Daniel Meyer

Daniel Meyer is a Lecturer at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg since October 2023. Concurrently, he serves as a senior researcher at the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), focusing on living conditions in Germany’s lignite-mining regions. He is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, researching career aspirations in business schools. His academic journey includes studies in socio-economics (B.A.) and sociology (M.A.) across institutions in Nuremberg, Jena, Berkeley, Dublin, and a visiting scholar period at Columbia University (Spring 2019).

Research interests center on economic sociology, labor markets, higher education systems, and social inequality. His work bridges empirical social research with policy-relevant analysis of structural changes in regions affected by industrial decline.

No specific grants, labs, or teams are explicitly detailed in the provided texts, though his affiliation with BBSR and Max Planck Institute implies collaborative research environments. No awards or published articles are listed here.