Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Research fields
CV
since 05 2008 Director of the Research Unit “Skill Formation and Labor Markets” at WZB Berlin Social Science Center
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 WZB Berlin Social Science Center
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
Selected Publications
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 soziologischer und ökonomischer Perspektive. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich. Download for free
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.
Appointment standards for professors in international comparison
School-to-Work Transition of SEN Students
School-to-Work Transitions of disadvantaged youth
Vocational Training and Transitions into the Labor Market – Educational stage 6 of the National Educational Panel Study in Germany/NEPS
(coordination of the consortium: LIfBI Bamberg)
Employment Opportunities of Less-educated Persons in Historical and Comparative Perspective
College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research
A Joint Inivitiative of the BMBF, the Jacobs Foundation and the Leibniz Association
PIAAC-Leibniz-network - Modul "Mismatch in the Labor Market"
Berliner-Studienberechtigten-Panel (BEST UP)
Recruitment Behavior of Companies in Vocational Training and Labor Markets
(Bridge Project with the Research Unit "Market Behavior")
Time for Life-Long-Learning in German Companies. New Approaches and Institutional Requirements
Project for Documentation and Preparation of the German Life History Study
Internationalization of Vocational and Higher Education Systems in Transition (INVEST)
The “Discovery” of Youth’s Learning Potential Early in the Life Course
(funded by the Jacobs Foundation)
