Sophie Hofmeister
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sophie.hofmeister [at] wzb.eu
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D-10785 Berlin
D-10785 Berlin
Guest of the Research Department
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Sophie Hofmeister is a research fellow in the Skill Formation and Labor Markets Research Department. Here she supports gender research and is engaged in research on the “leaky pipeline” in mathematics, studying the MATH+ Cluster of Excellence. Prior to this she completed an MA in Political and Administrative Science at the University of Potsdam. Her main research interests are in the field of education and higher education research.
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2025
Solga, Heike/Rusconi, Alessandra/Hofmeister, Sophie (2025): "Gender biases in assistant professor recruitment: Does discipline matter?". In: Research Policy, advance access, 15.01.2025, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105170.
2022
Hofmeister, Sophie (2022): "Leaky Pipeline im Exzellenzcluster MATH+?". In: Geschlechter*Gerecht - Blog der Zentralen Frauenbeauftragten der Freien Universität Berlin, 08.04.2022.
2021
Hofmeister, Sophie/Lindenau, Johannes/Mischau, Anina/Ransiek, Anna/Solga, Heike (2021): Erste Befunde aus dem Projekt 'MATH+ as a Research Object'. Karriereziele, -wissen und -handeln, Nachwuchsförderung und Rekrutierung. WZB Discussion Paper SP I 2021-501. Berlin: WZB.