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Prof Dr Martin Kroh

 Research and Teaching Unit 2: Methods of empirical social research

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Prof. Dr. Martin Kroh

Prof. Dr. Martin Kroh (Photo)

Professor of Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

martin.kroh@uni-bielefeld.de

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+49 521 106-12980
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+49 521 106-3847
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Gebäude X D2-200
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Research

Ongoing third-party funded projects

Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ), sub-project at the Bielefeld sub-institute of the FGZ "The parental home as a social microcosm: Intergenerational transmission of attitudes towards cohesion" Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 2020-2024.

Leibniz ScienceCampus SOEP RegioHub at Bielefeld University (SOEP@UBi), sub-project "Regional polarisation of political attitudes and behaviour", funded by the Leibniz Association. 2020-2024.

Female Employment after Migration (FEM): A Dynamic Approach to Women's Work and Family Patterns after Migration. Funded by the German Research Foundation. 2018-2020.

Supplementing the SOEP data infrastructure with a sample of lesbians, gays and bisexuals (SOEP-LGB). Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 2018-2020.

Mentoring of Refugees (MORE): An intervention study on the integration of refugees through a civil society mentoring programme. Funded by the Leibniz Association (SAW, competitive procedure). 2017-2019.

Design, implementation, processing, register linkage, analysis and data provision and transfer of a representative sample of "Refugee Families" (GeFam) as part of the research-based infrastructure facility Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 2016-2019.

Gender-specific study on the social situation of migrants based on SOEP and microcensus with a focus on the situation of people with refugee experience. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, 2016.

Subtle Predjudice. Funded by the German Commissioner for Immigration, Refugees, and Integration. 2016.

Risk of poverty among people with a migration background: In-depth analyses based on SOEP and microcensus. Funded by the German Commissioner for Immigration, Refugees, and Integration. 2015-2016.

The coming of age of Turkish immigrant offspring. A mixed-methods study based on the SOEP. Funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG). 2014-2016.

SOEP-Record-Linkage: Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants in the Social Insurance Statistics (SOEP-REC-LINK), funded by the Leibniz Association (SAW, competitive procedure). 2013-2016.

Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II): Health and Cognitive Functioning Across the Lifespan, Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 2012-2015.

An Economic Indicator System for Measuring Security and the Security Economy in Germany (WISIND), Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 2012-2015.

Investigation of the effect of incentives on survey success in selected face-to-face surveys in Germany. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 2012-2013.

  • Isenberg Lima, Paulo Emilio (since 03/2021) "The intergenerational transmission of values and its impact on societal cohesion"
  • Karmann, Anna (since 03/2021) "Paradox Effects of Family Policies: The Role of Welfare States for Gender and Class Inequalities Reconsidered"
  • Lütkewitte, Simon (since 03/2021) "Social Participation and Political Polarisation in the Context of Modern Cleavage Structures: How Different Forms of Social Participation Can Reduce Intergroup Conflicts"
  • Zindel, Zaza (since 04/2020) "Using Social Media for Recruitment of Rare Populations"
  • Guedes Auditor, Jean (since 04/2020) "Economic returns of emigration from a highlight developed country: the case of Germany"
  • de Vries, Lisa (since 20/2019) "The labour market situation of homosexuals: Disadvantage and discrimination in the labour market"
  • Tsolak, Dorian (since 10/2019) "Explaining Female Migrants' Labour Force Participation by Family and Cultural Heritage"
  • Bürmann, Marvin (05/2018 - thesis to be submitted 8/2021) "Formal misqualifications in times of migration and digitalisation"
  • Fetz, Karolina (10/2016 - 05/2021) "Ethnic Prejudice in Disguise: Exploring Intra- and Inter-Individual Mechanisms Underlying Subtle Forms of Ethnic Prejudice"
  • Löbel, Lea-Maria (05/2017 - possibl. 10/2021) "Social Networks and Refugee Mental Health: From Stock Taking to Intervention"
  • Krieger, Magdalena (10/2017 - 04/2021) "A Gendered Look at Integration: The Employment of Immigrant Women and Men in Germany"
  • Eisnecker, Philipp Simon (10/2014 - 05/2021 (planned submission)) "Interethnic Relationships between Non-Migrants and Migrants"
  • Kühne, Simon (10/2014 - 12/2018) "Interviewer-related Measurement Error in Face-to-Face Surveys"
  • Luhmann, Sybille (since 10/2013) "An interdisciplinary method for capturing European identity - bridging political science with psychology"
  • Winke, Tim (10/2012 - 04/2019) "Residential choice and the housing market. Selective mobility and residential inequality along social, ethnic and demographic lines in Germany"
  • Guill, Vera (since 02/2021) "Foreign Migration and Migrant-Open Climate in German Counties and in OECD Countries. Does Being Welcome Matter To Foreigners?" (including parental leave)
  • Schütze, Stephan (since 08/2021) "Die Transformation der politischen Kultur unter dem Aspekt der Binnenmigration" ("The Transformation of the Political Culture under the Aspect of Internal Migration")
  • Küchler, Armin (since 07/2021) "Susceptibility to Radicalisation: Understanding Putative Risk and Prevention Factors"

The research profile of the working group is characterised by a wide range of topics and combines methodological questions with applied research in the areas of social and political inequalities.

Methodological focal points of the WG are

  • the quality of data from population surveys, in particular panel studies (e.g. interviewer effects, social desirability, willingness to participate)
  • Possibilities and methodological challenges of using new data sources in the social sciences ("big data")

The focus of social and political inequality research is:

  • Effects of social inequality and socialisation experiences on political orientations
  • Integration, equality and discrimination
  • Migration

The focus of social science labour market research is on

  • Labour market integration of migrants and refugees
  • Genesis, changes and effects of over- and under-qualification

  • Kroh M, Karmann A, Kühne S. Estimating Mode Effects in Panel Surveys: A Multitrait Multimethod Approach. In: Cernat A, Sakshaug JW, eds. Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2021: 89-109.

  • Fetz K, Kroh M. Prejudice in disguise: Which features determine the subtlety of ethnically prejudicial statements? Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 2021;9(1):187-206.

  • Tsolak D, Bürmann M, Kroh M. Migration and intergenerational stability in female employment: The impact of differences between sending and receiving countries. Journal of Family Research. 2021:1-54.

  • Kühne S, Kroh M, Liebig S, Zinn S. The Need for Household Panel Surveys in Times of Crises: The Case of SOEP-CoV. Survey Research Methods. Journal of European Survey Research Association. 2020;14(2):195-203.

  • de Vries LK, Fischer M, Kasprowski D, Kroh M, Kühne S, Richter D, Zindel Z. LGBTQI* people in the labour market: highly educated and often discriminated against. DIW Weekly Report. Vol 36. Berlin: German Institute for Economic Research (DIW); 2020.

Teaching

Completed Master's theses

  • Zindel, Zaza: The nexus between social inequality and transnationality (03/2020)
  • Karmann, Anna: The intersection of populist and conspiracy theory narratives on Twitter - A quantitative analysis of semantic structures of an 'alternative' discussion culture

Publications

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Events

Upcoming events

Past events

Organiser

Lisa de Vries

Date

27-28 September 2021

Info text
In addition to "male" and "female", the gender option "diverse" has also been available in the civil register in Germany since the end of 2018. However, the legal recognition of the existence of more than two genders in Germany must first be gradually established in many areas of life. For example, there are hardly any reliable and nationwide data sources from official statistics or research in Germany that record gender beyond the categories of male and female. This prevents the statistical visibility of social groups and makes it difficult or even impossible for empirical research to adequately depict this aspect of social reality. The dissolution of binary gender categories in empirical research in various disciplines is therefore not only necessary and opens up numerous new research opportunities, but its implementation in data collection also presents researchers with a number of new challenges. The workshop is intended to give empirical researchers in Germany and beyond the opportunity to exchange views on non-binary surveys of gender. Different operationalisations and data collection strategies will be discussed and experiences exchanged

 

 

Team

 

 

Academic co-workers

Marvin Bürmann

Marvin Bürmann
Academic co-worker

 

I am Marvin Bürmann and have been working as an academic co-worker at Bielefeld University since May 2018. Previously, I studied Sociology & Economics (Bielefeld University) and worked as a project manager at the Bertelsmann Foundation for three and a half years during and after my studies in Empirical Social Research (University of Cologne). At the Research Group for Methods of Empirical Social Research, I teach in particular quantitative methods (especially panel and multi-level models). My interests lie in the field of social science labour market research. As part of my dissertation project, I am investigating the question of how formal underqualification arises. I am focussing on institutional factors and the effects of social background.

 

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Dorian Tsolak
Academic co-worker

 

I am Dorian Tsolak and have been working as an academic co-worker at Bielefeld University since November 2018. My research focuses on the intergenerational transmission of different aspects of social stratification with a particular focus on migration. I am also interested in new data sources for the social sciences and how these can be utilised using current methods from computer science. Here, I focus on the topics of racism, gender and stereotypes.

 

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Simon Lütkewitte

Simon Lütkewitte
Academic co-worker

 

I have been working at Bielefeld University since October 2020 as an academic co-worker in the field of empirical social research methods with a focus on quantitative methods. My research focuses on political attitudes and political polarisation. As part of my doctoral thesis, I am focusing on the question of the extent to which social participation in clubs and other organisations (e.g. sports clubs or religious institutions) has an influence on the political attitudes of individuals. A central question of my work is which forms of social participation are able to reduce prejudices and stereotypes towards minorities, or which forms of social participation have a reinforcing effect with regard to the development of such prejudices and stereotypes.

 

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Stephan Schütze
Academic co-worker


I work as an academic co-worker at the Leibniz ScienceCampus SOEP RegioHub (SOEP@UBi) in Prof Kroh's Department 2 "Methods of Empirical Social Research". Here we generally analyse regional development dynamics and their political consequences. In project ending date 3, we focus in particular on the regional polarisation of political attitudes and behaviour. To what extent internal migration has an influence on changes in political culture and, conversely, how political polarisation affects regional mobility, I am investigating in my doctoral thesis, which will be written as part of this project.

 

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Former employees

Prof. Dr. Simon Kühne

Prof. Dr. Simon Kühne
Ehemaliger Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der AG Kroh. Nun findet ihr ihn hier

Lisa de Vries
Academic co-worker

Lisa de Vries was an academic co-worker at Bielefeld University from 2018 to 2024. During this time, she completed her doctoral thesis on "Effects of Discrimination Reconsidered: Job Preferences and Leadership Positions of LGBTQ* People".

Anna Karmann
Academic co-worker

Anna Karmann was an academic co-worker in Martin Kroh's research group from 2020 to 2024. During this time, she worked on her (doctoral) thesis, which deals with the role of family policy in the labour market integration of mothers.

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Zaza Zindel
Academic co-worker

I am Zaza Zindel and I was an academic co-worker in the Kroh research group from 2020 to 2024. My research interests include survey research, in particular alternative recruitment strategies, web surveys and innovative measurement instruments. In terms of content, I deal with vulnerable groups and those with low incidence, which often remain unconsidered in statistical studies.
In my (doctoral) thesis, I am investigating the use of social media to recruit survey participants, data quality and the mechanisms that motivate social media users to participate in (online) surveys.

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Philipp Simon Eisnecker
Academic co-worker


Philipp Eisnecker was a member of the VW third-party funded project "Interpersonal Trust at Times of a Pandemic" from 2021-2022. He researched the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and social trust.
His doctoral thesis deals with interethnic relationships between non-migrants and migrants.

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