Political Science and History (= Politikwissenschaft/‌Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte), Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg/Germany
1998 – 2004
Studies in Political Science and History (= Politikwissenschaft, Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte), Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg/Germany