Guest Researchers

Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Global science, collaboration and publishing patterns, high research productivity, the academic profession. Large-scale administrative & publication datasets & global surveys

Short CV
Marek Kwiek, Professor and Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Institutional Research and Higher Education Policy, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Poznan, Poland. His research area is quantitative studies of science and higher education research. He has published 220 papers, his recent monograph is Changing European Academics: A Comparative Study of Social Stratification, Work Patterns and Research Productivity (Routledge, 2019). A Principal Investigator in 50 international research and policy projects. An international expert for the European Commission, OECD, World Bank, Council of Europe and the European Parliament. He spent three years at North American universities (University of Virginia, UC Berkeley, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC, McGill University). An editorial board member of Higher Education Quarterly, British Educational Research Journal, European Journal of Higher Education. Twitter: @Marek_Kwiek

Publications (Selection)

• Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka (2022). Academic vs. biological age in research on academic careers: a large-scale study with implications for scientifically developing systems. Scientometrics 127, 3543–3575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04363-0
• Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka (2022). Are female scientists less inclined to publish alone? The gender solo research gap. Scientometrics 127, 1697–1735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04308-7
• Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka (2021). Gender-Based Homophily in Research: A Large-scale Study of Man-Woman Collaboration, Journal of Informetrics. 35(3), August 2021, 101171. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101171
• Kwiek, Marek (2021). The Prestige Economy of Higher Education Journals: A Quantitative Approach. Higher Education. 81. 493–519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00553-y
• Kwiek, Marek (2021). What Large-Scale Publication and Citation Data Tell Us About International Research Collaboration in Europe: Changing National Patterns in Global Contexts. Studies in Higher Education. 46(12), 2629-2649. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1749254

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Analysis of the economic situation for students in Germany with special consideration of recent developments

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Dennis Henryk Meier studied economics (M.Sc., 2021) at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Since graduating, he has been a research assistant and is doing his PhD at the Institute for Economic Policy at Leibniz University Hannover. His research focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economic situation of students in Germany.

Publications (Selection)

• Meier, D., Thomsen, S. & Trunzer, J. (2022): The Financial Situation of Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hannover Economic Papers, No. 696 und IZA Discussion Paper No. 15110, IZA Bonn.

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Science Studies, Bibliometrics, Patent Analysis (Emerging Technology Forecasting and Assessment), Information Visualization (Mapping Knowledge Domain)

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Dr. Zhao Qu studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 2016 to 2019 with a scholarship from the Chinese government (CSC) and received her PhD in sociology. After graduation, she was involved as a postdoctoral researcher at DZHW in conducting studies involving the use of bibliometric and patent data and the application of relevant methods for various institutions, including science policy bodies and education and research in Germany and beyond. She has been working at the DZHW in Department 2 "Research System and Science Dynamics" for the project "Determinants and Effects of Cooperation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Research Collaborations (DEKiF)". From February 2022, she will continue to be involved in research in this area as an international visiting scholar.

Publications (Selection)

• Qu, Z., (2021). Research Networks Generated by Organizational Structures, Co-Authorships and Citations: A Case Study of German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). Op Acc J Bio Sci & Res 9(1)
• Qu, Z., Zhang, S. (2021). References to literature from the business sector in patent documents: a case study of charging technologies for electric vehicles. Scientometrics, 124, 867–886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03518-1
• Qu, Z., (2018). Electromobility research in Germany and China: structural differences. Scientometrics, 117(1), 473-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2873-9
• Qu, Z. (2018). Green Innovation Regarding Electromobility in Germany and China: Who and How to Get Involved? Journal of Scientometric Research, 7(1), 01-08. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.7.1.1
• Qu, Z., Zhang, S., & Zhang, C. (2017). Patent research in the field of library and information science: Less useful or difficult to explore? Scientometrics, 111(1), 205-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2269-2

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Science studies, sociology of science, (scientific) review processes, peer review, sociology of evaluation, sociology of organisation

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Professor Martin Reinhart studied sociology, economics and computer science at the University of Basel (Switzerland), specialising in science studies and the work of Robert K. Merton. From 2004 to 2010 he did his doctorate in the context of a research project about peer review procedures in science at the Science Studies Program in Basel. From 2010 he was a lecturer at the Universities of Basel, Lucerne, and ETH Zürich and from 2011 a post-doc in the research project "Reproducibility and Innovation – Boundary Work in Science" at the Collegium Helveticum (ETH Zürich). He has been assistant professor at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin since September 2012 and has worked in Research Area 2: Research System & Science Dynamics at the DZHW since 2016.

Publications (Selection)

• Hendriks, B., Schendzielorz, C., Heger, C., & Reinhart, M. (2021). Kritische Bestandsaufnahme des BIH Charité (Junior) Clinician Scientist Programms: Untersuchungen einer integrierten Forschungs- und Facharztweiterbildung in der Universitätsmedizin. Berlin: DZHW.
• Reinhart, M., & Schendzielorz, C. (2020). The lottery in Babylon – On the role of chance in scientific success. Journal of Responsible Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2020.1806429
• Hendriks, B., & Reinhart, M. (2020). Science Blogs as Critique – Building Public Identities in the Field of Translational Research. Science & Technology Studies, 33, 19-38. https://doi.org/10.23987/sts.75153
• Simons, A., Hendriks, B., Reinhart. M., & Ahmed, F. (2020). Perspectives on translation in practice. How practitioners between bench and bedside evaluate biomedical translation. Science & Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scaa035
• Schendzielorz, C., & Reinhart, M. (2020). Die Regierung der Wissenschaft im Peer Review. der moderne Staat- Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 1/2020, 101-123. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich. https://doi.org/10.3224/dms.v13i1.10

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Analysis of the economic situation for students in Germany with special consideration of recent developments

Short CV
Stephan Thomsen is professor of economics at the Leibniz Universität Hannover since 2011, since 2019 chaiman of the Institute of Economic Policy. His research focuses on applied econometrics and (micro-)econometric evaluations, and he contributes to questions on labor and education economics, primarily in the area of the evaluation of political reforms, human capital, migration, and social security. He studied economics (Dipl.-Volksw., 2001) at the Goethe Universität Frankfurt and business economics at the universities of Frankfurt and Hagen (Dipl.-Kfm., 2004). From 2001 to 2006, he worked at the Universität Frankfurt, where he obtained his doctorate in 2006. After that, he moved to ZEW Mannheim as a post-doc researcher from 2006 to 2007. In August 2007, Stephan Thomsen became junior professor of labor economics (with tenure-track) at the Universität Magdeburg. From 2011 to 2016, he was chairman and academic head of NIW Hannover (Niedersächsisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung).

Publications (Selection)

• Püttmann, V., Ruhose, J. & Thomsen, S. (2022): Academics’ Attitudes toward Engaging in Public Discussions – Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Engagement Conditions, Research in Higher Education, accepted for publication.
• Meier, D., Thomsen, S. & Trunzer, J. (2022): The Financial Situation of Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hannover Economic Papers, No. 696 und IZA Discussion Paper No. 15110, IZA Bonn.
• Meyer, T., Thomsen, S. L., & Schneider, H. (2019): New Evidence on the Effects of the Shortened School Duration Reforms in Germany: An Evaluation of Post-School Education Decisions, German Economic Review, 20(4), S. e201-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/geer.12162
• Meyer, T., & Thomsen, S. L. (2018): The Role of High-School Duration for University Students’ Motivation, Abilities and Achievements, Education Economics, 26 (1), 24-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2017.1351525
• Thomsen, S. L., & Haaren-Giebel, F. von (2016): Did Tuition Fees in Germany Constrain Students’ Budgets? New Evidence from a Natural Experiment, IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40174-016-0054-5

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Higher education research, governance & policy dynamics

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Prof. Dr. Sanaa Ashour is currently the Director of the Sociology Program at the College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Ain University in the United Arab Emirates. She obtained her PhD in ‘Development Studies’ from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Bonn, Germany, and a Master's degree in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Besides teaching and researching sociology, Prof. Dr. Ashour has held senior positions with the UNDP and UNV in the Middle East and Europe. In her research, she examines a range of topics including employability, graduate quality, and the quality of higher education, in particular focusing on mismatches between graduates' qualities and changing labor market needs. Furthermore, she has studied issues related to the quality of higher education including national and international accreditation and the impact of technology on higher education and students' behaviors.

Publications (Selection)

• Ashour, S. (2021). How COVID-19 is reshaping the role and modes of higher education. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2021.1930526
• Ashour, S. (2021). Access for Syrian refugees into higher education in Germany: a systematic literature review. European Journal of Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2020.1871392
• Ashour, S. (2020). Quality Higher Education is the Foundation of Knowledge Society: Where does UAE stands?, Quality in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2020.1769263
• Ashour, S. (2020). The reverse gender divide in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-08-2019-0211
• Ashour, S. (2019). Analysis of the attrition phenomenon through the lens of university dropouts in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2019-0110
• Ashour, S. (2019). How Technology has Shaped University Students’ Perceptions and Expectations around Higher Education. Journal of Studies in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1617683

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Student funding policies and student welfare

Short CV
Assistant professor at the Institute of Socio-Economics, Poznań University of Economics and Business, and an affiliated researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University. PhD in Economics (Poznań University of Economics and Business, 2017), MA in Political Science (Adam Mickiewicz University, 2011). Scholarship recipient of the Visby Programme of the Swedish Institute (2017) and the Australian government - Endeavour Research Fellowship (2015). His current research concerns causes and consequences of student funding policies, with a particular focus on the Central-Eastern European countries. Previously, he was investigating inequalities in access to higher education in Poland and Australia in the context of rising enrolments and system stratification.

Publications (Selection)

• Czarnecki, K. (2022). Political party families and student social rights. Journal of European Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287221080704
• Czarnecki, K. (2021). Student Support and Tuition Fee Systems in Comparative Perspective. Studies in Higher Education, 46(11), 2152-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1716316 [co-authors: Tomas Korpi, Kenneth Nelson]
• Czarnecki, K. (2018). Less inequality through universal access? Socioeconomic background of tertiary entrants in Australia after the expansion of university participation, Higher Education, 76(3), 501-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0222-1.

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
Funding of science, Evolution of biomedical knowledge, Health inequalities, Genome technologies

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I am currently doing my second postdoctoral research stay at the KU Leuven where I investigate the causes and effects of inequality in funding for health research among the countries of the European Union. One of the goals of my current project is to translate scientific evidence into useful knowledge for decision makers and the public. During my stay at the DZHW with financing from the Humboldt Foundation, I analyzed the evolution, organization and financing of research on genome technologies. I have previously worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the UNAM in Mexico where I obtained my doctorate in science, winning the Alfonso Caso medal for the best graduate of my generation. To carry out my research, I combine quantitative methods such as the analysis and modeling of complex networks or data mining with qualitative tools such as the critical analysis of academic literature, government documents, news and interviews with key actors.

Publications (Selection)

• Fajardo-Ortiz, D., Hornbostel, S., Montenegro de Wit, M., Shattuck, A. (2022). Funding CRISPR: Understanding the role of government and philanthropic institutions in supporting academic research within the CRISPR innovation system. Quantitative Science Studies. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00187
• Fajardo-Ortiz, D., Shattuck, A., Hornbostel, S. (2020). Mapping the coevolution, leadership and financing of research on viral vectors, RNAi, CRISPR/Cas9 and other genomic editing technologies. PLOS ONE, 15(4), Art.No. ARTN e0227593. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227593
• Garcia-Pena, C., Miguel Gutierrez-Robledo, L., Cabrera-Becerril, A., Fajardo-Ortiz, D. (2019). Team Assembly Mechanisms and the Knowledge Produced in the Mexico's National Institute of Geriatrics: A Network Analysis and Agent-Based Modeling Approach. SCIENTIFICA, Art.No. ARTN 9127657. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9127657
• Fajardo-Ortiz, D., Lopez-Cervantes, M., Duran, L., Dumontier, M., Lara, M., Ochoa, H., Castano, V.M. (2017). The emergence and evolution of the research fronts in HIV/AIDS research. PLOS ONE, 12 (5), Art.No. ARTN e0178293. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178293
• Fajardo, D., Castano, V.M. (2016). Hierarchy of Knowledge Translation: From Health Problems to Ad-Hoc Drug Design. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 23(26), 3000-3012. https://doi.org/110.2174/0929867323666160617101823

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Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
axiology, values, evaluation, publication ethics, peer review, retraction

Short CV
Außerordentlicher Professor für Philosophie und Vize-Direktor am Institut für Philosophie an der Schlesischen Universität in Katowice. Promotion in Philosophie (Jagiellonen-Universität in Kraków, 2006), Diplom in Rechtswissenschaften (Schlesische Universität in Katowice, 2006).
Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium (Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2011-2012), Schweizer Stipendium für Hochschulstudien, Kunst- und Musikschulen (Hermann Cohen Archiv, Universität Zürich, 2003-2004).
Weitere Informationen: kubalica.us.edu.pl

Publications (Selection)

• T. Kubalica: Hans Kelsen a problem interpretacji prawa (= Hans Kelsen and the problem of legal interpretation). Katowice 2021.
• T. Kubalica: Leonard Nelson and Metaphysical Knowledge Against the Neo-kantian Background. "Diametros" 2017 (52), 64-80.
• T. Kubalica: Unmöglichkeit der Erkenntnistheorie. Leonard Nelsons Kritik an der Erkenntnistheorie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Neukantianismus. Frankfurt am Main 2017.
• T. Kubalica, "Ważność" a naturalizm. Antypsychologizm Wilhelma Windelbanda (= 'Validity' versus naturalism. Wilhelm Windelband's Antipsychologism), "Idea - Studia nad Strukturą i Rozwojem Pojęć Filozoficznych" (19) 2007, 77–94.
• T. Kubalica, Problem pewności w neokantyzmie Johannesa Volkelta (= Problem of Certainty in Neo-Kantianism of Johannes Volkelt), "Folia Philosophica" (31) 2013, 133–156.

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