Prof. Dr. Justin J.W. Powell
Research fields
CV
09 2012 – Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Luxembourg
10 2011 – 03 2012 Visiting Professor, Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover
03 – 09 2010 T.H. Marshall Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
04 – 06 2009 DAAD Research Fellow, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
2007 – 2012 Senior Research Fellow, Research Department "Skill Formation and Labor Markets", WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2005 – 2007 Lecturer, Institute of Sociology, Georgia Augusta University of Göttingen
2000 – 2005 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
2004 Dr.phil. in Sociology (summa cum laude), Free University Berlin
1998 – 1999 Studies in Sociology and Political Science. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Humboldt University of Berlin (M.A. in Transatlantic Studies, with distinction)
1993 – 1998 Coordinator of German-American Academic Programs, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York
1988 – 1992 B.A. in Sociology & Anthropology, Public Policy, German Studies (with distinction). Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
1991 Exchange student. Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
Selected Publications
Completed Projects
Internationalization of Vocational and Higher Education Systems in Transition (INVEST)
Shifting Tensions between Vocational and General Education: France and Germany Compared (VOCGENE)
OECD Cross-national Study of Transitions of Students with Disabilities beyond Secondary Education
Special Education and Disability Policy in Historical and Comparative Perspective