Nadja Wehl

Nadja Wehl is a Professor substituting for the Department of Political Sociology and Social Policy at Humboldt University of Berlin and a postdoctoral researcher at the Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality' at the University of Konstanz. She holds a PhD from the University of Bamberg and specializes in political inequality, social policy attitudes, and the intersection of education policies with political behavior. Her research explores how socioeconomic experiences shape political attitudes and policy preferences, with a focus on unemployment, inequality perceptions, and fairness among students.

Key roles include leading the 'PerFair' project on students' perceptions of inequality and fairness, co-organizing academic workshops, and teaching courses on inequality, political participation, and panel data analysis. She has received the In_equality ECR Excellence Award (2023) for her work on education policies and political inequality. Nadja actively engages in public outreach, including radio interviews and school visits to discuss civic education and inequality.

Her academic contributions span peer-reviewed journals like Comparative Political Studies and European Journal of Political Research, with ongoing projects on gendered school experiences, populist attitudes, and the dynamics of political engagement among adolescents.