Guest Researchers

The DZHW invites international and national scientists as guest researchers. Guest researchers are interested in topic-specific collaborations with the research areas of the DZHW or the research data centre fdz.DZHW. They usually network at the DZHW for a contractually agreed period while continuing to work at their respective institutions.

Current Guest Researchers

  • Dr. Jens Ambrasat (February 2024 - June 2024)
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Robert K. Merton Center, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Research System and Science Dynamics Department

    Further Information

    Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
    Research conditions in science; performance and satisfaction of sicentists

    Short CV
    Dr. Jens Ambrasat leads the Berlin Science Survey at the Robert K. Merton Center (RMZ). Previously, he was senior researcher and survey methodologist at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), where he headed the DZHW Scientist Survey. Jens studied philosophy, sociology, and economics at Humboldt University in Berlin and received his PhD from the FU Berlin. His dissertation entitled "Feine Unterschiede in den Bedeutungen - Affektive Wahrnehmung und soziale Varianz" dealt with the relationship between social structure, language and affect from a cultural sociological perspective. His research interests are in the areas of research designs, survey methods and mixed methods, and disciplinary cultures in science.

    Publications (Selection)

    • Lüdtke, Denise, Yankova, Yoanna und Jens Ambrasat (2023): Cooperation. Research Practices in the Berlin Research Area. Focus Report of the Berlin Science Survey. Pilot Study 2021/22. https://doi.org/10.18452/27060
    • Lüdtke, Denise, Fabian Schaffer und Jens Ambrasat (2022): Open Science. Forschungspraktiken im Berliner Forschungsraum. Schwerpunktbericht des Berlin Science Surveys. https://doi.org/10.18452/26224
    • Ambrasat, J.; von Scheve, C. (2022): "Affective meanings and social relations: identities and positions in the social space" in: Emotions and Society, 4(2), pp. 161-180.
    • Ambrasat, J., (2021): "Zur Arbeitssituation des wissenschaftlichen Mittelbaus in Deutschland." in: Holderberg, P.; Seipel, C. (Hrsg.): Der wissenschaftliche Mittelbau – Arbeit, Hochschule, Demokratie. Beltz Juventa.

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  • Pritha Ghosal (March 2024 - September 2024)
    Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Computer Science, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Research Infrastructure and Methods Department

    Further Information

    Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
    Optimizing Semantic Search: A Performance Analysis of SBERT-Based Retrieval Using WordNet vs. Refined WordNet (Master thesis)

    Short CV
    Education: MSc in Digital Engineering in Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg; Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata, India; Experience: Internship in Full Stack Web Application Development in Robert Bosch GmbH Zentrum für Forschung und Vorausentwicklung Renningen; Student Assistant Front-End Developer in Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW GmbH); Full-Stack Developer June in Tata Consultancy Service Limited Kolkata, India; Projects: ReJEx - Relevance Feedback with XAI; Consulting & Customer Retention; MediMate - Developing & Evaluating a Chatbot; ShieldX - For Everyone's Safety- Android application

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  • Dr. des Malte Hückstädt (January 2024 - December 2024)
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    Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Governance in Higher Education and Science Department

    Further Information

    Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
    Malte Hückstädt conducts research on mono- and interdisciplinary research cooperation, cooperation problems, cooperation success and methods of computational social science.

    Short CV
    Malte Hückstädt studied fine arts in Hanover and Berlin. After graduating, he studied social sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin, sociology with a quantitative methods profile at Bielefeld University and completed his doctorate in sociology at Leibniz University Hannover in 2023.

    Publications (Selection)

    • Hückstädt, M. (2022). Coopetition between frenemies–interrelations and effects of seven collaboration problems in research clusters. Scientometrics, 127(9), 5191–5224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04472-w
    • Hückstädt, M. (2023). Ten reasons why research collaborations succeed—A random forest approach. Scientometrics, 128(3), 1923–1950.
    • Kleimann, B., & Hückstädt, M. (2021). Selection criteria in professorial recruiting as indicators of institutional similarity? A comparison of German universities and universities of applied sciences. Quality in Higher Education, 27(2), 168–183. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2021.1889760
    • Weinmann, C., Hückstädt, M., Meißner, F., & Vowe, G. (2023). How do researchers perceive problems in research collaboration? Results from a large-scale study of German scientists. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2023.1106482
    • Hückstädt, M., & Leisten, L. M. (2024). Internal factors promoting research collaboration problems – an input-process- output analysis. Scientometrics, Im Erscheinen.

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  • Prof. Dr. Marek Kwiek (November 2022 - December 2024)
    University of Poznan, Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities (IAS), Director
    UNESCO Chair in Institutional Research and Higher Education Policy, Chairholder, Poland
    Guest researcher in the Research System and Science Dynamics Department

    Further Information

    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, Lukasz Szymula (2023): Young Male and Female Scientists: A Quantitative Exploratory Study of the Changing Demographics of the Global Scientific Workforce. Quantitative Science Studies, online first
    • Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka (2023).: The young and the old, the fast and the slow: a large-scale study of productivity classes and rank advancemen. Studies in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2288172
    • Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka (2023). Once highly productive, forever highly productive? Full professors’ research productivity from a longitudinal perspective. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01022-y
    • 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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  • Dr. Sebastian Lang (February 2024 - January 2025)
    Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Department 2 - Educational Decisions and Processes, Migration, Returns to Education, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Educational Careers and Graduate Employment Department

    Further Information

    Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
    Educational research, labor market research, health sociology, statistical methods, survey methods

    Short CV
    Sebastian Lang has worked since September 2015 as a doctoral student and later postdoc in the Department of Educational Trajectories and Employment of the DZHW and at the Department of Empirical Higher Education Research and Science Studies of Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans at the Institute of Sociology at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Since February 2024, he has been working in Department 2 of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg.

    Publications (Selection)

    • Lang, S., & Schwabe, U. (2023). Graduates’ early wages in Germany: Does a university’s status of excellence make the difference? Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 83(100765), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2023.100765
    • Carstensen, J., Lang, S., & Cordua, F. (2022). The effects of response burden – collecting life history data in a self-administered mixed-device survey. Journal of Official Statistics, 38(4), 1069-1095. https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2022-0046
    • Lang, S., & Carstensen, J. (Hrsg.) (2022). A Life History Calendar in a CAWI? Evidence From Higher Education Research. Higher Education Research and Science Studies (HERSS). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36921-7_6
    • Gross, C., Gurr, T., Jungbauer-Gans, M., & Lang, S. (2020). Prejudices against the unemployed - empirical evidence from Germany. Journal for Labour Market Research, 54(3), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-020-00268-8
    • Lang, S., & Gross, C. (2019). Einflussfaktoren auf das Stigmabewusstsein Arbeitsloser. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 48(4), 243-262. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2019-0018

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  • Dennis Henryk Meier (November 2022 - October 2024)
    Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Economic Policy, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Educational Careers and Graduate Employment Department

    Further Information

    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
    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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  • Prof. Henry Sauermann (June 2023 - May 2025)
    European School of Management and Technology Berlin (ESMT Berlin), ESMT Chair in Entrepreneurship, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Research System and Science Dynamics Department

    Further Information

    Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
    PhD careers, entrepreneurial behaviors, science and technology entrepreneurship

    Short CV
    Henry joined ESMT Berlin in May 2017. He is the first holder of the ESMT Chair in Entrepreneurship. Since January 2018 Henry has been the Director of the Institute for Endowment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance (IFEE). Previously he was an associate professor of strategy and innovation and the PhD Coordinator at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Henry explores the role of human capital in science, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Among others, he studies how scientists’ motives and incentives relate to important outcomes such as innovative performance in firms, patenting in academia, or career choices and entrepreneurial interests. In new projects, Henry studies the dynamics of motives and incentives over time, and explores non-traditional innovative institutions such as Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science. Additional work is underway to gain deeper insights into scientific labor markets and to derive implications for junior scientists, firms, and policy makers.

    Publications (Selection)

    • Cohen, W., H. Sauermann, and P. Stephan (2020). Not in the job description: The commercial activities of academic scientists and engineers. Management Science 66 (9): 4108–4117
    • Sauermann, H. (2018). Fire in the belly? Employee motives and innovative performance in startups versus established firms. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 12 (4): 423–454
    • Sauermann, H., and C. Haeussler (2017). Authorship and contribution disclosures. Science Advances 3 (11)
    • Roach, M., and H. Sauermann (2017). The declining interest in an academic career. PLoS ONE 12 (9)
    • Stenard, B., and H. Sauermann (2016). Educational mismatch, work outcomes, and entry into entrepreneurship. Organization Science 27 (4): 801–824

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  • Prof. Dr. Stephan Thomsen (November 2022 - October 2024)
    Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Economic Policy, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Educational Careers and Graduate Employment Department

    Further Information

    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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Former Guest Researchers

  • Dr. Zhao Qu (February 2022 - December 2023)
    The I institute of Service-Oriented Manufacturing (ISOM), Hangzhou, China
    Guest researcher in the Research System and Science Dynamics Department

    Further Information

    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)

    Short CV
    Dr. Zhao Qu studierte von 2016 bis 2019 mit einem Stipendium der chinesischen Regierung (CSC) an der Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin und hat in Soziologie promoviert. Nach dem Abschluss war sie als Postdoktorandin am DZHW an der Durchführung von Studien beteiligt, die die Nutzung bibliometrischer und patentrechtlicher Daten und die Anwendung einschlägiger Methoden für verschiedene Institutionen, u.a. wissenschaftspolitische Gremien sowie Bildung und Forschung in Deutschland und darüber hinaus, beinhalteten. Seit 2021 arbeitet sie am DZHW in Abteilung 2 „Forschungssystem und Wissenschaftsdynamik“ für das Projekt „Determinanten und Effekte von Kooperation in homogenen und heterogenen Forschungsverbünden (DEKiF)“. Seit Februar 2022 ist sie als internationale Gastwissenschaftlerin weiter an der Forschung in diesem Bereich beteiligt.

    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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  • Prof. Dr. Martin Reinhart (January 2022 - December 2023)
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Library and Information Science, Germany
    Guest researcher in the Research System and Science Dynamics Department

    Further Information

    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

    Short CV
    Prof. Dr. Martin Reinhart studierte Soziologie, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Informatik an der Universität Basel und schloss sein Studium mit einer Lizentiatsarbeit zu wissenschaftstheoretischen Ansätzen im Werk von Robert K. Merton ab. Von 2004 bis 2010 war er Doktorand und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Programm Wissenschaftsforschung der Universität Basel im Rahmen eines Drittmittel-Projekts, das sich mit Peer Review-Verfahren in der Wissenschaft beschäftigte. Nach der Promotion 2010 war er als Lehrbeauftragter an den Universitäten Basel, Luzern und der ETH Zürich tätig und seit 2011 als Postdoktorand in einem Projekt "Reproduzierbarkeit und Innovation – Grenzverhandlungen in der Wissenschaft" am Collegium Helveticum der ETH Zürich. Seit September 2012 ist er Juniorprofessor für Wissenschaftssoziologie und Evaluationsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität und am DZHW in Abteilung 2 Forschungssystem und Wissenschaftsdynamik (bis einschließlich 2015 iFQ).

    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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  • Ing. Jana Korečková (June 2023 - July 2023)
    Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences
    Centre for Higher Education Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
    Guest researcher in the Educational Careers and Graduate Employment Department

    Further Information

    Research interest and focus of the guest researcher's stay
    Study success and dropout - opportunities for beneficial influence

    Short CV
    Jana Korečková works as a researcher at the Centre for Higher Education Studies, Prague, Czech Republic. There she is currently part of the EUROGRADUATE team. As a PhD student of Public and Social Policy she is affiliated to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague. The research interests for her Doctorate degree focus on educational policy, study success in Higher Education Institutions and the concept of ‘nudging’.

    Publications (Selection)

    • Kohoutek, J., Lounek, V,. ¦mídová, M., Korečková, J. (2021). Situace absolventů v podmínkách postmasového vysoko¨kolského vzdělávání: Stále jen reprodukce elit?. Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review, 57(1), 47-73.
    • Forthcoming: KOREČKOVÁ, J., KOVÁCS, R., OCHRANA, F. (2022). Using Behavioral Change Methods to Encourage Czech HEIs’ Students to (Successfully) Graduate and the Acceptance of Nudging.
    • Forthcoming: OCHRANA, F., KOREČKOVÁ, J. , KOVÁCS, R. (2022). How do Czech HEIs students accept nudging? Expert perspective analysis.
    • Forthcoming: KLUNIN, A., KOREČKOVÁ, J. , KOVÁCS, R., SLOBODA, M. (2023). Using Behavioral Change Methods to Encourage Slovak HEIs’ Students to (Successfully) Graduate and the Acceptance of Nudging. (A comparative study of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic).

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  • Prof. Dr. Tomasz Kubalica (August 2022 - October 2022)
    University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Philosophy, Poland
    Guest researcher in the Research System and Science Dynamics Department

    Further Information

    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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  • Prof. Dr. Sanaa Ashour (August 2021 - September 2022)
    Al Ain University, Applied Sociology, United Arab Emirates
    Guest researcher in the Governance in Higher Education and Science Department

    Further Information

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

    Short CV
    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.

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  • Dr. Krzysztof Czarnecki (November 2021 - April 2022)
    Poznań University of Economics and Business, Institute of Socio-Economics, Poland
    Guest researcher in the Educational Careers and Graduate Employment Department

    Further Information

    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.

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  • Dr. David Guillermo Fajardo Ortiz (May 2019 - October 2021)
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Belgium
    Guest researcher in the Research System and Science Dynamics Department

    Further Information

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

    Short CV
    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
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