Curriculum Vitae
Academic Career and Education
| since 2009 | Otto-Friedrich- University Bamberg, Professor (W3) of Sociology, especially Regional and Labour Market Research |
| 2007 - 2009 | TU Kaiserslautern, Honorary Professor in Economics |
| since 2002 | Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung – IAB, Nürnberg), Head of Department of Regional Labour Markets |
| 1999 | Habilitation in Economics, TU Kaiserslautern |
| 1990 - 2002 | Institute for Employment Research (IAB, Nürnberg), Senior Researcher on regional labour markets |
| 1988 - 1990 | Center for Survey, Research and Methodology (ZUMA, Mannheim), Senior Researcher (major projects: social inequality, data confidentiality) |
| 1986 | Doctorate of Economics, University of Regensburg |
| 1985 - 1988 | Institute for Employment Research (IAB, Nürnberg), Researcher (major project: Educational Accounting System) |
| 1984 | University of Regensburg, Researcher on social policy and labor market theory |
| 1982 - 1983 | University of Regensburg, Doctoral studies |
| 1981 - 1982 | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Researcher on industry sociology |
| 1975 – 1980 | University of Regensburg, Studies of Sociology & Economics |
Teaching
| SS 2013 | Arbeitsmarktforschung für Fortgeschrittene |
| WS 2012/13 | Einführung in die Arbeitsmarktforschung |
| SS 2012 | Neue Entwicklungen der Arbeitsmarktforschung: Arbeitsmarktökonomie |
| WS 2011/12 | Einführung in die Arbeitsmarktforschung: Regionale Arbeitsmärkte |
| SS 2011 | Einführung in die Arbeitsmarktforschung |
| WS 2010/11 | Regionale Arbeitsmärkte |
Research Interests
Development of Regional Labour Markets
Effects of Labour Market Conditions on Wages
Regional Labour Market Policy
Institutions and the Labour Market
Development of East Asian Societies
Academic Activities (selection)
President of the Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), the German Speaking Section of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), since 2010
Member of the Council of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) as the representative of the German speaking section since 2002
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) (1996-2002)
Research Fellow of IZA, Bonn
Further Memberships (selection): Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Bildungsökonomie, Ausschuss für Regionaltheorie und –politik
Journal editor
Review of Regional Research/ Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft