Dr. Charlotte Büchner

Areas of research

  • Sociology of education, with a focus on gender- and background-specific educational inequalities
  • Life course research
  • Methods of quantitative social research
  • CV

    Since April 2019
    Research associate in the Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis at the Institute of Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena 

    August 2014 – March 2019
    Research associate and lecturer at the Chair of General Educational Science and Empirical Educational Research, Faculty of Education, University of Erfurt 

    October 2013 – July 2014
    Research associate and deputy project coordinator in the ‘Municipal Education Monitoring’ action area within the BMBF programme ‘Lernen vor Ort’, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Berlin, ‘Governance and Financing of the Education System’ research unit

    12/2013
    PhD in Sociology, Maastricht University, Netherlands. Title of the thesis: Social Background, Educational Attainment and Labour Market Integration: An Exploration of Underlying Processes and Dynamics

    2012–2013
    On parental leave

    09/2006 – 03/2012
    Research associate and PhD student, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University

    03/2010 – 05/2010
    Research visit (3 months), Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Sweden

    01/2004 – 07/2006
    Research associate, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

    06/2003 – 03/2004
    Research associate, Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB), Department of Inequality and Social Integration

    02/2003
    Diploma in Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin

  • Teaching

    Courses in the 2026 summer semester

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I (Group 2)
    • Seminar/Research Supervision
    • Linear and Logistic Regression using Stata
    • Education and Gender Inequality Across the Life Course

    Courses in previous semesters

    Winter semester 2025/26

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Group 1)
    • Seminar/Research Supervision
    • Gender differences in educational attainment: A quantitative study of pupils in the general education system

    Summer Semester 2025

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I (Group 1)
    • Seminar/Research Supervision
    • Gender Differences in Educational Achievement: A Quantitative Study of Pupils in the General Education System

    Winter Semester 2024/25

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Groups 1 and 2)
    • Research supervision
    • Introduction to the Sociology of Education

    Summer Semester 2024

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Groups 1 and 2)
    • Research supervision
    • Gender differences in the educational context

    Winter Semester 2023/24

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Groups 1 and 2)
    • Research supervision
    • Introduction to the Sociology of Education

    Summer Semester 2023

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Groups 1 and 2)
    • Developmental tasks and gender-specific educational attainment. Quantitative Analyses using the National Education Panel Study (NEPS)

    Winter Semester 2022/23

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Groups 1 and 2)
    • Introduction to the Sociology of Education
    • Education and Gender

    Summer Semester 2022

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I (Group 1)
    • Linear and Logistic Regression

    Winter Semester 2021/22

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Group 3)
    • Introduction to the Sociology of Education

    Summer Semester 2021

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I (Group 1)
    • Gender-Specific Educational Inequalities

    Winter Semester 2020/21

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Group 1)
    • Linear and Logistic Regression with Stata

    Summer Semester 2020

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I (Group 1)
    • Education and Gender

    Winter Semester 2019

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research II (Group 2)
    • Linear and logistic regression with Stata

    Summer semester 2019

    • Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research I (Group 2)
    • Linear and logistic regressions – multivariate analysis methods in the context of investigating the educational success of young women and men (SOEP data)
  • Publications

    Monographs

    Büchner, C. (2013): Social background, educational attainment and labor market integration: an exploration of underlying processes and dynamics. Dissertation, ROA, Universität Maastricht.

    Book chapters

    John, M., Büchner, C. (2015): Formen eines kommunalen Bildungsmonitorings. In Bildungsmonitoring, Bildungsmanagement und Bildungssteuerung in Kommunen, Hrsg. Hans Döbert und Horst Weishaupt, 143-153. Waxmann.

    Büchner, C., van der Velden, R. (2013): How social background affects educational attainment over time in the Netherlands. In Determined to Succeed? Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment, edited by Michelle Jackson, 89-115. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press.

    Büchner, C., Smits, W., van der Velden, R. (2008): De invloed van onderwijs en gezinssituatie op arbeidsmarktsucces. In Dynamiek in de sociale statistiek. Nieuwe cijfers over de sociaaleconomische levensloop, edited by M. Mol, H. J. Dirven, and R. van der Bie, 87-101. Voorburg/Heerlen: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek.

    Research reports

    Büchner, C., van der Velden, R., Wolbers, M. (2013): Social background’s effect on educational attainment: does method matter? ROA-Research Memorandum, No. 2013/1, Maastricht.

    Büchner, C., Cörvers, F., Traag, T., van der Velden, R. (2012): How do education, cognitive skills, cultural and social capital account for intergenerational earnings persistence: evidence from the Netherlands. ROA-Research Memorandum, No. 2012/7, Maastricht.

    Büchner, C., Smits, W., van der Velden, R. (2012): Education, cognitive skills and earnings of males and females. ROA-Research Memorandum, No. 2012/2, Maastricht.

    Spieß, C. K., Büchner, C. (2009): Children who attend formal day care do better in school— even many years later in secondary school. Weekly Report of the DIW Berlin, No. 5/2009.

    Borghans, L., van der Velden, R., Büchner, C., Coenen, J., Meng, C. (2008): Het meten van onderwijskwaliteit en de effecten van recente onderwijsvernieuwingen. Deelonderzoek uitgevoerd door Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), Commissie Parlementair Onderzoek, Onderwijsvernieuwingen. Tweede kamer, vergaderjaar 2007-2008, 31007, nr. 9.

    Ramaekers, G., Büchner, C. (2007): Schoolverlaters tussen onderwijs en arbeidsmarkt 2006. Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt, ROA-R-2007/3.

    Büchner, C., Spieß, C. K. (2007): Die Dauer vorschulischer Betreuungs- und Bildungserfahrungen: Ergebnisse auf der Basis von Paneldaten. DIW Discussion Paper, No. 687.

    Büchner, C., Haan, P., Schmitt, C., Spieß, C. K., Wrohlich, K. (2006): Wirkungsstudie ‚Elterngeld’– Gutachten des DIW Berlin im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend. DIW Berlin: Politikberatung kompakt, No. 18.

    Büchner, C., Wagner, G. G. (2006): Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme außerfamiliärer und außerschulischer Bildungs- und Lernwelten: Ergänzungen und vertiefende Analysen im Anschluss an den 12. Kinder- und Jugendbericht. DIW Research Notes, No. 11.

    Büchner, C. (2004): Investition in Humankapital: Auslandsaufenthalte von Schülern. DIW Wochenbericht, No. 45.

    Other

    Arbeitsgruppe Zwölfter Kinder- und Jugendbericht (2005): Bericht über die Lebenssituation junger Menschen und die Leistungen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe in Deutschland. Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (Ed.), Kap. 6.3, Empirische Darstellung von Lernwelten außerhalb von Schule und Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, S. 445-461.

  • Memberships

    International Sociological Association, Research Committee 28 Social Stratification