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Golo Henseke serves as Associate Professor at University College London's Faculty of Education and Society (IOE), where he has held academic positions since 2014. His career progression includes Senior Research Fellow at the LLAKES Centre (2014-2022) and current Associate Professor appointment (2022-present). He holds additional leadership roles as Departmental Graduate Tutor (2024-present) and Lead for Quantitative Methods at the Centre for Doctoral Education (2018-present). Henseke maintains international connections through his membership on DJI's Scientific Advisory Board at Deutsches Jugendinstitut in Munich.
His research program centers on applied economics with multidisciplinary social science perspectives. Key areas include patterns of unequal graduate outcomes in labor markets, skills formation processes, and the relationship between job quality and worker wellbeing. He employs administrative data to investigate STEM career pathways and has conducted significant research on English school system competition, private schooling inequalities, and the Free School Programme. Recent work addresses the long-term decline in youth happiness with policy implications.
Henseke's publication trajectory shows increasing focus on international comparative studies across UK, Germany, and Australia, with substantial attention to pandemic impacts on young adults' mental health and educational trajectories. His methodological approach emphasizes quantitative analysis, reflected in his leadership of UCL's quantitative methods training. The publication record demonstrates consistent output in high-impact journals spanning labor economics, education policy, and public health domains.
Professional activities reveal active engagement in research funding processes as an ESRC reviewer and grant assessor. His work has directly informed policy discussions, with research cited by the Minister of States for Education. Henseke has led multiple externally funded projects including the Youth Economic Activity and Health Survey, demonstrating research with practical policy applications.
Henseke leads the Quantitative Methods programme at UCL's Centre for Doctoral Education, designing and delivering advanced statistical training. He serves as guest lecturer for Higher Education Studies MA courses and maintains active research collaborations across European institutions. His work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty), 3 (Good Health), 4 (Quality Education), 8 (Decent Work), and 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
