Dr. Jessica Ordemann graduated with a PhD in Sociology from the University of Leipzig and a master from the Free University Berlin. Before joining the DZHW she worked as researcher at the universities of Hamburg and Leipzig and scientific coordinator for the German national report on education. Since April 2024, Jessica Ordemann has been serving as the project lead for the Student Survey in Germany at the DZHW.
Dr. Jessica Ordemann
Research Area Educational Careers and Graduate Employment
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Academic research fields
Educational inequalities, labor market
Projects
List of projects
Publications
List of publications
Presentations
List of presentations & conferences
Baby Boomers‘ monetary returns on education. A comparison with their direct down- and Upstream cohorts.Ordemann, J. (2022, Oktober).Baby Boomers‘ monetary returns on education. A comparison with their direct down- and Upstream cohorts. Vortrag auf der Konferenz 2022 SLLS Annual International Conference, Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS). Growing Up and Growing Older Across Societies: Harnessing the Power of Comparative Research, Cleveland, USA. |
Monetary returns to higher education: A comparison of babyboomers age 45-60 with their direct down- and upstream cohorts.Ordemann, J. (2022, Oktober).Monetary returns to higher education: A comparison of babyboomers age 45-60 with their direct down- and upstream cohorts. Vortrag auf der Tagung 4th Forum „Higher Education and the Labour Market“ (HELM 2022), DZHW und IAB, Nürnberg. |
Forty and Over The Academic Hill? Wissenschaftliche Karrierewege von älteren Promovierten in die Entfristung.Ordemann, J., & Naegele, L. (2022, September).Forty and Over The Academic Hill? Wissenschaftliche Karrierewege von älteren Promovierten in die Entfristung. Vortrag auf dem Kongress Polarisierte Welten. 41. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Bielefeld, Deutschland. |
Baby Boomers’ careers before entering retirement.Ordemann, J. (2022, September).Baby Boomers’ careers before entering retirement. Poster auf dem Symposium 3. Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science Symposium, Alexander von Humboldt; Foundation Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Ivine, CA, USA, USA. |
Forty and Over The Academic Hill - Altersdiskriminierung in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen?Naegele, L., & Ordemann, J. (2022, September).Forty and Over The Academic Hill - Altersdiskriminierung in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen? Vortrag auf der Konferenz Altern im Spannungsfeld von Resilienz und Vulnerabilität, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geriatrie e.V., Frankfurt am Main. |
The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men, from 1996 to 2019.Ordemann, J., & Pfeiffer, F. (2022, Juni/Juli).The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men, from 1996 to 2019. Vortrag auf der Konferenz SOEP 2022 - 14th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference, DIW, Berlin, Deutschland. |
Changing Academic Careers II Lecture Series.
Workshop Changing Academic Careers II Lecture Series, DZHW, Universität Würzburg, LCSS, Universität Hannover, Hannover (online). |
Vocationally Qualified Alumni and the Labor Market. Income Trajectories of Higher Education Alumni with and without Occupational Experience.Ordemann, J. (2022, April).Vocationally Qualified Alumni and the Labor Market. Income Trajectories of Higher Education Alumni with and without Occupational Experience. Vortrag auf der Konferenz Social Stratification and Social Policy for a Post-Covid19 World (RC28 Spring Meeting), London School of Economics, UK, London, United Kingdom. |
Vocationally qualified alumni and the labor market. Different shades of human capital.Ordemann, J. (2022, März).Vocationally qualified alumni and the labor market. Different shades of human capital. In C. Artelt, J. Baumert, & H.-G. Rossbach (Vorsitz), C01-Longitudinal analysis using NEPS data. auf der Tagung 9. GEBF-Jahrestagung, Universität Bamberg und Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe (LIfBi), Bamberg. |
It’s the personality stupid? Structural and individual determinants of tertiary education and degree attainment.Ordemann, J. (2022, März).It’s the personality stupid? Structural and individual determinants of tertiary education and degree attainment. Vortrag auf der Tagung 9. GEBF-Jahrestagung, Universität Bamberg und Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe (LIfBi), Bamberg. |
Vertical and Horizontal (Mis)match Among Highly Qualified - Measurement Issues, Determinants and Consequences.
Vertical and Horizontal (Mis)match Among Highly Qualified - Measurement Issues, Determinants and Consequences, DZHW Research Cluster "Returns to Tertiary Education", DZHW Hannover. |
No Free Lunch: Machine Learning & Qualitative Dokumentenanalyse – Practical and Methodological Insights.Gerchen, A., Ordemann, J., Walther, L., & İkiz-Akıncı, D. (2021).Symposium No Free Lunch: Machine Learning & Qualitative Dokumentenanalyse – Practical and Methodological Insights, Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschule und Wissenschaft (DZHW), Hannover. |
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Career
since 11/2020
Senior Researcher (Post-Doc) at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
11/2018 - 10/2020
Scientific Coordinator at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
02/2017 - 09/2018
Junior Researcher at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
04/2014 - 01/2017
Junior Researcher at the University of Leipzig
04/2012 - 03/2014
Junior Researcher at the University of Hamburg
04/2009 - 03/2012
Student Researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
Education and Academic Degrees
2014 - 2019
PhD in sociology at the University of Leipzig
2010 - 2011
Master in sociology at the Free University Berlin
2006 - 2010
Bachelor in cultural studies with focus on sociology at the Long Distance Learning University Hagen
Memberships and positions
- Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS)
- Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
- Academy of Sociology
- German Sociological Association
