Benjamin Schulz

Benjamin Schulz is a Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, specializing in educational panel studies, migration, and social capital. He leads operations for the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) focusing on vocational training, adult education, and lifelong learning. His work bridges survey methodology with sociological inquiry, particularly examining how digitalization, migration, and social networks shape labor market outcomes and educational trajectories.

Education: Magister Artium in Sociology (University of Leipzig, 2007), PhD in Sociology (University of Mannheim, 2019).

Research Interests: Digitalization in workplaces, educational equity for migrants, social capital's role in labor markets, and methodological innovations in longitudinal surveys. Key projects include NEPS Stage 8 (Adult Education) and Stage 6 (Vocational Training to Labor Market Transitions).

Publications span topics like pandemic-driven digital adoption trends, immigrant integration mechanisms, and comparative analyses of educational policies. His methodological contributions include designing instruments for measuring social capital and workplace digitalization.