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Cornelia Kristen

PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY

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Office: Feldkirchenstra?e 21, F21/01.55a, 96052 Bamberg, Germany
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E-Mail: cornelia.kristen(at)uni-bamberg.de
Phone: +49 (0)951/863-2676
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Pillar 2: Education and Social Inequality Across the Entire Life Course
Pillar 3: Changes in Human Capital, Labour Markets and Demographic Structures and their Relation to Social Inequalities in Modern Societies
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// CURRENT POSITIONS
 

  • Professor of Sociology with focus on social stratification



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// SUPERVISION


Professor Dr. Cornelia Kristen is interested in supervising doctoral students in the fields of migration and integration, social inequality, sociology of education, and other areas related to her research interests.



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// RESEARCH
 

Her research focuses on educational decisions and educational inequality as well as the integration of immigrants and ethnic stratification. In addition, she examines the causes and consequences of ethnic segregation.


RESEARCH PROJECTS:

  • Origins matter: Immigrant selectivity in Western Europe
  • Recent immigration processes and early integration trajectories in Germany
  • When immigrants are aiming high: Educational achievement and attainment in light of greater aspirations
  • In the NEPS: Education acquisition with migration background in the life course



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// SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


Kosyakova, Y., Kristen, C. & Sp?rlein, C. (2022): The dynamics of recent refugees’ language acquisition: How do their pathways compare to those of other new immigrants? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 48(5): 989-1012. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2021.1988845

Bürmann, M., Jacobsen, J., Kristen, C., Kühne, S. & Tsolak, D. (2022): Did immigrants perceive more job insecurity during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic? Evidence from German panel data. Social Sciences 11: 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11050224

Schmidt, R., Kristen, C. & Mühlau, P. (2022): Educational selectivity and immigrants’ labour market performance in Europe. European Sociological Review 38(2):