Dr. Ralf Minor

Areas of research

Inequalities linked to social background, the economics of education, gender inequalities, career choices

  • CV

    November 2025 – Present                                                                                                                              Research Associate, Division of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis, Institute of Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena DFG Project: Uncertain Career Aspirations in Adolescence: Influencing Factors and Coping Strategies

    August 2019 – April 2026                                                                                                                                Doctorate in Sociology, Division of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis, Institute of Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena Dissertation Title: Disciplinary Differences in the Empirical Conceptualization and Theoretical Explanation of Gender Differences in STEM Pathways: Contrasting Sociological and Psychological Concepts in the Context of Germany

    March 2020 to October 2025
    Research associate in the Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis, Institute of Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    DFG project: Personality or social environment? Which factors determine whether young women remain in the ‘leaky tech pipeline’ 

    Dec 2019 – March 2020
    Research associate in the Department of Business Administration, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    BMAS project: Thuringia Regional Centre for the Future

    Oct 2015 – Nov 2019
    Research associate at the SciTec Department, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    BMWi project: SME 4.0 Competence Centre Ilmenau

    Nov 2018 – Dec 2018
    Research associate in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    May 2017 – Nov 2017
    Research associate at the Service Centre for Research and Transfer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Mar 2014 – Sep 2016
    Student assistant, later research assistant, in the Department of Business Administration (Economics and Human Resource Management), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Mar 2015 – Oct 2016
    Master of Arts, General Management, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Oct 2011 – Feb 2015
    Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

  • Teaching

    Courses in previous semesters

    Winter Semester 2024/25

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II, tutorial co-taught with Dr Charlotte Büchner, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Summer Semester 2024

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I, tutorial co-taught with Dr Charlotte Büchner, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research I, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Winter Semester 2023/24

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II, tutorial in collaboration with Dr Charlotte Büchner, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
    • Seminar on Human Resource Management – Facilitation Techniques (seminar), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial for resit students), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research II, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Summer Semester 2023

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I, tutorial in collaboration with Dr Charlotte Büchner, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research I, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena

    Winter Semester 2022/23

    • Seminar on Human Resource Management – Facilitation Techniques (seminar), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial for students repeating the course), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research II, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Research Colloquium of the Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena

    Summer Semester 2022

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research I, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Research Colloquium of the Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena

    Winter Semester 2021/22

    • Seminar on Human Resource Management – Facilitation Techniques (seminar), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Economics I – Microeconomics (revision tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research II, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Research Colloquium of the Research Group on Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Summer Semester 2021

    • Analysis of Panel Data with Stata (MASOZ 20), Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
    • Economics I – Microeconomics (Tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research I, joint teaching and research with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Research Colloquium of the Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Winter Semester 2020/21

    • Advanced Methods of Regression Analysis (MASOZ 20), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial for resit students), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Seminar on Human Resource Management – Facilitation Techniques (seminar), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research II, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Summer Semester 2020

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research I, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Winter Semester 2019/2020

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial for resit students), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Seminar on Human Resource Management – Facilitation Techniques (seminar), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research II, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Summer Semester 2019

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research I, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • International Human Resource Management, lecture, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Winter Semester 2018/2019

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial for resit students), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research II, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Summer Semester 2018

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
    • Empirical Economic Research I, teaching research in collaboration with Prof. Dr Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Winter semester 2017/18

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial for repeat students), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Summer Semester 2017

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena

    Winter Semester 2016/17

    Summer Semester 2016

    • Economics I – Microeconomics (tutorial), Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena
  • Publications

    Minor, Ralf; Leuze, Kathrin; Bobka, Anne Jasmin; Ritter, Thomas (2025): Gutachten zur Weiterentwicklung des Datenerhebungsdesigns des THÜRINGEN-MONITORS. Ergebnisse der Dual-Mode Befragung (CATI/CAWI) und der Anwendung unterschiedlicher Incentivierungsstrategien. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Soziologie. https://www.komrex.uni-jena.de/komrexmedia/6281/methodenbericht-zum-tm24.pdf?nonactive=1&suffix=pdfpdf, 3 mb · de

    Stefani, A., Minor, R., Leuze, K., & Strauß, S. (2024). Empirical challenges in assessing the “leaky STEM pipeline”: how the research design affects the measurement of women’s underrepresentation in STEM. International Journal of STEM Education, 11(54), 1–19. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40594-024-00512-4External link

    Minor, R., Leuze, K. & Winkler, E. (2023). Is there a “STEM Personality” in Germany? Linking Personality Traits with STEM Occupational Aspirations in German Secondary Education. International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology, Vol. 15, Nr. 3, S. 264-294. https://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/1454External link

    Minor, R. How tuition fees affected student enrollment at higher education institutions: the aftermath of a German quasi-experiment. J Labour Market Res 57, 28 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-023-00354-7External link