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Steffen Alexander Schindler
University of Hannover
Institut für Soziologie – Department for Sociology
Schneiderberg 50
30167 Hannover, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)511-762-14143
Fax: +49-(0)511-762-5554
E-mail: s.schindler@ish.uni-hannover.de
Current Position:
Research Associate (Akademischer Rat), Department for Sociology, University of Hannover
Personal Information:
Date of Birth: 24 October 1977
Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Germany
Nationality: German
Research Interests:
Social Inequality and Mobility
Sociology of Education and the Labour Market
Comparative Sociology
Education:
2012 Doctoral Degree (Dr. rer. soc.)
University of Mannheim, Germany
Thesis: Wege zur Studienberechtigung – Wege ins Studium? Eine
Untersuchung sozialer Inklusions- und Ablenkungsprozesse (in German)
[Pathways to the Upper Secondary Degree – Pathways into Higher
Education? An Analysis of Processes of Social Inclusion and Diversion]
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Walter Müller
2001-2006 Social Sciences (major) and Public Law (minor)
University of Mannheim, Germany
Degree: Dipl. Soz. wiss. (Social Sciences), 2006
Thesis: Student Dropout and Social Selectivity (in German)
1999-2001 Political Science and Sociology
University of Stuttgart, Germany
1988-1997 Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium, Fellbach, Germany
Abitur, 1997
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Academic Positions and Research Experience:
2012 Senior research associate at the Department for Sociology, University of
Hannover (since October 2012)
2012 Post-doc research stipendiary of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation at the HIS –
Higher Education Research Institute, Hannover, Germany and the University
of Trento, Italy (May-September 2012)
2006-2012 Research Associate (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Mannheim Centre
for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim.
Publications:
Journal Articles
• 2009-2012: Researcher in the PhD research project “Educational
Expansion and the Differentiation of Upper Secondary Degrees.
Mechanisms of Social Selectivities in the Transition to Higher Education“.
• 2006-2012: Researcher in the research project “Social Selectivity in
Tertiary Education and Labour Market and Stratification Outcomes”.
• 2006-2010: Research Group Manager of the Research Group “Education,
Social Mobility and Social Cohesion (EDUC)” and administrative
coordinator of the MZES partner institute in the EU Network of Excellence
“Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion (EQUALSOC)”.
Neugebauer, Martin and Steffen Schindler (2012): Early Transitions and Tertiary Enrolment:
The Cumulative Impact of Primary and Secondary Effects on Entering University in
Germany. Acta Sociologica 55 (1): 31-48.
Schindler, Steffen and David Reimer (2011): Differentiation and Social Selectivity in German
Higher Education, Higher Education 61 (3): 261-275.
Schindler, Steffen, Felix Weiss and Tobias Hubert (2011): Explaining the Class Gap in
Training - the Role of Employment Relations and Job Characteristics, International
Journal of Lifelong Education 30 (2): 213-232.
Schindler, Steffen and Markus Lörz (2011): Mechanisms of Social Inequality Development:
Primary and Secondary Effects in the Transition to Tertiary Education between 1976 and
2005, European Sociological Review (advance access), doi: 10.1093/esr/jcr032.
Lörz, Markus and Steffen Schindler (2011): Bildungsexpansion und soziale Ungleichheit:
Zunahme, Abnahme oder Persistenz ungleicher Chancenverhältnisse – eine Frage der
Perspektive? [Educational Expansion and Social Inequality: Increase, Decline or
Persistence of Unequal Opportunities – a Matter of Perspective?] Zeitschrift für Soziologie
40 (6): 458-477.
Lörz, Markus, Steffen Schindler and Jessica G. Walter (2011): Gender Inequalities in Higher
Education: Extent, Development and Mechanisms of Gender Differences in Enrolment
and Field of Study Choice, Irish Educational Studies 30 (2): 181-193.
Schindler, Steffen, and David Reimer (2010): Primäre und sekundäre Effekte der sozialen
Herkunft beim Übergang in die Hochschulbildung [Primary and Secondary Effects of
Social Origin in the Transition to Higher Education], Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und
Sozialpsychologie 62 (4): 623-653.
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Müller, Walter, Markus Klein, Steffen Schindler and Reinhard Pollak (2010): Long-Term
Development of Social Disparities in Eligibility for Higher Education in Germany
(Bulgarian Translation), Социологически Проблеми [Sociological Problems] 43 (1-2):
146-174.
Müller, Walter and Steffen Schindler (2009): Is the Middle Class Really Shrinking?
(Bulgarian Translation), Социология [Sociology] 1 (1): 40-57.
Giesecke, Johannes and Steffen Schindler (2008): Field of Study and Flexible Work. A
Comparison between Germany and the UK, International Journal of Comparative
Sociology 49 (4-5): 283-304.
Articles in Edited Volumes
Lörz, Markus and Steffen Schindler (2011): Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede beim Übergang
ins Studium [Gender Differences in the Transition to Higher Education], in: Andreas
Hadjar (Ed.): Geschlechtsspezifische Bildungsungleichheiten. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, pp.
99-122.
Reimer, David and Steffen Schindler (2010): Soziale Ungleichheit und differenzierte
Ausbildungsentscheidungen beim Übergang zur Hochschule [Social Inequality and
Differentiated Educational Choices in the Transition to Higher Education], in: Birgit
Becker, David Reimer (Eds.): Vom Kindergarten bis zur Hochschule. Die Generierung
von ethnischen und sozialen Disparitäten in der Bildungsbiographie. Wiesbaden: VS
Verlag, pp. 251-283.
Klein, Markus, Steffen Schindler, Reinhard Pollak and Walter Müller (2010): Soziale
Disparitäten in der Sekundarstufe und ihre langfristige Entwicklung [Long-Term
Development of Social Disparities in Eligibility for Higher Education in Germany], in:
Jürgen Baumert, Kai Maaz und Ulrich Trautwein (Eds.): Bildungsentscheidungen.
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. Special Issue 12. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, pp. 47-
73.
Lörz, Markus and Steffen Schindler (2009): Educational Expansion and Effects on the
Transition to Higher Education: Has the Effect of Social Background Characteristics
Declined or just Moved to the Next Stage?, in: Andreas Hadjar, Rolf Becker (Eds.):
Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Educational Expansion in Europe and the
US. Bern: Haupt Verlag, pp. 97-110.
Müller, Walter, Reinhard Pollak, David Reimer and Steffen Schindler (2009):
Hochschulbildung und soziale Ungleichheit [Higher Education and Social Inequality], in:
Rolf Becker (Ed.): Lehrbuch der Bildungssoziologie. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, pp. 281-320.
Müller, Walter and Steffen Schindler (2008): Entleert sich die Mitte wirklich? Einige
Überlegungen zur Milanovic-These über die internationale Einkommensungleichheit [Is
the Middle Class Really Shrinking? Reflections on the Milanivic-Thesis about
International Income Inequality], in: Michael Bayer, Gabriele Mordt, Sylvia Trepe, Martin
Winter (Eds.): Transnationale Ungleichheitsforschung: Eine neue Herausforderung für
die Soziologie. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, pp. 71-96.
forthcoming:
Reimer, David and Steffen Schindler: Soziale Selektivität beim Übergang zur Hochschule:
Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Befunde [Social Selectivity in the Transition to
Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings], in: Jupp Asdonk,
Philipp Bornkessel and Sebastian Kuhnen (Eds.): Übergang Schule-Hochschule.
Analysen-Konzeptionen-Gestaltungsperspektiven. Münster: Waxmann.
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Neugebauer, Martin, David Reimer, Steffen Schindler and Volker Stocké: Inequality in
Transitions to Secondary School and Tertiary Education in the German School System, in:
Michelle Jackson (Ed.): Determined to Succeed? Performance versus Choice in
Educational Attainment. Stanford University Press.
Working Papers
Schindler, Steffen (2010): Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Primary and Secondary Effects
on the Way from Elementary to Tertiary Education. A Simulation Study for Germany.
EQUALSOC Working Paper No. 2010/2.
http://www.equalsoc.org/uploaded_files/publications/sim_schindler_2010.pdf
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