Kerstin Hoenig

Kerstin Hoenig is working as a researcher in Pillar 3 (Social Inequality and Educational Decisions over the Life Course) of the NEPS. Born in Bonn (1985), she studied Social Sciences (Sociology, Methods of Empirical Research, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Social Psychology, Economics) at Mannheim University and Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA. She has been working as a student research assistant for the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research from 2004 to 2006 and for the SFB 504 project "Educational aspirations, reference groups and educational decisions" from 2006 to 2008. Her research interests include sociology of education and theories of action, especially educational inequality, educational decisions and quantitative methods.

Presentations

• Hoenig, Kerstin, September 2009: "Conformity to Social Network Expectations as a Rational Choice: Significant Others’ Influence on Educational Aspirations" (poster), 2nd International Bamberg Summer School in Empirical Education Research, Bamberg, Germany
• Hoenig, Kerstin, August 2009: "Conformity to Social Network Expectations as a Rational Choice: Significant Others’ Influence on Educational Aspirations", RC28 Summer 2009 Meeting (poster session), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
• Hoenig, Kerstin, September 2008: "Equally Influenced? Conditions for the Impact of Network Expectations on Educational Aspirations and the Transition to College", 16th annual workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth, Bamberg, Germany

Awards and Scholarships

• 2005-2006: Exchange Program Fellowship (ISAP) sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for stay at Johns Hopkins University

Memberships

• Member of the German Sociological Association
• Member of the Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological Association (ISA-RC28)

Teaching Experience

• Summer 2010: Proseminar "Einführung in die Spieltheorie (Introduction to Game Theory)" (Bamberg University)