Cohort I

The first CIDER cohort (2013-2016) was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, grant number: 01JG1201) and the Jacobs Foundation (grant number: 2011-963), with additional funding provided by the participating Leibniz Institutes. Below, all CIDER I-Fellows are listed with institutional affiliation and research interests, grouped by academic disciplines. Additionally, you find an overview of all CIDER I-Micro Groups and a list of the participating LERN Institutes and their representatives in the CIDER Steering Committee below.

NameResearch Interests
Botezat, Alina
Romanian Academy – “Gh. Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research
Education in Eastern Europe
Migration and family left behind
International achievement tests
Applied econometrics
Labor economics

Gambaro, Ludovica
University of Tübingen
Early childhood education and care
Family policy

Marcus, Jan
Freie Universität Berlin
Causal inference
(Intergenerational) returns to education
Inequality and education

Peter, Frauke
DZHW German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies
Economics of education
Family economics

See, Sarah Grace
University of Groningen
Economics of education
Labour and demography
Educational inequality
Household inputs
Time use

Wondratschek, Verena
Economics of education
Labour economics
Importance of cognitive and noncognitive skills for educational and labour market outcomes
Effects of educational institutions on average student outcomes and on equality of opportunity in education
NameResearch Interests
Bernholt, Andrea
IPN – Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at Kiel University
Epistemic beliefs of students and teachers
Teachers’ professional development
Feedback and coping with errors in school

Kroth, Anna
BMBF | Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Educational inequality
Sociology of education
Transition school
Tertiary education
Causal effects

Kuger, Susanne
DJI – German Youth Institute
Development and evaluation of measurement procedures to assess learning environments
Structure and conditions of educational quality at home and in institutional settings
(Differential) effects of learning opportunities
Early childhood education
Learning environments of gifted children

Strietholt, Rolf
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Educational effectiveness research
International comparative education, and large-scale studies on student achievement
NameResearch Interests
Bayard, Sybille
Department of Education Kanton Zürich
CIDER Fellow from 2013 to 2014
Epistemic beliefs of students and teachers
Teachers’ professional development
Feedback and coping with errors in school

Dumont, Hanna
University of Potsdam
Educational inequality
Parental involvement
Consequences of ability grouping and tracking
Individualized instruction

Gorges, Julia
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Educational decisions and participation in education
Motivation to learn throughout the lifecourse
Expectancy-value-theory
Lifelong Learning

Hachfeld, Axinja
University of Konstanz
Professional competence of pedagogical staff
Educational equality in multicultural and pluralistic societies
Longitudinal effects of early child care on the development of children’s cognitive attainment
Differential effects of preschool quality on the development of children with different social and ethnic backgrounds
Early childhood health education and health literacy
Effects of early childhood interventions and parenting programs

Koch, Tobias
Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
Development of new methods (multilevel structural equation models) for longitudinal multimethod/rater data
Modeling cross-sectional as well as longitudinal 360 degree feedback (multirater) measurement designs
Evaluating the convergent and discriminant validity of objective personality tests
Development of new psychometric models for the measurement of implicit motives

Maehler, Débora B.
Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
(GESIS – Mannheim)
Migration research
Adult education
Identity and identity development
Psychometric assessment

Praetorius, Anna-Katharina
University of Zurich
Instructional quality
Teacher motivation
Judgment accuracy of teachers
Academic self-concept of students

Rauch, Dominique Patrizia
PH Ludwigsburg University of Education
Educational inequality
Multilingualism
School success of immigrant students
Reading comprehension
Peer learning

Saß, Steffani
Christian-Albrechts University Kiel
Cognitive developement of children and scientific literacy in the early childhood
Test item format and cognitive information processes
Construct irrelevant variance
Technology based assessment

Tiffin-Richards, Simon
IPN – Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at Kiel University
CIDER Fellow from 2013 to 2014
Reading acquisition Component processes of reading
Foreign language learning
Quantitative research methods
Standardized large-scale educational testing
Validity issues in psychological and educational testing

Vieluf, Svenja
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Classroom teaching in cross-cultural perspective
Methods for cross-cultural research
Immigration and education
Diversity management
Multicultural school cultur
NameResearch Interests
Borgna, Camilla
Collegio Carlo Alberto
Educational inequalities
Competence development
Comparative assessments of educational systems
Tracking and comprehensive schools (Gesamtschulen) in Germany
QCA and fuzzy-set methods

Di Stasio, Valentina
University of Utrecht, European Research Centre in Migration and Ethnic Relations
Sociology of education
Employment discrimination
Social networks and informal recruitment
Vignette studies and field experiments

Ebner, Christian
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Sociology of education
Sociology of the labour market
Vocational training and transitions into the labour market
International comparison
Further training and labour market outcomes

Levels, Mark
Maastricht University
Educational systems’ properties and the labor market allocation of school-leavers

Möhring, Katja
University of Bamberg
Life course and labor market sociology
Welfare state and social policy analysis
Social inequality
Statistical methods for multilevel and longitudinal data
Education in adulthood
Employment biographies
Pensions and retirement
Attitudes and gender equality

Offerhaus, Judith
BiBB-Federal Institute for Vocational Training and Education
Sociology of education and labor market sociology
Higher and further/continuous education
Educational attainment and stratification
Transition from higher education to labor market Skill development and labor market outcomes
Social inequalities over the life course

Protsch, Paula
BiBB-Federal Institute of Vocational Training and Education,
University of Cologne
Social inequality
Sociology of education & labor markets
School-to-work transitions
Gatekeeping processes in vocational Training and labor markets
Mixed methods

Sonnenberg, BettinaSocial inequality
Social stratification
Empirical education research
Applied panel analyses

Teltemann, Janna
University of Hildesheim
Immigrant education
Education policies and education system
PISA
Multilevel and panel analysis
International comparisons
Macro and system effects on education
Migration and integration
Segregation and urban research

Determinants of teaching quality and beliefs – the role of teacher characteristics, classroom composition, and the subject (DATA)

Fellows:

Bernholt, Andrea (Education Science)
Praetorius, Anna-Katharina (Psychology)
Saß, Stefani (Psychology)
Vieluf, Svenja (Psychology)


Abortion laws and cognitive abilities of teens in Romania

Fellows:

Brotezat, Alina (Economics)
Levels, Mark (Sociology)


The impact of parents migration on the well-being of “Children Left Behind” – initial evidence from Romania

Fellows:

Brotezat, Alina (Economics)
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (Economics)


Job search for the vocationally qualified: evidence from EU-LFS

Fellows:

Di Stasio, Valentina (Sociology)
Levels, Mark (Sociology)


Friendships and field of study choice in secondary school

Fellows:

Boda, Zsofia (Sociology)
Korthals, Roxanne (Economics)


How education systems affect education-to-job matches of European school-leavers from secondary education

Fellows:

Di Stasio, Valentina (Sociology)
Levels, Mark (Sociology)


Education frustration: has the crisis led to higher pessimism amongst students? Evidence from PISA

Fellows:

Di Stasio, Valentina (Sociology)
Kuger, Susanne (Education Science)
Ebner, Christian (Sociology)
Teltemann (Sociology)


Education, employment, and time use of women

Fellows:

Ebner, Christian (Sociology)
Grace See, Sarah (Economics)


Pretence and reality: cross-validation of the categorization of ECEC settings in different countries by complementing the ISCED classification

Fellows:

Gambaro, Ludoica (Sociology)
Kuger, Suanne (Education Science)


Early education from economics and educational perspectives

Fellows:

Gambaro, Ludovica (Sociology)
Hachfeld, Axinja (Psychology)
Peter, Frauke (Economics)
Strietholt, Rolf (Education Science)


All-day schools and maternal labor supply

Fellows:

Gambaro, Ludovica (Sociology)
Marcus, Jan (Economics)
Peter, Frauke (Economics)


Adult education: learning beyond formal schooling

Fellows:

Gorges, Julia (Psychology)
Maehler, Débora (Psychology)
Offerhaus, Judith (Sociology)
Koch, Tobias (Psychology)


Family-preschool-partnership: differences between parents with and without migration background

Fellows:

Hachfeld, Axinja (Psychology)
Kuger, Susanne (Education Science)


Definition and operationalization of immigrant status (book chapter) on “Migration and Education”

Fellows:

Hachfeld, Axinja (Psychology)
Kroth, Anna (Education Science)
Maehler, Déborah (Psychology)
Rauch, Dominique (Psychology)
Stanat, Petra (Psychology)
Teltemann, Janna (Sociology)


Judgment accuracy of teachers

Fellows:

Koch, Tobias (Psychology)
Praetorius, Anna-Katharina (Psychology)


Multilevel CTCM-1 model for nested structurally different methods. Modellerweiterung des CTCM-1 Modells auf Bildungsdaten

Fellows:

Koch, Tobias (Psychology)
Eid, Michael (Psychology)


Employers‘ selection procedures: How apprentices get into their firm

Fellows:

Köller, Olaf (Psychology)
Protsch, Paula (Sociology)
Solga, Heike (Sociology)


The effects of financial aid and employment on drop-out behavior, academic achievement and time to degree in Germany

Fellows:

Kroth, Anna (Education Science)
Peter, Frauke (Economics)


The causal effect of parental education on children’s educational achievement and its mediators

Fellows:

Kroth, Anna (Education Science)
Marcus, Jan (Economics)


Providing high quality care under differential context conditions

Fellows:

Kuger, Susanne (Education Science)
Peter, Frauke (Economics)


Carryover effects of preschool quality on the home learning environment

Fellows:

Kuger, Susanne (Education Science)
Marcus, Jan (Economics)
Spieß, Katharina (Economics)


Mathematics teaching: an international approach

Fellows:

Kuger, Susanne (Education Science)
Vieluf, Svenja (Psychology)


The relationship of educational systems and individuals’ employment histories in Europe

Fellows:

Möhring, Katja (Sociology)
Offerhaus, Judith (Sociology)


Erfassung von Unterrichtsqualität mittels Ratings

Fellows:

Praetorius, Anna-Katharina (Psychology)
Saß, Stefani (Psychology)


Strong self, strong stigma? School track effects on ability self concepts, vocational aspirations, and stigma beliefs

Fellows:

Protsch, Paula (Sociology)
Dumont, Hanna (Psychology)


Linking large scale cross-sectional studies on cognitive competences

Fellows:

Borgna, Camillla (Sociology)
Strietholt, Rolf (Education Science)
Teltemann, Janna (Sociology)


Empirical research on educational inequalities and its normative implications in international comparative research:
an interdisciplinary perspective

Fellows:

Strietholt, Rolf (Education Science)
Borgna, Camilla (Sociology)


Early childhood education and care (application for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship)

Fellows:

Gambaro, Ludovica (Economics)
Spieß, Katharina (Economics)


Macro indicators of education system

Fellows:

Brzinsky-Fay, Christian (Sociology)
Borgna, Camilla (Sociology)
Offerhaus, Judith (Sociology)
Levels, Mark (Sociology)
Strietholt, Rolf (Education Science)
Teltemann, Janna (Sociology)