Dr. Frauke Peter joined the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) in November 2019. She is deputy head of the Research Area "Educational Careers and Graduate Employment". Previously she worked as junior researcher (Ph.D. candidate) at the German Socio-Economic Panel Study at DIW Berlin (2008-2013) and as senior researcher (Post Doc) at the Department Education and Family at DIW Berlin (2013-2019). She holds a master's degree in Economics from Royal Holloway University of London and a Ph.D. in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin.
Dr. Frauke Peter
Research Area Educational Careers and Graduate Employment
Deputy Head of Department
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since 11/2019
Senior researcher (Post Doc) at German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), Research Area "Educational Careers and Graduate Employment"
04/2013 - 10/2019
Senior Researcher (Post Doc) at DIW Berlin, Department Education and Family
10/2008 - 03/2013
Junior Researcher (Ph.D. candidate) at DIW Berlin, Department German Socio-Economic Panel Study, from January 2012 Department of Education and Family
02/2008
Internship at Urban Institute, Washington D.C., Center of Labor, Human Services, and Population, with Prof. Robert I. Lehrman
12/2007
Internship, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs in Berlin, Department of International Affairs and family-related benefits
Education and academic degrees
09/2007 - 01/2013
Ph.D. in Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, summa cum laude, received January 2013; Supervisors: Professor C. Katharina Spiess and Professor Ronnie Schöb
09/2005 - 11/2006
M.Sc. Economics, Royal Holloway University of London, pass with distinction, received November 2006
01/2003 - 08/2005
B.A. International Economics, American University of Paris, summa cum laude, received August 2005