Marian Krawietz

Dr. Marian Krawietz serves as a Research Fellow at the University of Potsdam within the Chair of Methods of Empirical Social Research. Employed since 2012 and holding her current position since 2018, she specializes in applying quantitative methodologies to sociological and political phenomena across European contexts.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Studies in history, sociology, and Eastern European history at the Universities of Bonn, Cologne, and Poznan
• Doctoral degree from Hanover University examining cross-national value shifts following the Berlin Wall's collapse in Germany, Czech Republic, and Poland

Research focuses intensively on:

• Social stratification and inequality mechanisms
• Voter/non-voter dynamics in democratic systems
• Historical sociology of post-communist transitions
• Educational pathway disparities
• Methodological innovation in survey research

She directs German Research Foundation (DFG) projects analyzing GDR-era participation structures and currently leads three major initiatives: "Social Inequality of Participation," "Influence of non-voters," and "EDUCHANGE: Changing Inequality at Educational Transitions." Her technical expertise includes advanced web scraping techniques documented in university teaching materials. Dr. Krawietz actively supervises undergraduate and graduate theses while maintaining regular consultation hours via Zoom for student engagement.