Michael Grätz

Michael Grätz is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne, affiliated with the LIVES research network. His work bridges sociology, education, and genetics to study social mobility, equality of opportunity, and family dynamics.

• Current research focuses on educational tracking reforms, parental age effects, and pandemic-induced school closures.
• Key methodological approaches include instrumental variable analysis, causal mediation, and cross-national comparisons.
• He explores how genetic factors interact with structural policies to shape socioeconomic outcomes.

His recent publications examine intergenerational education transmission, compensatory parental strategies, and the role of polygenic indices in inequality frameworks across Sweden, Germany, Norway, and the US. While no explicit awards or student advising are documented, his peer-reviewed works in journals like Nature Human Behaviour and PNAS Nexus highlight interdisciplinary contributions to social stratification and educational equity.