Christoph Gwosć studied Economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he graduated with a master's degree in 1999. Subsequently he worked there until 2005 as research assistant at the Institute for European Economic and Social Policy. Teaching activities in Economics at Jacksonville University, Florida, and Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria, followed. He has been employed at DZHW since 2007, where he has been involved in national and international empirical projects on funding of studies and higher education institutions, the social dimension of higher education, and student mobility. Alongside his work at DZHW he was lecturer for Economics of Education in the master’s programme Science and Society at Leibniz University Hannover from 2013 to 2018. In 2018 he completed his doctorate at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Münster.

Dr. Christoph Gwosć
Research Area Governance in Higher Education and Science
Researcher
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Studienfinanzierung und studienbegleitende Erwerbstätigkeit als Determinanten des studentischen Workloads: Negative Effekte der Selbstfinanzierung?Apolinarski, B., & Gwosć, C. (2020).Studienfinanzierung und studienbegleitende Erwerbstätigkeit als Determinanten des studentischen Workloads: Negative Effekte der Selbstfinanzierung? In D. Großmann, C. Engel, J. Junkermann, & T. Wolbring (Hrsg.), Studentischer Workload. Definition, Messung und Einflüsse (S. 119-143). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. |
Die Finanzsituation von Studierenden unter verschiedenen Institutionen der Studienfinanzierung - ein internationaler Vergleich.Gwosć, C. (2019).Die Finanzsituation von Studierenden unter verschiedenen Institutionen der Studienfinanzierung - ein internationaler Vergleich. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik. 68 (3), 278-308. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfwp-2019-2012 Abstract
Market, state, and the family of students are important sources of student funding. An empirical analysis for 25 countries in the European Higher Education Area reveals that in 80 % of countries, there is a pattern according to which students who depend on self-financing through the market reach the highest level of total monthly income. Their fellow students, who financially depend on their families, have a median income level and students who are mainly funded by the state have the lowest revenue. The significant differences in revenue between the three groups of students also involve financial problems of varying degrees. |
Ungleichheiten in der Hochschulbildung in Deutschland und Europa - theoretische und empirische Analysen aus bildungsökonomischer Perspektive.Gwosć, C. (2019).Ungleichheiten in der Hochschulbildung in Deutschland und Europa - theoretische und empirische Analysen aus bildungsökonomischer Perspektive. Dissertation; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. |
Income inequality among students in European higher education.Gwosć, C. (2019).Income inequality among students in European higher education. EUROSTUDENT Intelligence Brief 1/2019. Hannover, Germany: DZHW GmbH. Abstract
The paper analyses in brief the distribution and concentration of student income in 25 EUROSTUDENT countries. Furthermore, the concentration of income between students and the total population is compared by means of the Gini coefficient |
Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Main report.Vossensteyn, H., Kolster, R., Kaiser, F., File, J., Huisman, J., Seeber, M., ... & Gwosć, C. (2018).Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Main report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/048735 Abstract
The main objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of higher education and how this is promoted in various countries in Europe and beyond. On the basis of a review of relevant literature, policy documents and databases, consultation with national experts and eight in-depth country case studies that included interviews with many national stakeholders, this study seeks to answer questions such as which policy levers do member states use to promote higher education relevance? Which national policies concerning higher education relevance appear to be effective and good practice examples? Which indicators are informative in assessing higher education relevance at system level? |
Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Executive summary.Vossensteyn, H., Kolster, R., Kaiser, F., File, J., Huisman, J., Seeber, M., ... & Gwosć, C. (2018).Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Executive summary. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/459056 Abstract
The main objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of higher education and how this is promoted in various countries in Europe and beyond. On the basis of a review of relevant literature, policy documents and databases, consultation with national experts and eight in-depth country case studies that included interviews with many national stakeholders, this study seeks to answer questions such as which policy levers do member states use to promote higher education relevance? Which national policies concerning higher education relevance appear to be effective and good practice examples? Which indicators are informative in assessing higher education relevance at system level? |
Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Annex 1, Country case studies.Vossensteyn, H., Kolster, R., Kaiser, F., File, J., Huisman, J., Seeber, M., ... & Gwosć, C. (2018).Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Annex 1, Country case studies. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/409116 Abstract
The main objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of higher education and how this is promoted in various countries in Europe and beyond. On the basis of a review of relevant literature, policy documents and databases, consultation with national experts and eight in-depth country case studies that included interviews with many national stakeholders, this study seeks to answer questions such as which policy levers do member states use to promote higher education relevance? Which national policies concerning higher education relevance appear to be effective and good practice examples? Which indicators are informative in assessing higher education relevance at system level? |
Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Annex 2, Literature study and indicator review.Vossensteyn, H., Kolster, R., Kaiser, F., File, J., Huisman, J., Seeber, M., ... & Gwosć, C. (2018).Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Annex 2, Literature study and indicator review. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/884 Abstract
The main objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of higher education and how this is promoted in various countries in Europe and beyond. On the basis of a review of relevant literature, policy documents and databases, consultation with national experts and eight in-depth country case studies that included interviews with many national stakeholders, this study seeks to answer questions such as which policy levers do member states use to promote higher education relevance? Which national policies concerning higher education relevance appear to be effective and good practice examples? Which indicators are informative in assessing higher education relevance at system level? |
Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Annex 3, Country fiches.Vossensteyn, H., Kolster, R., Kaiser, F., File, J., Huisman, J., Seeber, M., ... & Gwosć, C. (2018).Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education. Annex 3, Country fiches. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/952691 Abstract
The main objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of higher education and how this is promoted in various countries in Europe and beyond. On the basis of a review of relevant literature, policy documents and databases, consultation with national experts and eight in-depth country case studies that included interviews with many national stakeholders, this study seeks to answer questions such as which policy levers do member states use to promote higher education relevance? Which national policies concerning higher education relevance appear to be effective and good practice examples? Which indicators are informative in assessing higher education relevance at system level? |
EUROSTUDENT VI Overview and selected findings: Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe.Hauschildt, K., Vögtle, E., & Gwosć, C. (2018).EUROSTUDENT VI Overview and selected findings: Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe. Bielefeld, Germany: W. Bertelsmann Verlag. https://doi.org/10.3278/104-274w Abstract
This short report presents a condensed overview of the EUROSTUDENT Synopsis of Indicators - the central publication of the project and the result of the collaboration of a European-wide network including researchers, data collectors, representatives of national ministries, and other stakeholders. It comprises data from student surveys conducted in 28 countries in the European Higher Education Area during the sixth round of the EUROSTUDENT project. |
Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe: Synopsis of Indicators. EUROSTUDENT VI 2016-2018.DZHW (Eds.) (2018).Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe: Synopsis of Indicators. EUROSTUDENT VI 2016-2018. Bielefeld, Germany: W. Bertelsmann Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7639-5913-6 |
EUROSTUDENT-Kurzdossier: Sozialer Hintergrund der Studierenden im Europäischen Hochschulraum.Gwosć, C., & Hauschildt, K. (2016).EUROSTUDENT-Kurzdossier: Sozialer Hintergrund der Studierenden im Europäischen Hochschulraum. Hannover: Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW). |
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2018
Doctorate from the University of Münster
2013 - 2018
Lecturer in Education Economics, Master's programme 'Science and Society' at Leibniz University Hannover
since 2007
Researcher at DZHW (formerly HIS-Institute for Higher Education Research), Research Centre Steering, Financing, Evaluation
2005 - 2006
Lecturer in Microeconomics and European Economic Policy at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach/Austria
2005
Lecturer in International Business at Jacksonville University, Davis College of Business, Florida/USA
2004
Lecturer in European Integration, Skola Glówna Handlowa (SGH, Warsaw School of Economics), Warsaw/Poland
2001
Research stay at the Department for Economics and European Union Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois/USA
2000 - 2001
Lecturer in Microeconomics, Department Economics, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
2000
Research stay at the Department for Economics and European Union Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois/USA
1999 - 2005
Research Assistant at the Institute for European Economic and Social Policy, Gerhard-Mercator University Duisburg
1991 - 1999
Study of Public Finance and Economic Policy, Gerhard-Mercator University Duisburg
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