Dr. Sandra Jaworeck
Raum: F21/00.17c
E-Mail: sandra.jaworeck(at)uni-bamberg.de
Tel.: 0951/863-2591
Biography
Sandra Jaworeck studied sociology at Leipzig University. She then worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Sociology with a focus on health research at Chemnitz University of Technology from 2019 to 2025. Her research focuses on quantitative empirical social research, health sociology, and medical sociology. In 2024, she received her doctorate with a thesis on “The Intersection of Machine Learning and Multilevel Analysis to Connect Subjective and Objective Levels in Health Research,” in which she developed an international health index that maps access to the health care system. Prior to that, she was also involved in third-party-funded research projects, including one on corporate strategies in the manufacturing industry at Ruhr University Bochum.
In addition to her research activities, she has been treasurer and social media officer of the Section for Medical and Health Sociology at the German Sociological Association since 2020. She has many years of teaching experience in quantitative research methods and statistics and has worked as an honorary lecturer at the International University (Leipzig, Frankfurt, Bremen, Dortmund), the Center for Teacher Training and School Research in Leipzig, and for a summer school in Leipzig, among others.
Projects
Simplifying Sociology. An Empirical Study on Readability and Its Impact on Sociological Research.
Bedarfsbefragung für das Studentenwerk der TU Chemnitz im Universitätsteil Erfenschlag
Awards
Best Poster Award Silver für das Poster zu 'A new approach for constructing a health care index' in Venedig bei der 'Analytical Sociology' Konferenz 2021.
Scientific publications
Jaworeck, Sandra, 2025. The Intersection of Machine Learning and Multilevel Analysis to Connect Subjective and Objective Levels in Health Research. Monarch TU Chemnitz.
Jaworeck, Sandra, 2024. Beyond objective metrics: A comparative analysis of health care systems incorporating subjective dimensions to improve comparability of access and equity in healthcare assessments. PLoS ONE 19(6): e0304834.
Jaworeck, Sandra; Hertwig, Markus und Carsten Wirth, 2024. Insourcing im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe: Verbreitung, Motive und die Rolle der Digitalisierung. WSI-Mitteilungen 77(2): 79-88.
Jaworeck, Sandra, 2022. A New Approach for Constructing a Health Care Index Including the Subjective Level. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(15): 9686.
Jaworeck, Sandra; Hertwig, Markus; Lorig, Philipp; Thünken, Oliver und Carsten Wirth, 2022. Betriebliche Auswirkungen derCovid-19 Pandemie. Empirische Befunde aus dem Verarbeitenden Gewerbe. STD Discussion Papers.
Jaworeck, Sandra; Stemler, Stefan und Peter Kriwy, 2022. "It’s sunny, be happy!“ Ein internationaler Vergleich des Einflusses von Sonnenstunden und Breitengraden auf das Glücksempfinden. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung.
Haink, Michele; Jaworeck, Sandra und Peter Kriwy, 2021. „Blaming the victim?“ Ergebnisse einer Vignettenstudie zur Stigmatisierung von HIV-positiven Personen. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung.
Jaworeck, Sandra und Peter Kriwy, 2021. It’s sunny, be healthy? An international comparision of the influence of sun exposure and latitude line on self-rated health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(8): 4101.
Scientific lectures
Sebastian Block, Manuel Holz, Sandra Jaworeck, Carsten Schwemmer 2024. Simplifying Sociology. An Empirical Study on Readability and Its Impact on Sociological Research. Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications. Venice, Italy.
Jaworeck, Sandra 2024: Rethinking Healthcare Assessment: Bridging the Gap Between Subjective Experiences and Objective Criteria. European Sociological Association (ESA) 'Tension, Trust and Transformation'. Porto, Portugal.
Holz, Manuel und Sandra Jaworeck, 2023: Same results, different methods? A comparison of Causal Forest and Propensity Score Matching in the calculation of treatment effects of native-migrant health differences. European Survey Research Association (ESRA) 'Survey research in times of crisis: Challenges, opportunities, and new directions'. Milan, Italy.
Jaworeck, Sandra, 2023: Watching Eyes revisited. A new approach for understanding the underlying mechanisms. International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Social Sciences (IMEBESS). Lisbon, Portugal.
Jaworeck, Sandra und Stephan Poppe, 2021: On Average, a False Conclusion: How to Deal With Heterogenous Average Treatment Null Effects. European Sociological Association. RN21 - Quantitative Methods. Barcelona, Spain (online).
Jaworeck, Sandra und Peter Kriwy, 2020. It’s sunny be healthy. An international comparision of the influence of sun exposure and latitude line on self-rated health.Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications. Venice, Italy (online).
Jaworeck, Sandra und Peter Kriwy, 2020: Versorgungsangebot Erfenschlager Straße. Studentenwerk der TU Chemnitz. (Ergebnisse sind noch nicht öffentlich zugänglich.)
Session chair
Jaworeck, Sandra und Carsten Schwemmer 2025: AI for Survey Construction: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions. Chair at European Survey Research Association (ESRA) “Promises and problems of new and alternative data sources and data formats for survey research. Methodological challenges and substantive conclusions”. Utrecht, Netherlands.
Jaworeck, Sandra; Adebahr, Philip und Peter Kriwy 2023: Improvement of measurements in health research (I and II). Chair at European Survey Research Association (ESRA) "Survey research in times of crisis: Challenges, opportunities, and new directions". Milan, Italy.
Adebahr, Philip und Sandra Jaworeck, 2023: Pitfalls of data integration. Co-Chair at European Survey Research Association (ESRA) "Survey research in times of crisis: Challenges, opportunities, and new directions". Milan, Italy.
Jaworeck, Sandra; Adebahr, Philip; Kriwy, Peter und Christiane Gross, 2021: Health Research in International Perspective. Part I. Chair at IV ISA Forum of Sociology "Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality". Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Adebahr, Philip; Jaworeck, Sandra und Peter Kriwy 2021: Digitalization and Health. Co-Chair at IV ISA Forum of Sociology "Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality". Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Poster
Schwemmer, Carsten; Block, Sebastian; Holz, Manuel und Sandra Jaworeck 2025: Simplifying Sociology: Examining the Link Between Textual Complexity and Scientific Impact. 11th International Conference on Computational Social Science. Norrköping, Sweden.
Jaworeck, Sandra und Manuel Holz 2023:Different methods, but same results? A comparison of Causal Forest and Propensity Score Matching on health disparities between natives and migrants. Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications. Venice, Italy.
Jaworeck, Sandra 2022. Blaming the victim? Results of a vignette study on the stigmatization of HIV-positive individuals. Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications. Venice, Italy.
Jaworeck, Sandra 2021. A new approach for constructing a health care index. Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications. Venice, Italy.
Member of
European Sociological Association since 2024.
Akademie für Soziologie since 2022.
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie since 2021.
Vorstandsmitglied in der Sektion Medizin- und Gesundheitssoziologie, der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (Schatzmeisterin und Social Media Beauftragte) since 2020.
Expert activities
BMC Health Service, Health Policy, Journal of Affective Disorders, Special Issue of Methods, Data, Analyses (mda), Springer Nature, Springer VS