Prof. Dr. Gundula Zoch
Prof. Dr. Gundula Zoch
Research Interests
- Social inequalities in work, education and family
- Intergenerational transmission and social mobility
- Education over the life course, particular early childhood and further job-related training
- Influence of institutional contexts, in particular social and family policies
- Social and digital change
- Political, environmental and gender role attitudes
- Sociology of health
- Quantitative methods and mixed methods
Short CV
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Positions and Visiting Positions
Since 2026
W3-Professorship for Sociology | Social Stratification, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Since 2026
Research Affiliate | Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Bamberg
2021 - 2026
Assistant Professor of Sociology for Social Inequalities, University of Oldenburg
2021 - 2026
Research Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Bamberg
2024
W3-Interim Professorship for Sociology, especially Family and Labour, University of Bamberg
2022
Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford (2 Months)
2018 – 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBI), Bamberg
2018 – 2021
Lecturer for the Chair of Sociology, University of Bamberg
2020
Visiting Researcher, University of Konstanz (12 Months, cancelled due to the Covid-19-Pandemic)
2019
Visiting Researcher, WZB Berlin
2014 – 2017
Research Associate, BAGSS/University of Bamberg
2016
Visiting Researcher, DIW Berlin
2014
Research Associate, DIW Berlin
2013
Research Associate, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Leipzig
2007 – 2013
Student & Teaching Assistant Institute for Economic Policy and Institute for Sociology (Social Policy & Analysis of Social Structure), University of Leipzig
Education
2024
Successful interim evaluation of the Assistant Professorship for Sociology of Social Inequalities, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
2018
Ph.D. in Sociology (Dr. rer. pol., summa cum laude), University of Bamberg, (Committee: Sandra Buchholz, Pia S. Schober and Michael Gebel)
2014 – 2017
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bamberg
2014
M.Sc. in Economics, University of Leipzig
2011
Diploma in Sociology, University of Leipzig and University of East London