PeopleProjectsPublications

Current Projects

Stage 8: “Adult Education and Lifelong Learning”
Head
Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert
Prof. Dr. Silke Anger, IAB
Staff
Dr. Alexander Dicks, Alexander Helbig, Dr. Benjamin Schulz, Agnetha Orth, Hans Gerhardt, Insa Grüttgen, Josefine Matysiak, Stefanie Oelker
Duration: 10/2008-12/2027
Stage 6: “Vocational Training and Transitions into the Labour Market”
Head
Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert
Staff
Alexander Helbig, Josefine Matysiak, Dr. Alexander Dicks, Dr. Benjamin Schulz, Agnetha Orth, Hans Gerhardt, Insa Grüttgen, Stefanie Oelker
Duration: 10/2008-12/2027

PhD Projects

Occupational aspirations of 9th graders in Germany 2000-2022
Head
Hans Gerhardt
Duration: Since 2023
Further education in the post-acquisition phase
Head
Agnetha Orth
Duration: Since 2021
Political participation in the context of Higher Education
Head
Stefanie Oelker
Duration: ongoing
Determinants and returns of non-formal further training for temporary workers
Head
Alexander Helbig
Duration: ongoing
Family Form and Family Climate: Factors Influencing the Educational Success of Children
Head
Cindy Fitzner
Duration: ongoing
Transition to Parenthood and Dynamics in Job-related Training Participation: On the gender-specific relationship between family formation and job-related further training participation in Germany and the UK
Head
Sascha dos Santos
Duration: ongoing

Promotionsprojekte

The reproduction of racial inequalities in the educational process. A mixed methods analysis of inequality trends and explanatory mechanisms in Germany
Head
Josefine Matysiak
Duration: Since 2021
Funding: Doctoral scholarship of the Foundation of German Business (sdw)

Completed Projects

Stage 6: "Follow-up study on former students of special schools (being part of starting cohort IV within the National Educational Panel Study)"
Head
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pollak, Dr. Laura Menze
Duration: 02/2017 - 12/2020
Funding: Institute for Employment Research – Research Institute of the Federal Employment Agency
Labour Market Entry after Apprenticeship Training - The Impact of Characteristics of the Training Occupation (PhD-Thesis)
Head
Dr. Laura Menze
Duration: 2013-2019
Development of evaluation criteria regarding inclusive education by school inspections (PhD-Thesis)
Head
Dr. Anne Piezunka
Duration: 2014-2019
Berufsbezogene Weiterbildung in Deutschland – Gründe, Formen, Erträge
Head
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pollak, Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D.
Dr. Simon Janssen (IAB)
Staff
Marion Thiele, Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert
Barbara Erdel (IAB)
Duration: 10/2012 - 03/2015
Funding: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Inclusively Educated Students with SEN in the National Educational Panel Study (IntFös)
Head
Dr. Cornelia Gresch, Prof. Dr. Heike Solga
Staff
Dr. Cornelia Gresch, Dr. Anne Piezunka
Duration: 01/2011 - 12/2014