Completed research projects
100 Years of Sociology in Cologne
Project manager: Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner
Research assistant: Stefanie Knebelspieß, M.A.
Applications of Meta-Analysis
Project managers: Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner and Dr. Bernd Weiß
Attitudes Toward Education and Educational Success
Project manager: Dr. Judith Offerhaus
Changes in the family network after parental divorce, funded with a Walter Benjamin Position (DFG)
Project manager: Vera de Bel
Employment of Women During the Corona Crisis
• Principal investigators: Dr. Lukas Fervers, Prof. Dr. Marita Jacob (University of Cologne), Prof. Silke Anger (IAB Institute
for Employment Research)
• Research assistants: Lina Tobler (University of Cologne), Dr. Bernhard Christoph,…
ERC Starting Grant „Social Integration and Boundary Making in Adolescence (SOCIALBOND)“
The SOCIALBOND team:
Clemens Kroneberg (PI)
4 PhD students (starting February 2018)
Friendship and Violence in Adolescence
Project manager: Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg
Research assistants: André Ernst, Maria Gerth, Kathrin Lämmermann
German Family Panel (pairfam)
Project manager: Prof. Dr. Karsten Hank
Research assistant: Martin Wetzel
since May 2014
Life Situation of Older People in North Rhine-Westphalia
Project manager: Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner
Research assistants: Jennifer Klöckner, M.A., Dipl. Soz. Johannes Krause, Dipl. Soz. Markus May, Dipl. Soz. Heiko Rühl
March 2012 to February 2013
Matter of Honour
A comparative study of full-time employees and volunteer workers of non-profit organisations in Cologne and Hamburg
Old age in Germany (D80+)
Project management: Dr. Roman Kaspar, Dr. Julia Simonson, Prof. Dr. Clemens Tesch-Römer, Dr. Claudia Vogel, Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner, Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, Prof. Dr. Susanne Zank
Project start: January 2019
End: December 2022
Partner Relationships, Residential Relocations and Housing in the Life Course (PartnerLife)
Project managers: Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner, Dr. Hill Kulu, Prof. Dr. Clara H. Mulder
2014-2019
Phases of Migrant Integration
Project manager: Prof. em. Dr. Jürgen Friedrichs
Research assistant: Dipl. Soz. Sascha Riedel
Physical Attractiveness and Social Inequality
Project managers: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rosar, Dr. Jörg Hagenah, Dr. Imke Dunkake, Prof. Dr. Markus Klein, Thomas Kiechle
PraeventAbb
Early prevention of drop-out due to study counselling - a field trial
Quality of Life and Subjective Well-Being of the Very Old in NRW
Project managers: Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner
April 2015 to April 2017
Quality of Life and Subjective Well-Being of the Very Old in NRW
Project managers: Prof. Dr. Christian Rietz, Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner, Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, Prof. Dr. Susanne Zank, Dr. Roman Kaspar
Quality of life and well-being of very old people in NRW (follow-up survey NRW80+)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner, Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, Prof. Dr. Susanne Zank, Dr. Roman Kaspar
Project start: January 2019
End: December 2021
Review of German Gentrification Literature between 1980 and 2012
Project manager: Prof. Dr. em. Jürgen Friedrichs
Research assistant: Jan Üblacker
since 2013
School Survey 2011
Project managers: Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner and Prof. Dr. Dietrich Oberwittler
since 2011
SEPLIVES
Project management: Prof. Dr. Janna Teltemann
Funded by: Jacobs Foundation
Duration: 01.01.2018-31.12.2020
Social Inequalities and Local Differences in Students' Labor Market Participation
Project manager: Prof. Dr. Marita Jacob
Research assistant: Maria Gerth
since May 2013
Society and Democracy in Europe
The Cologne Gentrification Study
Project manager: Prof. Dr. em. Jürgen Friedrichs
Resarch assistant: Heiko Rühl
since 2012
The Cologne High School Panel (CHisP)
Principal investigators: Prof. em. Dr. Heiner Meulemann, PD Dr. Klaus Birkelbach
Former research assistants: Christian Sondergeld, M.A., Veronika Witt, M.Sc
Duration: 2018-May 2023
The Cologne Refugee Projects
Project manager: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Friedrichs
Research assistants: Felix Leßke, M.A. and Vera Schwarzenberg, M.A