Jörg Welker

Dr. Jörg Welker is a Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) and affiliated with the Department of Sociology at Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg. He focuses on selective migration, refugee integration, and social stratification.

• Current Research Assistant in Working Unit "Survey Administration and Controlling" (since 2022)
• Research Assistant in "Migration" Department (since 2022)
• Former Research Assistant in "ReGES - Refugees in the German Educational System" (2016–2021)

His research interests include selective migration, integration of immigrants, and cross-national refugee studies, particularly examining educational trajectories and social stratification in conflict zones and migration contexts.

• 2022: Occupational integration of Syrian refugees
• 2021: Comparative refugee education in Germany and the Middle East
• 2020: Selectivity profiles in migration
• 2018: Initial ReGES study findings

He holds a Master's degree in Sociology from Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg and has contributed to interdisciplinary projects like "Pathways to Power" as a student assistant (2015–2016).