Nadine Bernhard

Prof. Dr. Nadine Bernhard is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Education, Technische Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on social inequality, education systems, and the sociological dynamics of Europeanization. She has held roles at Humboldt University Berlin and the WZB Social Science Research Center, contributing to projects like INVEST and VOCGENE.

Education: She earned a Diplom in Social Sciences from Humboldt-University Berlin (2001–2007), with studies at Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg (2004–2005). She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Centre Maurice Halbwachs in Paris and a Scholar in Residence at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme.

Research interests include the interplay between vocational and higher education systems, EU policy impacts on training frameworks, and discourse analysis in transnational contexts. Her work examines how European integration processes shape educational structures in Germany, France, and Austria.

Publications highlight analyses of the Bologna and Copenhagen processes, EU social constituency formation, and comparative studies on vocational education systems. She has contributed to journals like Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie and European Journal of Education.

Advising/Grants: Her projects explore internationalization of education systems (INVEST) and tensions between vocational and general education (VOCGENE). No awards explicitly stated.

Labs/Teams: Associated with the Centre for Comparative and International Education (Humboldt University) and former affiliations with the Research Department “Skill Formation and Labor Markets.”