<p>Thorsten Schneider, Dr. rer. phil., is professor of sociology with a special focus on comparative analysis of contemporary societies at the Universit&auml;t Leipzig. Thorsten Schneider was born in Simmern, Germany (1973). In 1995, he took up his studies in sociology with minors in economics and history at the University of Bremen, where he graduated in 2000. From 2000 to 2005, he worked as a research scientist at the department &ldquo;German Socio-Economic Panel-Study (SOEP)&rdquo; of the DIW Berlin. Along the way, he spent three months as a visiting scientist at the European Centre for Analysis in Social Sciences (ECASS), University of Essex, UK. Schneider received his doctoral degree in sociology for his dissertation on social origin and educational participation from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) in 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he worked as a research scientist (Akademischer Rat) at the University of Bamberg. Between 2008 and 2011, he acted as junior professor of sociology with special focus on educational inequalities across the life course, also at the University of Bamberg. During that time, Schneider was actively involved in coordinating and writing the proposal for the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Currently, his main focus in the NEPS is on the development of test instruments and on the preparation of surveys in Kindergarten and elementary school. His general work interests are in the fields of social and ethnic inequalities in educational opportunities, ethnic minorities, research of social structure, generational relations, and longitudinal research methods. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as European Sociological Review, K&ouml;lner Zeitschrift f&uuml;r Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Zeitschrift f&uuml;r Soziologie, Zeitschrift f&uuml;r P&auml;dagogik, and Jahrb&uuml;cher f&uuml;r National&ouml;konomie und Statistik.<br /> <br /> Contact: <br /> Professor of Sociology: Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Societies<br /> Universit&auml;t Leipzig<br /> Institute of Sociology<br /> Beethovenstra&szlig;e 15<br /> 04107 Leipzig<br /> <br /> Tel: +49 (0)341 / 97-35668 <br /> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:thorsten.schneider@uni-leipzig.de">thorsten.schneider@uni-leipzig.de</a><br /> Homepage:&nbsp;<a href="http://sozweb.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/de/personen/prof-dr-thorsten-schneider.html">http://sozweb.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/de/personen/prof-dr-thorsten-schneider.html</a></p>
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