EVENTS

「Guest Lectures」

WINTER 19/20

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    Rita Nikolai, Humboldt University Berlin
Heisenberg Scholar of the German Research Foundation
Private Schools as an Alternative for Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Groups
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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    Gabriele Lombardi, Università di Siena
Postdoctoral Researcher
Investigating the Effect of Higher Education Careers on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidences from the University of Florence
Tuesday, 15 October 2019, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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SUMMER 2019

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    Milena Tsvetkova, London School of Economics and Political Science
Assistant Professor at the Department of Methodology
"Combining In Vitro with In Silico Social Research"
Tuesday, 06 August 2019, FG1/00.08, 1.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.

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    Martijn Schoonvelde, University College Dublin
Assistant Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations
"Text Analysis and Political Rhetoric"
Monday, 05 August 2019, FG1/00.08, 1.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.

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    Ridhi Kashyap, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Associate Professor of Social Demography
"Measuring Global Gender Inequality Indicators using Large-Scale Online Advertising Data"
Friday, 02 August 2019, FG1/00.08, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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    Fariba Karimi, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Postdoctoral Researcher at GESIS
"Application of Network Analysis on Addressing Societal Change"
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, FG1/00.08, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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    Andreas Jungherr, University of Constance
Assistant Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration
"Normalising Digital Trace Data: Why we Must Break with Supposed Exceptionalism in the Work with Digital Trace Data"
Monday, 29 July 2019, FG1/00.08, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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    Tània Verge, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences
"The Gender Politics of Candidate Selection"
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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    Yossi Shavit, Tel Aviv University
Professor of Sociology
"Family Income in Early Childhood and Later Scholastic Achievement in Israel"
Thursday, 16 May 2019, FG1/00.06, 2.30 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.

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    Mahama Tawat, HSE University Moscow
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences
"How do States Make Migration Policies"
Wednesday, 24 April 2019, FG1/00.08, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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WINTER 18/19

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    Sandra Lavanex, University of Geneva
Professor of European and International Politics
    Emek Uçarer, Bucknell University
Professor of International Relations
"Migration Externatilities Revisited"
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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    Anna Manzoni, North Carolina State University
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
"The Consequence of Student Loan Debt on Later Life Transitions"
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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    David Urschler, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
PostDoc at the Department of Psychology
"Antidiscrimination Law and Social Dynamics in Working Environments"
Thursday, 25 October 2018, FG1/00.08, 12.15 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

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SUMMER 2018

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    Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University
Professor of Political Science
"What is on the Agena?" The Reshaping of West European Party Politics
Tuesday, 3 July 2018, FG1/00.06, 10.00 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.

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    Steven Barnett, Rutgers University
National Institute for Early Education Research
"Persistent benefits from preschool at scale: Why do we fail to reproduce the results of earlier studies, how can we improve success?"
Thursday, 28 June 2018, LIfBi WP3/104, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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    Bart Bonikowski, Harvard University
Associate Professor of Sociology, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
"The Mobilization of Resentment: Populism, Nationalism, and Authoritariarism in the United States and Europe"
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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    Richard Lau, Rutgers University
Professor of Political Science
"Does Political Knowledge Still Matter in the Internet Age"
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, FG1/00.08, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.

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    Gordey Yastrebov,
European University Institute, Florence 
"The Demographic Echo of War and Social Mobility in Russia"
Thursday, 19 April 2018, FMA/00.07, 2.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
(Weekly Doctoral Seminar for Pillar 2&3)

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    Donald Rubin, Harvard University
John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics
"Rerandomization in Randomized Experiments"
Tuesday, 17 April 2018, F21/01.35, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

SUMMER 2017

 
   Barbara Koremenos, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan/USA
Professor of World Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
"When Rich States Make Fewer Agreements Than We Would Expect: Informal Cooperation or Failed Cooperation?"
Thursday, 27 July 2017, FG1/00.06, 10.00 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.
+ from the magazine: An interview with Barbara Koremenos

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  George Tsebelis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan/USA
Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
"The Time Inconsistency of Long Constitutions: Evidence from the World"
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.
+ from the magazine: An interview with George Tsebelis

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  Cas Mudde, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia/USA
Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs
"Populism in Europe: Past, Present and Future"
Tuesday, 27 June 2017, F21/02.55, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Paul Taggart, University of Sussex, Brighton (Falmer)/Great Britain
Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair, Director of the Sussex European Institute
"The Impact of Brexit on Euroscepticism in Europe"
Wednesday, 21 June 2017, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Thomas Leopold, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam
"The Gender Gap in Housework: Change Over the Life Course and Change Across Cohorts"
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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    Thomas Soehl, McGill University, Montreal/Canada
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
"Family Politics: Timing of Naturalization and the Location of Key Family Members"
Monday, 12 June 2017, FG1/00.06, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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    Daniel Oesch,Université de Lausanne, Lausanne/Switzerland
Associate Professor, Director, Institute of Social Sciences
"The wage penalty for Motherhood: Evidence from Penal Data and Survey Experiment in Switzerland"
Wednesday, 17 May 2017, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

WINTER 2017/2018

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    Mathieu Ichou, INED, French Institute for Demographic Studies, Paris
Researcher
"Joint Guest Lecture of BAGSS & LIfBi: Immigrant Selectivity: Theoretical Interest, Measurement Challenges and Empirical Consequences"
Thursday, 08 February 2018, Wilhelmspost, Room 220, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.

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    Moris Triventi, University of Trento, Italy
Senior Assistant Professor in Quantitative Sociology, Ph.D.
"The Academic Greenshirting' Puzzle: Social Background, Early School Entry and Children's Outcomes"
Thursday, 08 February 2018, FG1/00.06, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 p.m.

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    Franz Urban Pappi, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Germany
Professor Dr. Dr. hc.
"Party and Candidate Evaluations' Impact on Federal Election Outcomes in Germany Since 1961. Decomposing Skalometer Data into Ideological Proximity and Valence Scores as Crucial Parameters of Party Strength?"
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Thomas M. Meyer, University of Vienna, Austria
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ph.D.
"Fairness and Portfolio Allocation in Multiparty Governments"
Wednesday, 31 January, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Tony Fahey, University College Dublin, Ireland
Professor at the Geary Institute for Public Policy
"The Sibsize Revolution and Social Disparities in Children's Family Contexts in the United States, 1940-2012"
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University, United States
Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. and Director of the Research group "Institutions and Political Inequality" at the WZB Berlin
"Information and Political Accountability: Experimental Evidence from a Seven Team Study"
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, F21/03.79, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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    Michael Bang Petersen,Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor at the Department of Political Science
"Investigating the Psychological Processes Behind Political Attitudes"
Thursday, 9 November 2017, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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    Donald Rubin,Harvard University, United States
John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics
"Disentangling Placebo Effects from Active Treatment Effects in Double-Blind Clinical Trials"
Wednesday, 18 October 2017, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
 

WINTER 2016/2017

   Wolfgang Gaissmaier, University of Konstanz, Konstanz/Germany
Professor of Psychology, University of Konstanz
"The Art of Good Decision Making: In an Uncertain World, We Need both Brains and Guts"
Friday, 17 March 2017, FG1/00.08, 9.30 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
+ related article Workshop "Attitudes & Information"

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   Till Grüne-Yanoff, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm/Sweden
Professor of Philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology ( KTH) in Stockholm
"Boost vs. Nudge - A Conceptual Distinction Relevant for Behavioural Policy-Making"
Thursday, 16 March 2017, FG1/00.08, 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
+ related article Workshop "Attitudes & Information"

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   Pamela Sammons, University of Oxford, Oxford/United Kingdom
Professor of Education at the Department of Education, University of Oxford
"Measuring Students' Experiences of Secondary School and Their Effects on Academic Outcomes at GCSE: Findings from the EPPSE 3-16+ Study in England"
Thursday, 16 March 2017, Wihelmsplatz 3, Markusplatz 3, Room: M3N/01.26, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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   Tenko Raykov, Michigan State University, East Lansing/USA
Professor of Quantitative Methods Measurement and Quantitative Methods, College of Education at Michigan State University
"On a Latent Variable Modeling Approach to Examining Population Heterogeneity in Finite Mixture Settings"
Thursday, 8 December 2016, Wihelmsplatz 3, Room 104, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.

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   Stephanie Steinmetz, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam
"Does a PhD Really Pay off? Returns to Higher Education from a Gender Perspective"
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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   Kristin Hajek, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich/Germany
Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology of the LMU Munich
"pairfam: The German Family Panel"
Tuesday, 10 November 2016, LIfBi, R104, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.

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   Ernst Dieter Rossmann, Berlin/Germany
bundespolitischer Sprecher SPD
"Bildungsungleichheit an Hochschulen – Lösungsvorschläge des Bundes"
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
The guest lecture was a collaboration of Ak Pol Bamberg and the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences.

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   Cameron Hunter, University of Bristol, Bristol/Great Britain
PhD Student at University of Bristol
"Sino-US Relations in Outer Space and the Social Battlefield of Technology"
Tuesday, 25 October 2016, FG1/00.06, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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   Jan O. Jonsson, Oxford University, Oxford/Great Britain
Professor of Sociology/Official Fellow, Nuffield College at Oxford University
"Integration of Immigrant Youth in European Societies: The Case of Wellbeing"
Wednesday, 19 October 2016, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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   Elsbeth Stern, ETH Zurich, Zurich/Switzerland
Professor of Empirical Learning and Instruction Research/ head of the Institute of Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
"The Impact of Individual and Instructional Factors on Learning Science and Mathematics"
Wednesday, 5 October 2016, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

SUMMER 2016

 Daniel Diermeier, University of Chicago, Chicago/USA
Provost of the University of Chicago
"Formal Behavioralism"
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
+ from the magazine: An interview with Daniel Diermeier

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 Or Tuttnauer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem/Israel
PhD Student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Between Cooperation and Exclusion: The Israeli Oppopsition: 2003 - 2013"
Tuesday, 28 June 2016, FG1/00.06, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Donald Broady, Uppsala University, Uppsala/Schweden
Professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University
"Value Form and Symbolic Capital. On the Relations between Marx and Bourdieu"
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  George Tsebelis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/USA
Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan
"Lessons from the Greek Crisis"
Wednesday, 6 April 2016, F21/01.37, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

WINTER 2015/16

 Carsten Hänisch/ Jonas Klos, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Sankt Augustin/Germany
Research Fellows at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
"Dynamic Dependencies Between Employment of Mothers and the Use of Household-Related Services of Child Care"
Thursday, 04 February 2016, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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  Herman van de Werfhorst, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam
"Early Tracking in Educational Systems and Inequality of Educational Opportunity: Patterns and Mechanisms"
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, F21/02.55, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
+ from the magazine: An interview with Herman van de Werfhorst

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  Kristian B. Karlson, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen/Denmark
Coordinator of the research group Welfare, Inequality and Mobility at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
"Black-WhiteTrends in Educational Rank Mobility in 20th Century U.S."
Thursday, 14 January 2016, F21/02.55, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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  Peter Muehlau, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin/Ireland
Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin
"The Economics of Language and Gender"
Thursday, 14 January 2016, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.
+ from the magazine: An interview with Peter Muehlau

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  Gianluca Argentin, Catholic University of Milan, Milan/Italy
Researcher at the Departmant of Political and Social Sciences, Catholic University of Milan
"What can Social Sciences Learn from Policy Evaluation? Lessons Learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial on Parental Involvement in Student Achievement"
Thursday, 14 January 2016, F21/02.55, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Claudia Schuchart, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Germany
Professor of Empirical Educational Research at the Department for Educational Research at the School of Education, University of Wuppertal
"Educational and Labour Market Chances of People with Different Routes to University Entrance Qualifications"
Thursday, 3 December 2015, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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  Daniel Kamhöfer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Essen/Germany
PhD Student at the Department of Health Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen
"Identifying Non-Monetary Returns to Education Using the Marginal Treatmen Effect Approach"
Thursday, 26 November 2015, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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  David Kaplan, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison/USA
Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
"The Future of Quantitative Inquiry in the Social Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities"
Wednesday, 21 October 2015, F21/02.55, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

SUMMER 2015

 Luis Ortiz Gervasi, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Barcelona/Spain
Associate Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
"Educational Expansion and Change of the Positional Value of Education: Its Effect on Occupational Returns to Education in Spain"
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Frauke Peter, DIW Berlin, Berlin/Germany
Researcher at the DIW Berlin
"Personality Traits and Preferences for College Education"
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Karin Kurz/ Eileen Böhner-Taute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen/Germany
Karin Kurz: Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Göttingen
Eileen Böhner-Taute: Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Göttingen
"How Does the Effect of Social Origin on Education Develop During Secondary Schooling? Do Differences in School Systems Between States in Germany Matter?"
Thursday, 11 June 2015, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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  Emmanuel Karagiannis, King's College London, London/Great Britain
Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at the King's College London
"The Arab Spring"
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Anja Perry, GESIS & PIAAC, Mannheim/Germany
Resarcher for PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) at GESIS
"PIAAC: Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies"
Thursday, 7 May 2015, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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  Moshe Semyonov, Tel Aviv University & University of Illinois at Chicago, Tel Aviv/Israel & Chicago/USA
Bernard and Audre Rapoport Chair Professor of the Sociology of Labor at Tel Aviv University, Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago
"Trends and Sources of Gender Earnings Inequality in the American Labour market 1970-2010"
Thursday, 30 April 2015, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

WINTER 2014/2015

 Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, University of Bonn, Bonn/Germany
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute for Applied Microeconomics, University of Bonn
"How Does Socio-Economic Status Shape a Child's Personality?"
Thursday, 22 January 2015, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Rolf van der Velden, Maastricht University, Maastricht/Netherlands
Professor at Maastricht University, Director of the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) and Program Director Education and Occupational Career at the same institute
"Use-it-or-lose-it? Explaining age-related difference in key information processing skills"
Thursday, 15 January 2015, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Armin Schäfer, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück/Germany
Professer in the Department of International Comparative Political Economy, University of Osnabrück
"Mehr Markt, wenig Benachteiligung? Die Folgen von Liberalisierungspolitik für die Wahlbeteiligung"
Wednesday, 17 December 2014, F21/02.55, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Maike Reimer, Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning (IHF), Munich/Germany
Research fellow at the Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning (IHF)
"Wage Gap Between Bachelor and Diplom at Labour Market Entry: The Role of Field Study and Sector"
Tuesday, 16 December 2014, FMA/00.06, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Michael Becker, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Berlin/Germany
Postdoctoral Researcher at the DIPF Germany
"Adolescent Development in Differential Learning Environments: Effects of the Tracked Secondary School System in Germany"
Thursday, 20 November 2014, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Jutta von Maurice, Leibnitz Institute for Educational Research (LIfBi), Bamberg/Germany
Executive Director of Research at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Research (LIfBi) at the University of Bamberg
"LifBi: Leibnitz Institute for Educational Trajectories"
Thursday, 13 November 2014, FG1/00.08, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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 Nina Schumann, LMU Munich, Munich/Germany
Research fellow in pairfam, LMU Munich
"pairfam: The German Family Panel"
Thursday, 28 October 2014, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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 Anne J. MacLachlan, University of California Berkeley, Bamberg/Germany
retired senior researcher at CSHE
"Unequal Access to Doctoral Training in Germany and the United States: Comparing Defining Parameters"
Thursday, 16 October 2014, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

SUMMER 2014

 Martin Kocher, LMU Munich, Munich/Germany
Professor at the Chair for Behavioral and Experimental Economics at the LMU Munich
"Unleashing Animal Spirits: Self-Control and Bubbles in Experimental Asset Markets"
Thursday, 20 July 2014, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Konstanze Jakob, University of Mannheim, Mannheim/Germany
Research associate in the MZES project Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries
"The CILS4EU Project"
Wednesday, 02 July 2014, FG1/00.06, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Carlo Barone, University of Trento, Trento/Italy
Researcher in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento
"Information Barriers and Social Inequality in Education: Survey Evidence and Experimental Research"
Thursday, 05 June 2014, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, London School of Economics, London/Great Britain
Professor in Political Science in the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science
"Who Deliberates? British and American Experiences During the Financial Crisis"
Thursday, 15 May 2014, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Michael Bosnjak, GESIS, Mannheim/Germany
Professor in the Department of Department Survey Design and Methodology GESIS Panel
"GESIS Panel Roadshow Event in Bamberg"
Thursday, 07 May 2014, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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 Simon Wiederhold, LMU Munich &  ifo Institute, Munich/Germany
Researcher at the Chair of the Economics of Education, LMU
"Return to Skills Around the World: Evidence from PIAAC"
Thursday, 24 April 2014, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

WINTER 2013/2014

 Mervyn Frost, King's College London, London/Great Britain
Professor international Relations
"Ethics, Foul Play and Asymmetric Warfare"
Tuesday, 04 February 2014, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Martin Brunner, FU Berlin and Berlin-Brandenburg Institute for School Quality Improvement (ISQ), Berlin/Germany
Professor for Evaluation and Quality Control in the Education System at the FU Berlin
"Forty Years On: How Childhood Intelligence is related to Key Life Outcomes in Middle Adulthood"
Thursday, 16 January 2014, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Gerald Schneider, University of Konstanz, Konstanz/Germany
Professor of International Politics and Executive Editor of “European Union Politics”
"Limitations of Rational Deterrence Theory: Assessing the Experimental Evidence"
Thursday, 21 November 2013, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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  Mariano Torcal, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Barcelona/Spain
Professor of Political Science at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra
"EU Polarization and Turnout in EU Elections"
Friday, 08 November 2013, FG1/00.06, 10.00 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.

SUMMER 2013

 Chiara Lisciandra, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Munich/Germany
PhD Student at the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science
"Why are there Descriptive Norms?"
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, FG1/00.06, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

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 Kaare Strøm, University of California at San Diego, San Diego/USA
Distinguished Professor of Political Science
"Powersharing, Civil Conflict and Democracy"
Thursday, 18 July 2013, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Hossein Pourahmadi, Shahid Beheshti University Tehran, Tehran/Iran
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science
"International Relation Studies in Iran"
Thursday, 04 July 2013, FG1/00.06, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Hartmut Esser, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Mannheim/Germany
Project director "Preschool Education and Educational Careers among Migrant Children"
"Educational Systems and Educational Inequality"
Thursday, 20 June 2013, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Dennis Niemann, University of Bremen, Bremen/Germany
Research Fellow in Project CRC 597 "Transformations of the State"
"When Do Numbers Count? The Differential Impact of Ratings and Rankings on National Education Policy in Germany and the US"
Thursday, 23 May 2013, FG1/00.08, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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 Thomas J. Scotto, University of Essex, Colchester/Great Britain
Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex
"Audience Costs and Heterogeneous Electorates"
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, F21/03.01, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

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