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Sociology with Focus on Education and Work in the Life Course

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Prof. Dr. Steffen Schindler

Professor of Sociology with Focus on Education and Work in the Life Course

Contact information

Feldkirchenstra?e 21
96045 Bamberg
e-mail: steffen.schindler(at)uni-bamberg.de
phone: (+49) 0951-863-2415
room: F21/01.01

Office hours during the semester:
Wednesdays, 12-1pm (appointments via e-mail).

Office hours during the term break:
Please make an appointment via e-mail.

Vita

 

Since October 2016, Steffen Schindler is Professor of Sociology with Focus on Education and Work in the Life Course at the University of Bamberg.  From October 2013 to September 2016 he was holding this position as a Junior Professor.

After studying social sciences at the Universities of Stuttgart and Mannheim he worked as researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research from 2006 to 2012. 

In 2012 he obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Mannheim. After that he held a post-doc scholarship of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, which he spent at the University of Trento. In October 2012 he took up a post-doc position at the University of Hannover.

His research interests cover the sociology of education and the labour market. He is particularly interested in processes and mechanisms of social inequality in educational attainment, the transition from education to the labour market and labour market returns of education.

Schindler, S., Bar-Haim, E., Barone, C., Birkelund, J. F., Boliver, V., Capsada-Munsech, Q., Erola, J., Facchini, M., Feniger, Y., Heiskala, L., Herbaut, E., Ichou, M., Karlson, K. B., Kleinert, C., Reimer, D., Traini, C., Triventi, M., & Vallet, L.-A. (2024). Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes: Six countries in comparison. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65(1), 39–62. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207152231151390

Schindler, S., & Bittmann, F. R. (2023). Alternative Routes to Higher Education Eligibility: Inclusion, Diversion and Social Inequality on the Way to Higher Education. In S. Weinert, G. Blo?feld, & H.-P. Blossfeld (Eds.), Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories: Analysing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) (pp. 205–223). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27007-9_9

Bittmann, F., & Schindler, S. (2021). Analysing Diversion Processes in German Secondary Education: School-Track Effects on Educational Aspirations. K?lner Zeitschrift Für Soziologie Und Sozialpsychologie, 73(2), 231–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-021-00789-1

Schindler, S., & Boliver, V. (Eds.). (2021). Research in social stratification and mobility (Vol. 76, Issue Mechanisms of educational stratification). Elsevier.

Traini, C., Kleinert, C., & Schindler, S. (2021). Does tracking really affect labour-market outcomes in the long run?: Estimating the long-term effects of secondary-school tracking in West Germany. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 12(3), 389–422. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795920X16062248132253

Schindler, S. (2021a). Educational differentiation in secondary education and labour-market outcomes. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 12(3), 271–277. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795921X16189338289970

Schindler, S., Bar-Haim, E., Barone, C., Birkelund, J. F., Boliver, V., Capsada-Munsech, Q., Erola, J., Facchini, M., Feniger, Y., Heiskala, L., Herbaut, E., Ichou, M., Karlson, K. B., Kleinert, C., Reimer, D., Traini, C., Triventi, M., & Vallet, L.-A. (2021). Educational Tracking and Long-term Outcomes by Social Origin: Seven Countries in Comparison (DIAL Working Paper Series 02/2021).

Schindler, S. (Ed.). (2021b). Longitudinal and life course studies: LLCS (Vol. 12, Issues 3, Educational Differentiation in Secondary Education and Labour Market Outcomes). Longview.

Boliver, V., & Schindler, S. (2021). Introduction to:? “Mechanisms of educational stratification”. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100641

Schindler, S., & Bittmann, F. (2021). Diversion or Inclusion?: Alternative Routes to Higher Education Eligibility and Inequality in Educational Attainment in Germany. European Sociological Review, 37(6), 972–986. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab025

Bittmann, F., & Schindler, S. (2020). Alternative Wege zur Hochschulreife und soziale Disparit?ten beim Hochschulabschluss (LIfBi Working Paper 88, pp. 1–30). https://doi.org/10.5157/NEPS:WP88:1.0

Schindler, S., & Virdia, S. (2019). Educational Upgrading, Career Advancement, and Social Inequality Development from a Life-Course Perspective in Germany.. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 60, 29–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2019.02.002

Schindler, S. (2019). Was macht den Unterschied?: Eine explorative Untersuchung der Bestimmungsfaktoren des Bildungsaufstiegs mit dem Nationalen Bildungspanel. In M. Stamm (Ed.), Arbeiterkinder und ihre Aufstiegsangst. Probleme und Chancen von jungen Menschen auf dem Weg nach oben (pp. 88–120). Verlag Barbara Budrich.

Schindler, S., & Schlücker, F. (2019). Studienleistung im Bachelor- und Masterstudium. Bedingungsfaktoren und ihr Zusammenhang mit der sozialen Herkunft der Studierenden.. In M. L?rz & H. Quast (Eds.), Bildungs- und Berufsverl?ufe mit Bachelor und Master. Determinanten, Herausforderungen und Konsequenzen. (pp. 225–272). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22394-6

Schindler, S. (2018). Soziale Ungleichheit im Bildungsverlauf. In N. McElvany, W. Bos, H. G. Holtappels, J. Hasselhorn, & A. Ohle-Peters (Eds.), Bedingungen erfolgreicher Bildungsverl?ufe in gesellschaftlicher Heterogenit?t: interdisziplin?re Forschungsbefunde und Perspektiven für Theorie und Praxis (pp. 83–102). Waxmann.

Schindler, S. (2017). School Tracking, Educational Mobility and Inequality in German Secondary Education: Developments across Cohorts. European Societies, 19(1), 28–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2016.1226373

Müller, W., Pollak, R., Reimer, D., & Schindler, S. (2017). Hochschulbildung und soziale Ungleichheit. In Lehrbuch der Bildungssoziologie (3rd ed., pp. 309–358). Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15272-7_11

Weiss, F., & Schindler, S. (2017). EMI in Germany: Qualitative Differentiation in a Tracked Education System. American behavioral scientist, 61(1), 74–93. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764216682811

L?rz, M., & Schindler, S. (2016). Soziale Ungleichheiten auf dem Weg in die akademische Karriere: Sensible Phasen zwischen Hochschulreife und Post-Doc-Position. Beitr?ge zur Hochschulforschung, 38(4, Bildungs-und Berufsverl?ufe von Hochqualifizierten), 14–39.

Weiss, F., Schindler, S., & Gerth, M. (2015). Hochschulrankings als Kriterium für eine neue soziale Ungleichheit im terti?ren Bildungssystem?. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 44(5), 366–382.

Schindler, S. (2015a). Soziale Ungleichheit im Bildungsverlauf: alte Befunde und neue Schlüsse?. K?lner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 67(3), 509–537.

Schindler, S. (2015b). Relative Risk Aversion from a Dynamic Perspective. Explaining Educational Mobility. Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2702541

Barone, C., & Schindler, S. (2014). Why Does Field of Study Affect Occupational Attainment? A Theoretical Approach. Social Science Electronic Publishing.

Schindler, S. (2014). Wege zur Studienberechtigung - Wege ins Studium?: eine Analyse sozialer Inklusions- und Ablenkungsprozesse. Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03841-0

Schindler, S. (2013c). ?ffnungsprozesse im Sekundarschulbereich und die Entwicklung sozialer Disparit?ten in den Studierquoten. Die deutsche Schule , 105(4), 364–381.

Schindler, S. (2013a). ?ffnungsprozesse im Sekundarschulbereich und die Entwicklung von Bildungsungleichheit. Wirtschaft und Statistik, 2, 149–158.

Reimer, D., & Schindler, S. (2013). Soziale Selektivit?t beim ?bergang zur Hochschule: Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Befunde. In J. Asdonk, P. Bornkessel, & S. Kuhnen (Eds.), Von der Schule zur Hochschule: Analysen, Konzeptionen und Gestaltungsperspektiven des ?bergangs (pp. 261–278). Waxmann.

Schindler, S. (2013b). Generierung eines synthetischen Datensatzes zur Analyse differenzierter Studienberechtigtenquoten (ISH Arbeitspapier des Instituts für Soziologie der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover 1, pp. 1–35).

Neugebauer, M., Reimer, D., Schindler, S., & Stocké, V. (2013). Inequality in Transitions to Secondary School and Tertiary Education in the German School System. In M. Jackson (Ed.), Determined to Succeed?: Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment (pp. 56–88). Stanford University Press.

Schindler, S. (2012). Aufstiegsangst?: Eine Studie zur sozialen Ungleichheit beim Hochschulzugang im historischen Zeitverlauf.

Schindler, S., & L?rz, M. (2012). Mechanisms of Social Inequality Development: Primary and Secondary Effects in the Transition to Tertiary Education Between 1976 and 2005. European Sociological Review, 28(5), 647–660.

Neugebauer, M., & Schindler, S. (2012). Early transitions and tertiary enrolment: The cumulative impact of primary and secondary effects on entering university in Germany. Acta Sociologica, 55(1), 19–36.

L?rz, M., & Schindler, S. (2011a). Bildungsexpansion und soziale Ungleichheit: Zunahme, Abnahme oder Persistenz ungleicher Chancenverh?ltnisse – eine Frage der Perspektive?. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 40(6), 458–477.

L?rz, M., & Schindler, S. (2011b). Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede beim ?bergang ins Studium. In A. Hadjar (Ed.), Geschlechtsspezifische Bildungsungleichheiten (pp. 99–122). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92779-4_5

Schindler, S., Weiss, F., & Hubert, T. (2011). Explaining the Class Gap in Training - the Role of Employment Relations and Job Characteristics. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 30(2), 213–232. https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2010.547613

L?rz, M., Schindler, S., & Walter, J. G. (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. https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2011.569139

Schindler, S., & Reimer, D. (2011). Differentiation and Social Selectivity in German Higher Education. Higher Education, 61(3), 261–275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-010-9376-9

Schindler, S., & Reimer, D. (2010). Prim?re und sekund?re Effekte der sozialen Herkunft beim ?bergang in die Hochschulbildung. K?lner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 62(4), 623–653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-010-0119-9

Schindler, S. (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 2).

Reimer, D., & Schindler, S. (2010). Soziale Ungleichheit und differenzierte Ausbildungsentscheidungen beim ?bergang zur Hochschule. In B. Becker & D. Reimer (Eds.), Vom Kindergarten bis zur Hochschule?: Die Generierung von ethnischen und sozialen Disparit?ten in der Bildungsbiographie (pp. 251–283). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92105-1_9

Klein, M., Schindler, S., Pollak, R., & Müller, W. (2010). Soziale Disparit?ten in der Sekundarstufe und ihre langfristige Entwicklung. In J. Baumert, K. Maaz, & U. Trautwein (Eds.), Bildungsentscheidungen (pp. 47–73). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92216-4_3

L?rz, M., & Schindler, S. (2009). Has the Effect of Social Background Characteristics Declined or Just Moved to the Next Stage?. In A. Hadjar & R. Becker (Eds.), Expected and unexpected consequences of the educational expansion in Europe and the USA: theoretical approaches and empirical findings in comparative perspective (pp. 97–110). Haupt.

Müller, W., Pollak, R., Reimer, D., & Schindler, S. (2009). Hochschulbildung und soziale Ungleichheit. In R. Becker & A. Hadjar (Eds.), Lehrbuch der Bildungssoziologie (pp. 281–320). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91711-5_11

Müller, W., & Schindler, S. (2008). Entleert sich die Mitte wirklich? Einige ?berlegungen zur Milanovic-These über die internationale Einkommensungleichheit. In M. Bayer, G. Mordt, S. Trepe, & M. Winter (Eds.), Transnationale Ungleichheitsforschung: Eine neue Herausforderung für die Soziologie (pp. 71–96). Campus Verlag.

Giesecke, J., & Schindler, S. (2008). Field of Study and Flexible Work: A Comparison between Germany and the UK. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 49(4/5), 283–304. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715208093078