Steffen Schindler

Prof. Dr. Steffen Schindler holds the Professorship for Sociology with Focus on Education and Work in the Life Course at the University of Bamberg since October 2016, after serving as a Junior Professor there from October 2013 to September 2016. His research centers on social inequality in educational attainment, transitions from education to labor markets, and labor market returns of education. He previously worked as a researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (2006-2012) and held a post-doctoral scholarship at the University of Trento and the University of Hannover.

• Doctoral degree from the University of Mannheim (2012)
• Studied social sciences at the Universities of Stuttgart and Mannheim

His research spans comparative education systems analysis across seven countries, focusing on long-term effects of school tracking and social origin on career outcomes. He has contributed to understanding gender disparities in higher education enrollment and field-of-study impacts on occupational attainment. His work appears in journals like European Sociological Review and International Journal of Comparative Sociology.

Scientific awards include a Fritz Thyssen Foundation post-doctoral scholarship. He serves as co-editor for Research in Social Stratification and Mobility and Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. Current affiliations include the University of Bamberg's Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration.