Shirin Reiter studied Social Sciences (B.A.) and Science and Society (M.A.) at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH). During her studies, she worked as a student assistant from April 2021 to January 2025 at the Institute of Sociology at LUH and from October 2021 to May 2023 at the Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS). Since February 2025, she has been working as a research associate in the European research project "New Knowledge on Pathways to Include Persons in Vulnerable Situations (PATHS2INCLUDE)" at the Institute of Sociology at LUH. Since July 2025, she has been a research associate in the "Educational Pathways and Employment" department in the "RegelWerk" project.

Shirin Reiter
Research Area Educational Careers and Graduate Employment
Researcher
List of projects
Professional Experience
07/2025 - 04/2029
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW),Research assistant in the research project "RegelWerk"
02/2025 - 02/2026
Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Research assistant in the European research project "New Knowledge on Pathways to Include Persons in Vulnerable Situations (PATHS2INCLUDE)"
04/2024 - 01/2025
Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Student assistant in the European research project "New Knowledge on Pathways to Include Persons in Vulnerable Situations (PATHS2INCLUDE)"
09/2023 - 01/2024
Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Student assistant in the field of educational sociology
10/2021 - 5/2023
Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS), Student assistant within the bridge project "Inclusive access to higher education via vocational schools?"
04/2021 - 03/2024
Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Student assistant in the field of "Methods of Empirical Social Research" for the modules "Non-standardized Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research" and "Standardized Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research"
Academic Education
10/2022 - 01/2025
Leibniz University Hannover, Study Science and Society (M.A)
10/2019 - 02/2023
Leibniz University Hannover, Study Social Sciences (B.A.)