► Dr. Nicolas Legewie is substituting the professorship for Methods and Social Structure Analysis (formerly: Prof. Dr. Weischer) in the winter semester 23/24.
Dr. Nicolas Legewie
Research Foci
- Social inequalities
- Education
- Migration & Integration
- Social networks
- Artificial Intelligence
- Research methods, especially Video Data Analysis
CV
Academic Education
- Master in social science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Positions
- Interim professor of methods and social inequality, University Münster.
- Academic partner (postdoc) and lecturer at Faculty of Economics, Law, and Social Sciences, University of Erfurt.
- Visiting fellow at the Department of Sociology of University of Pennsylvania.
- Deputy principal investigator (postdoc) at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin): „Mentoring of Refugees (MORE)“ (Prof. Martin Kroh, German Institute for Economic Research). Funding: Leibniz-Competition.
- Postdoctoral researcher at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin): „Das Erwachsenwerden türkischer Migrantennachkommen:Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie auf Basis des SOEP“. German Institute for Economic Research
- Visiting fellow at Laboratoire d’Economie et de Sociologie du Travail, Aix-Marseille Université, France.
- PhD Student at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (Excellence Initiative of the German Research Society), Humboldt-University of Berlin.
- Visiting fellow at theInstitute of Soziology at the Columbia University, New York (USA).
- Visiting fellow at Columbia University, New York (USA)
Teaching
- Vorlesung: Statistics I [066494]
- Vorlesung: Tutories of Statistics II [066506]
- Seminar: Big Data and Social Mobility [066503]
- Seminar: Artificial Intelligence: A Sociological Perspective [066504]
- Seminar: Introduction to R for Statistical Data Analysis in Social Inequalities [066505]
- Kolloquium: Colloquium Research Methods [066502]
- Vorlesung: Statistics I [064465]
- Vorlesung: Research Methods I [064466]
- Seminar: Digital Social Science Research [064497]
- Kolloquium: Colloquium. Social science methods in practice: advice for empirical theses [064496]
Projects
- Discrimination in everyday interactions – A field-experimental study using computer vision. ( – )
Project Carried out outside the University Münster - A mixed-methods study of rampage school shootings ( – )
Project Carried out outside the University Münster - Attitudes toward the use of Artificual Intelligence in public institutions. ( – )
Project Carried out outside the University Münster
- Discrimination in everyday interactions – A field-experimental study using computer vision. ( – )
Publications
- . . ‘"The Present and Future of Video-based Social Science Research." Co-Herausgeber Sonderheft.’ Sociological Methods and Research 52, № 3.
- . . ‘Current and Future Debates in Video Data Analysis.’ Sociological Methods and Research 52, № 3.
- . . ‘3D Social Research: Analysis of Social Interaction Using Computer Vision.’ Sociological Methods and Research 52, № 3.
Articles
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Mentoring as a Grass Roots Effort For Integrating Refugees – Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment.’ Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 48, № 17.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).’ In Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, edited by , 707–724. 3rd Ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Web Publications (Blog Articles)
- . Video Data Analysis: How 21st century video data reshapes social science research .
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Upward Mobility in Education – The Role of Personal Networks Across the Life Course.’ Social Inclusion 9, № 4.
- . . ‘Video Data Analysis: A Methodological Framework for a Novel Research Trend.’ Sociological Methods and Research 50, № 1.
- . . ‘Turning Points in Labour Market Trajectories – A Panel-based Mixed Methods Analysis.’ Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 12, № 1.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Digital Family Research.’ In Handbook of the Sociology of the Family, edited by , 89–106. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- . . ‘Patenschaften zwischen Geflüchteten und Einheimischen – Determinanten von Zufriedenheit in der Tandembeziehung.’ In Engagement für Integration und Teilhabe, edited by , 307–326. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Articles
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Methodologische Entwicklungen in der Gewaltforschung: Videodatenanalyse, Mixed Methods und Big Data.’ Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie 45, № 1.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming.’ In Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming, edited by , 89–114. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- . . ‘Labor market participation of refugees in Germany: Legal context and individual-level factors.’ In Refugees in Canada and Germany: Responses in policy and practice, edited by , 189–202. Köln/Mannheim: Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften.
Web Publications (Blog Articles)
- . Mentorenprogramme fördern die Integration von Geflüchteten DIW Wochenbericht 10(49.
- . How COVID-19 could help social science researchers .
Articles
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Analyzing 21st Century Video Data on Situational Dynamics – Key Issues and Challenges.’ Social sciences 8, № 3.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).’ In Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, edited by , 649–665. 2nd Ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Web Publications (Blog Articles)
- . Potentiale der Analyse Visueller Daten im 21. Jahrhundert. Bericht zum Blankensee-Colloquium 2019 zur Erfassung und Analyse Sozialen Wandels .
- . Integrating Randomized Controlled Field Trials into (existing) Panel Surveys – The “Mentoring of Refugees” Study .
Articles
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘YouTube, Google, Facebook: 21st Century Online Video Research and Research Ethics.’ Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung 19, № 3.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Arbeitsmarktpotenzial, Qualifikationsniveau, berufliche Perspektiven Geflüchteter.’ In Der lange Weg vom Ankommen zum Bleiben - Zuwanderung und Integration von Geflüchteten in Kommunen, edited by , 99–105. Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik.
Web Publications (Blog Articles)
- . Sozialer Auf- und Abstieg: Angleichung bei Männern und Frauen.“ .
- . . ‘Anchored Calibration. From Qualitative Data to Fuzzy Sets.’ Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung 18, № 3.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Culture, Narratives, and Upward Educational Mobility.’ In Youth in education: The necessity of valuing ethno-cultural diversity , edited by , 1–26. London: Routledge.
Web Publications (Blog Articles)
- . Panel-basierte Mixed Methods Studien SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research.
- . . Puncturing Inequalities: A configurational analysis of educational upward mobility. Dissertation thesis, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. N/A: unbekannt / n.a. / unknown.
- . . ‘An Introduction to Applied Data Analysis with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).’ Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung 14, № 3.