Sandra Buchholz

Prof. Dr. Sandra Buchholz

Research Area Educational Careers and Graduate Employment
Head of Department
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Prof. Dr. Sandra Buchholz studied Sociology at Bielefeld University. She successfully completed her Ph.D. in 2008 and her postdoc qualification (Habilitation) in 2016, both at Bamberg University. From 2012 to 2017, she held a temporary appointment as Professor of Sociology in Bamberg. From 2017 to 2018, Sandra Buchholz has been interim Director of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories and Professor for Longitudinal Educational Research in Bamberg. In 2018, she joined DZHW as Head of the Research Area “Educational Careers and Graduate Employment”. Additionally, Sandra Buchholz holds the W3-Professorship "Quantitative Life Course Sociology" at Hanover University.

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Academic research fields

Educational research; life course research; social inequalities; social mobility and stratification; international comparative social structure analysis; labour market research; young people and their entry into the labour market; old age, entering retirement and retirement; wealth inequalities; gender-specific employment histories and family processes; comparison of welfare states, labour market regimes and educational systems; quantitative research methods (esp. longitudinal analysis methods)

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National report on education "Education in Germany"
Publications

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Studieren unter Corona-Bedingungen: Studierende bewerten das erste Digitalsemester.

Lörz, M., Marczuk, A., Zimmer, L., Multrus, F., & Buchholz, S. (2020).
Studieren unter Corona-Bedingungen: Studierende bewerten das erste Digitalsemester. (DZHW Brief 5|2020). Hannover: DZHW. https://doi.org/10.34878/2020.05.dzhw_brief

Bildung in Deutschland 2020. Ein indikatorengestützter Bericht mit einer Analyse zu Bildung in einer digitalisierten Welt.

Autorengruppe Bildungsberichterstattung (Hrsg.) - DZHW-Autoren: Buchholz, S., Kerst, C., & Quast, H. (2020).
Bildung in Deutschland 2020. Ein indikatorengestützter Bericht mit einer Analyse zu Bildung in einer digitalisierten Welt. Bielefeld: WBV. https://doi.org/10.3278/6001820gw

Advantage ‘Finds Its Way’: How Privileged Families Exploit Opportunities in Different Systems of Secondary Education.

Triventi, M., Skopek, J., Kulic, N., Buchholz, S., & Blossfeld H.-P. (2019).
Advantage ‘Finds Its Way’: How Privileged Families Exploit Opportunities in Different Systems of Secondary Education. Sociology, 54(2), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038519874984

How Do Educational Systems Affect Social Inequality of Educational Opportunities? The Role of Tracking in a Comparative Perspective.

Skopek, J., Triventi, M., & Buchholz, S. (2019).
How Do Educational Systems Affect Social Inequality of Educational Opportunities? The Role of Tracking in a Comparative Perspective. In R. Becker (Hrsg.) Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education (S. 214-232). Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Conditions and Consequences of Unequal Educational Opportunities in the Life Course: Results from the Cross-National Comparative eduLIFE Project.

Blossfeld, H.-P., KulicJan, N., Skopek, J., Triventi, M., Kilpi-Jakonen, E., Vono de Vilhena, D., & Buchholz, S. (2019).
Conditions and Consequences of Unequal Educational Opportunities in the Life Course: Results from the Cross-National Comparative eduLIFE Project. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (online first). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-019-00595-w

" Keep It Going, Girl! " An Empirical Analysis of Gender Differences and Inequalities in Computer Sciences.

Förtsch, S., Gärtig-Daugs, A., Buchholz, S., & Schmid, U. (2018).
" Keep It Going, Girl! " An Empirical Analysis of Gender Differences and Inequalities in Computer Sciences. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 10(2), 266-286.

Wer profitiert von alternativen Bildungwegen? Alles eine Frage des Blickwinkels! Eine systematische Rekonstruktion des Effektes sozialer Herkunft für alternative Wege zur Hochschulreife.

Buchholz, S., & Pratter, M. (2017).
Wer profitiert von alternativen Bildungwegen? Alles eine Frage des Blickwinkels! Eine systematische Rekonstruktion des Effektes sozialer Herkunft für alternative Wege zur Hochschulreife. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 69(3), 409–443.

Linking the Macro to the Micro: A Multidimensional Approach to Educational Inequalities in Four European Countries.

Bukodi, E., Eibl, F., Buchholz, S., Marzadro, S., Minello, A., Wahler, S., ... & Schizzerotto, A. (2017).
Linking the Macro to the Micro: A Multidimensional Approach to Educational Inequalities in Four European Countries. European Societies, 20(1), 26-64.

Beeinflussen berufstypische Arbeitszeitmerkmale die Unterbrechungsdauer von Frauen? Eine längsschnittliche Analyse der Bedeutung beruflicher Merkmale für die Berufsrückkehr von Müttern in Deutschland.

Hondralis, I., & Buchholz, S. (2017).
Beeinflussen berufstypische Arbeitszeitmerkmale die Unterbrechungsdauer von Frauen? Eine längsschnittliche Analyse der Bedeutung beruflicher Merkmale für die Berufsrückkehr von Müttern in Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 29(2), 156-178.

Trends in Social Inequalities Regarding Home Ownership: A Comparison of East and West Germany.

Kolb, K., & Buchholz, S. (2017).
Trends in Social Inequalities Regarding Home Ownership: A Comparison of East and West Germany. In C. Dewilde & R. Ronald (Hrsg.), Housing Wealth and Welfare (S. 159-188). Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Childcare arrangements at preschool age and later child outcomes in Denmark: The role of maternal education and type of care.

Wahler, S., Buchholz, S., & Breinholt , A. (2017).
Childcare arrangements at preschool age and later child outcomes in Denmark: The role of maternal education and type of care. In H.-P. Blossfeld, N. Kulic, J. Skopek & M. Trivent (Hrsg.), Childcare, Early Education and Social Inequality. An International Perspective (S. 249-267). Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality: An International Comparison.

Blossfeld, H.-P., Buchholz, S., Skopek, J., & Triventi, M. (2016).
Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality: An International Comparison. Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Secondary School Differentiation and Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Germany.

Buchholz, S., Skopek, J., Zielonka, M., Ditton, H., Wohlkinger, F., & Schier, A. (2016).
Secondary School Differentiation and Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Germany. In H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, J. Skopek & M. Triventi (Hrsg.), Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality. An International Comparison (S. 79-92). Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Varieties of Secondary Education Models and Social Inequality – Conclusions from a Large-Scale International Comparison.

Triventi, M., Skopek, J., Kulic, N., & Buchholz, S., & Blossfeld, H.-P. (2016).
Varieties of Secondary Education Models and Social Inequality – Conclusions from a Large-Scale International Comparison. In H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, J. Skopek & M. Triventi (Hrsg.), Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality: An International Comparison (S. 377-400). Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Educational Inequalities in Tracked Danish Upper Secondary Education.

Wahler, S., Buchholz, S., & Møllegaard Pedersen, S. (2016).
Educational Inequalities in Tracked Danish Upper Secondary Education. In H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, J. Skopek & M. Triventi (Hrsg.), Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality: An International Comparison (S. 197-210). Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
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Interview mit SPIEGEL-Redakteur Lukas Kissel für den Artikel " Die vier Hürden in meinem Kopf " .

Buchholz, S. (2022).
Interview mit SPIEGEL-Redakteur Lukas Kissel für den Artikel "Die vier Hürden in meinem Kopf". Artikel erschienen im SPIEGEL am 26.07.2022.

Elternunabhängiges Bafög - Podcast mit Prof. Dr. S. Buchholz.

Buchholz, S. (23.5.2022).
Elternunabhängiges Bafög - Podcast mit Prof. Dr. S. Buchholz. Gespräch mit U. Burmeister (Moderation), Podcast "Zur Lage der Nation", Hannover/Berlin.

Bafög-Reform - Podcast mit Prof. Dr. S. Buchholz.

Buchholz, S. (15.5.2022).
Bafög-Reform - Podcast mit Prof. Dr. S. Buchholz. Gespräch mit B. Mersch (Moderation), Campus & Karriere. Deutschlandfunk-Magazin, Hannover/Köln.

Soziale und migrationsspezifische Herkunftseffekte beim Übergang in die Hochschulbildung. Erkenntnisse aus einer Informationsintervention.

Mentges, H., Buchholz, S., Peter, F., & Sudheimer, S. (2022, März).
Soziale und migrationsspezifische Herkunftseffekte beim Übergang in die Hochschulbildung. Erkenntnisse aus einer Informationsintervention. Vortrag im Rahmen der 9. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Bamberg.

Explaining migration-specific social origin effects at the transition to higher education. Lessons learned from an informational intervention.

Mentges, H., Sudheimer, S., Peter, F., & Buchholz, S. (2021, Oktober).
Explaining migration-specific social origin effects at the transition to higher education. Lessons learned from an informational intervention. Vortrag auf der Konferenz ECSR Annual Conference 2021.

Two is better than one? Social origin and the role of vocational/academic double qualification in Germany.

Ordemann, J., Buchholz, S., Spangenberg, H., & Kerst, C. (2021, Oktober).
Two is better than one? Social origin and the role of vocational/academic double qualification in Germany. Vortrag auf der Konferenz CIDER-LERN Konferenz 2021 , Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Bildungspotenziale (LERN) sowie Kolleg für interdisziplinäre Bildungsforschung (CIDER), Berlin, Deutschland.

Patterns of ethnic inequalities at the transition to higher education in Germany: An empirical analysis of primary and secondary effects and educational aspirations of migrant and non-migrant youths.

Sudheimer, S., & Buchholz, S. (2021, September).
Patterns of ethnic inequalities at the transition to higher education in Germany: An empirical analysis of primary and secondary effects and educational aspirations of migrant and non-migrant youths. Vortrag auf der Konferenz Identity and Transformation: Studying Lives in Times of Social Change, Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS) , London, United Kingdom.

Why We Should Take Care More About Interaction Effects For Exploring The Mechanisms Of Inequality In Education. Ethnic Effects at the Transition to Higher Education in Germany.

Sudheimer, S., Mentges, H., & Buchholz, S. (2021, September).
Why We Should Take Care More About Interaction Effects For Exploring The Mechanisms Of Inequality In Education. Ethnic Effects at the Transition to Higher Education in Germany. Vortrag auf der Konferenz 15th ESA Conference 2021 - Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures, European Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain.

Social inequality at transition to higher education: What can we learn from machine learning?

Grüttner, M., Peter, F., & Buchholz, S. (2021, August).
Social inequality at transition to higher education: What can we learn from machine learning? Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops Big Data und maschinelles Lernen in der Soziologie auf der Konferenz Gemeinsamer Kongress der DGS & ÖGS, DGS & ÖGS.

Geschlechtsspezifische Differenzen im akademischen Selbstkonzept von Studierenden: Welche Rolle spielt das Studienfach?

Fiedler, I., Buchholz, S., & Schaeper, H. (2021, Juli).
Geschlechtsspezifische Differenzen im akademischen Selbstkonzept von Studierenden: Welche Rolle spielt das Studienfach? Vortrag auf der Konferenz digiGEBF21, DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (Online-Veranstaltung, Video-On-Demand).

Wer profitiert von alternativen Bildungswegen? Alles eine Frage des Blickwinkels! Eine systematische Rekonstruktion des Effektes sozialer Herkunft für alternative Wege zur Hochschulreife.

Buchholz, S. (2021, Juli).
Wer profitiert von alternativen Bildungswegen? Alles eine Frage des Blickwinkels! Eine systematische Rekonstruktion des Effektes sozialer Herkunft für alternative Wege zur Hochschulreife. Vortrag im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquium Empirische Bildungsforschung, Freie Universität Berlin.

College dropout and the Covid-19 pandemic Can psychological resources mitigate potential differences by social origin?

Ehrhardt, M.-C., Ordemann, J., Peter, F., & Buchholz, S. (2021, Juni).
College dropout and the Covid-19 pandemic Can psychological resources mitigate potential differences by social origin? In L. Zander & S. Buchholz (Vorsitz), Maintaining student engagement, persistence, and growth in online learning environments: connecting insights from large- and small-scale assessments. Symposium im Rahmen der Tagung digiGEBF21 Thementagung „Hochschule 2021 – postdigital und postpandemisch (?)“, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

Geschlechtsspezifische Differenzen im akademischen Selbstkonzept von Studierenden: Welche Rolle spielt das Studienfach?

Fiedler, I., Buchholz, S., & Schaeper, H. (2021, März).
Geschlechtsspezifische Differenzen im akademischen Selbstkonzept von Studierenden: Welche Rolle spielt das Studienfach? Vortrag auf der Tagung 7. Jahrestagung des Berliner Netzwerks für interdisziplinäre Bildungsforschung (BIEN), DIW Berlin.

Capacity Building for a European Graduate Tracking Initiative - Workshop 1.

Mühleck, K., Buchholz, S., Carstensen, J., & Jungbauer-Gans, M. (2021, März).
Workshop Capacity Building for a European Graduate Tracking Initiative - Workshop 1, Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, Hannover.

Going Up … or going down? Bildungs- und Berufsmobilität in Deutschland.

Ordemann, J., Buchholz, S., & Maaz, K. (2020, November).
Going Up … or going down? Bildungs- und Berufsmobilität in Deutschland. Vortrag auf der Tagung Gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung, DGS-Sektionen „Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse“ und „Bildung und Erziehung“, Bamberg, Deutschland.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional career
Jan. 2023

Seat on the Board of Trustees of the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB)

Since June 2021

Co-Editor of the Journal for Labour Market Research

Oct. 2020

Appointed as Member of the LCSS Leibniz Center for Science and Society

Feb. 2020

Appointed as Member of the scientific advisory board of the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training [Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)]

Sept. 2019

Appointment as LIfBi Research Affiliate, Leibniz-Institute for Educational Trajectories

Since August 2018

Member of the Educational Report author group

April 2018

Appointment as Research Fellow, Leibniz Center for Science and Society

Since April 2018

Head of the Research Area 'Educational Careers and Graduate Employment' at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) and W3 Professor for Quantitative Life Course Sociology at Leibniz University Hanover

April 2017 - March 2018

Interim Director of the Leibniz-Institute for Educational Careers (LlfBi) and W3 Professorship for Longitudinal Educational Research at Bamberg University

Since Sept. 2012

Member of the National Educational Panel Study

Sept. 2012 - March 2017

Professor of Sociology, University of Bamberg

March 2007 - Aug. 2012

Senior Researcher, University of Bamberg

April 2003 - Feb. 2007

Junior Researcher in various international comparative research projects, University of Bamberg

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Education and academic degrees
Jan. 2017

Venia Legendi in Sociology, University of Bamberg

Nov. 2016

Habilitation in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, University of Bamberg

April 2003 - April 2008

PhD in Sociology (Dr. rer. pol.), Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, University of Bamberg
Summa cum laude

Oct. 1998 - March 2003

Diploma Studies in Sociology (with minors in Social Psychology), University of Bielefeld

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