Maarten Buis

Maarten Buis is a Lecturer of Statistics for the Social Sciences at the Department of Sociology, University of Konstanz. Previously, he held positions such as Senior Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Research Fellow roles at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and VU University Amsterdam. He earned his PhD from VU University Amsterdam in 2010 with a thesis on educational inequality in the Netherlands.

• Education: PhD in Social Science (2010), VU University Amsterdam
• Master's in Social and Institutional Economics (2003), University of Utrecht

His research focuses on social stratification, educational attainment, statistical methodologies, and the application of Stata software. He has contributed significantly to statistical techniques in non-linear models and has developed several Stata packages.

His publications span peer-reviewed articles in journals like European Sociological Review and The Stata Journal, as well as edited volumes. He frequently presents at international conferences and Stata Users' Group meetings, focusing on topics like agent-based models and statistical software best practices.

• Labs/Teams: Former member of the Research Department 'Skill Formation and Labor Markets' at WZB Berlin
• Grants/Advising: No formal student advising listed, but extensive collaborative research engagements