Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
mail: solga [at] wzb [dot] eu
Friederike Theilen-Kosch (fon: -170)
Manuela Ludwig (fon: -172)
mail: sek-aam [at] wzb [dot] eu
D-10785 Berlin
since 05 2008
Director of the Research Unit “Skill Formation and Labor Markets” at the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB)
since 05 2008
Professor of Sociology at the Free University Berlin
10 2006 – 03 2010
Member of the directory board of the Sociological Research Institute Göttingen (SOFI)
10 2007 – 04 2008
Acting director of the Research Unit “Skill formation and Labor Markets” (in formation) at the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB)
04 2005 – 04 2008
Professor of Sociology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Institute of Sociology
10 2004 – 03 2005
Professor of Sociology, University Leipzig, Institute of Sociology
07 1999 – 05 2005
Head of the Independent Research Group on “Lack of Training: Employment and Life Chances of the Less Educated” at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (from Oct. 2004 – May 2005 on a part-time basis)
02 1995 – 06 1999
Senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Center for Sociology and the Study of the Life Course
01 1992 – 01 1995
Doctoral Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Center for Sociology and the Study of the Life Course
Solga, Heike (2006): The Rise of Meritocracy? Class Mobility in East Germany Before and After 1989. In: Martin Diewald/Anne Goedicke/Karl Ulrich Mayer (Eds.): After the Fall of the Wall: Life courses in the Transformation of East Germany. Palo Alto, CA: Standford University Presse, S. 140-169.
Solga, Heike (2005): Ohne Abschluss in die Bildungsgesellschaft. Die Erwerbschancen gering qualifizierter Personen aus ökonomischer und soziologischer Perspektive. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Solga, Heike/Wimbauer, Christine (Hg.) (2005): Wenn zwei das Gleiche tun ... - Ideal und Realität sozialer (Un-)Gleichheit in Dual Career Couples. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Recruitment Behavior of Companies in Vocational Training and Labor Markets
(Bridge Project with the Research Unit "Market Behavior")
Vocational Training and Transitions into the Labor Market – Educational stage 6 of the National Educational Panel Study in Germany/NEPS
(coordinator of the consortium: Prof. Hans-Peter Blossfeld, University of Bamberg)
The “Discovery” of Youth’s Learning Potential Early in the Life Course
(funded by the Jacobs Foundation)
Internationalization of Vocational and Higher Education Systems in Transition (INVEST)
Employment Opportunities of Less-educated Persons in Historical and Comparative Perspective
Time for Life-Long-Learning in German Companies. New Approaches and Institutional Requirements