Florian Weber

Florian Weber is a Research Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg. He works within the NEPS-Migration sub-unit and has been involved in projects such as ReGES (Refugees in the German Educational System) and SOCIALBOND, focusing on migration, perceived discrimination, and educational mismatches.

• Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Social Sciences and Sociology at the University of Cologne (2011–2019)

Research Interests: His work centers on migration-related inequalities in education, longitudinal analysis of refugee integration, and the societal impacts of perceived discrimination. He also investigates educational trajectories and structural mismatches in academic settings.

Publications: His research is reflected in a 2021 working paper addressing methodological challenges in tracking educational outcomes for adolescent refugees over time.

Roles: Current research roles include data analysis for NEPS-Migration and prior contributions to projects like SOCIALBOND and FuGJ (Friendship and Violence in Adolescence). He is reachable via email at florian.weber@lifbi.de.