Profile
Abstract
Current Position
2011- Professor of Sociology - Comparative analysis of contemporary societies, University of Leipzig
2019- Dean of Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Leipzig
2019- LIfBi Research Affiliate - Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Bamberg
Previous Positions
2008-2011 Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) of Sociology with special focus on educational inequalities across the life course, University of Bamberg
2005-2008 Research Assistant, University of Bamberg
2000-2005 (Junior) Research Scientist, DIW Berlin
Education
2005 Doctoral degree (Sociology), University of Zurich. Doctoral thesis on social origins and educational participation (title: “Erfolgreich durchs deutsche Schulsystem”)
2000 Diploma in sociology with minors in economics and history, University of Bremen
- Schneider, T.; Linberg, T.Development of Socio-Economic Gaps in Children’s Language Skills in GermanyLongitudinal and Life Course Studies. 2022. 13 (1 ). pp. 87–120 .
- Blossfeld, H.-P.; Rohwer, G.; Schneider, T.Event History Analysis with Stata (2nd revised and enlarged ed.)Abdingon, Ox; New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 2019.
- Linberg, T.; Schneider, T.; Waldfogel, J.; Wang, Y.Socioeconomic status gaps in child cognitive development in Germany and the United StatesSocial Science Research. 2019. pp. 1–31.
- Blossfeld, H.-P.; von Maurice, J.; Schneider, T.The National Educational Panel Study: Need, Main Features, and Research Potential.In: Blossfeld, H.-P.; Roßbach, H.-G. (Eds.)Education as a Lifelong Process. The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). 2nd Edition. . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2019. pp. 1–16.
- Olczyk, M.; Gentrup, S.; Schneider, T.; Volodina, A.; Perinetti Casoni, V.; Washbrook, E.; Kwon, S. J.; Waldfogel, J.Teacher judgements and gender achievement gaps in primary education in England, Germany, and the USSocial Science Research . 2023. 116 (102938). pp. 1–17.
Main topics:
- Social structure analysis
- Social, (im)migration and gender specific inequalities in educational achievement and careers
- The importance of educational achievement and attainment for future life courses
- Event history analysis
- Panel data analysis
- Changes in fertility across time and in cross-national perspective
- Generations