Susanne Kuger

Prof. Susanne Kuger is a Research Director at the Deutsches Jugendinstitut (German Youth Institute) in Munich and holds a full professorship (W3) in Social and Education Research in Childhood and Adolescence at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Her work focuses on educational processes, learning environments, and methodological innovations in large-scale studies. She has led major projects like the NEPS (National Educational Panel Study) group and contributed to international comparative research.

• Education: PhD in Empirical Educational Research (2011) and Habilitation (2017) from Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
• Key roles: Former Head of the Department of Social Monitoring and Methodology at DJI, and guest researcher at institutions like the University of Oslo and University of Wisconsin.

Her research emphasizes structural and methodological aspects of educational systems, including pandemic impacts on learning environments and cross-cultural survey methodologies. Recent publications analyze family-childcare dynamics and pandemic-related educational disparities.

• Advisory roles: Member of panels for DEAS (German Age Survey), RKI health studies, and SGB VIII reform committees.
• Grants and collaborations: Led the Corona-Kita study on infection patterns in childcare and contributed to systematic reviews on educational inequities.

She coordinates interdisciplinary teams at DJI and LIfBi Bamberg, advancing quantitative methodologies for social and educational monitoring.