Professor Monika Jungbauer-Gans studied sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. She was awarded a Ph.D. in 1992 and a postdoc qualification (habilitation) in 2001. From 2002 to 2004 she held a temporary appointment as professor in sociological theory at the University of Wuppertal. From 2005 to 2010 she held the chair of sociology at Kiel University and from 2010 to 2015 the chair of empirical economic sociology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Since September 2015 she is scientific director of the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW).
Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans
Scientific Director
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Academic research fields
Sociology of education, higher education research, labour market research, medical sociology and sociology of health, qualitative and quantitative research methods
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Professional career
Since September 2015
Scientific Director at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) and professorship for Empirical Higher Education Research and Science Studies (W3) at Leibniz University Hanover
1 October 2010 - 31 August 2015
Professorship for Empirical Economic Sociology (W3) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
1 October 2005 - 30 September 2010
Professor of Sociology (W3) at Kiel University
Professional education and academic degrees
15 February 2002
Appointed assistant lecturer at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
14 November 2001
Habilitation (post-doc lecturer qualification) at the Social Sciences faculty at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; dissertation on the topic of 'Inequality, social relationships and health'
17 July 1992
Dr. rer. pol.: doctorate completed at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich on the topic 'Women as entrepreneurs. A study of the chances of success and survival of companies newly founded by men and women'; grade: summa cum laude; reviewers: Prof. Dr. Rolf Ziegler, Prof. Dr. Karl Martin Bolte, Prof. Dr. Walter Bühl
15 December 1988
Diploma degree in sociology (minor subjects: statistics and business administration)
1983-1988
Studied for a sociology diploma degree at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich