Prof. Dr. Alexander W. Schmidt-Catran

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Education

10/2004-07/2009	University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science Diploma (equivalent to masters degree) - grade: 1.6 Course of studies: Social Science Elective Courses: Empirical Economic and Social Science Research Economic and Social Psychology
10/2009-10/2012	Cologne Graduate School (CGS) - Research Training Group SOCLIFE PhD-Study Funding: 3-year scholarship from the German Science Foundation (DFG) Participation in a series of intense statistical and methodological courses 04/2013 - successful doctorial examination (summa cum laude)

Professional Experience

05/2006-12/2006	Psychonomics AG (Market Research Institute) Student assistant Programmed questionnaires for computer assisted telephone interviews Analyzed market research data in SPSS Presentation of results and strategical implications in Power Point
01/2007-09/2009	Institute for Empirical Economic and Social Science Research (University of Cologne) Student assistant and tutor Research assistant for various projects, responsibilities: data management and advanced multivariate statistics Supported publishing process of four books in sociology and political science.
08/2008-12/2008	Institute of Cooperative Studies Consultant for the research project "micro insurence in developing countries" Responsibilities: Survey methodology, data management, data quality and data analysis
10/2009-07/2011	Institute for Empirical Economic and Social Science Research (University of Cologne) Research assistant Wrote two accompanying work books for lecture in advanced multi-variate analysis Co-author of "Applied Panel Data Analysis for Social and Economic Surveys" (forthcoming)
From 08/2011	Institute for Empirical Economic and Social Science Research (University of Cologne) Full research associate Teaching survey methodology and advanced multi-variate data analysis Co-author of "Applied Panel Data Analysis for Social and Economic Surveys" (Springer, 2014)
08/2012-09/2012	Sociology Department at the University of Umeå, Sweden Visiting researcher, host: Jan Mewes Participation in seminars Finishing of PhD-Thesis
09/2012-10/2012	Sociology Department at the Tilburg University, Netherlands Visiting researcher, host: Wim van Oorschot Participation in seminars Finishing of PhD-Thesis
03/2014	School of Geographical Science at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom Visiting researcher, host: Malcolm Fairbrother Working on joint project Invited talk "Migration and Natives' Welfare Attitudes"
03/2014	Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin, Germany Visiting researcher, host: Marco Giesselmann Working on joint project

Teaching Experience

10/2007-08/2009	"From students to students" program of the Student Council of Sociology (University of Cologne) Tutor for the course "Data Analysis using STATA" Two introductory STATA courses each term Designed a new course, compiled material and corrected assignments
04/2008-07/2011	Institute for Empirical Economic and Social Science Research (University of Cologne) Class tutor 04/2008-03/2010: Research Lab "Secondary Analysis of International Survey Data" (with Dr. Achim Goerres) 04/2008-07/2011: Lectures "Linear Models" and "Causal Analysis" (in English, lecturer: Prof. Hans-Juergen Andress)
08/2008-12/2008	Institute of Cooperative Studies (University of Cologne) Freelancer Designed a course "Advanced STATA" for the members of the institute
From 08/2011	Institute for Empirical Economic and Social Science Research (University of Cologne) Lecturer 10/2011-02/2012: Spezielle Erhebungsverfahren "Online-Umfragen" (data collection via online surveys) 04/2012-04/2016: Research Lab "Secondary data analysis with cross-national survey data" 11/2014: Advanced Research Methods (PhD-level course)
From 03/2014	Cologne Graduate School (University of Cologne) Lecturer 03/2014: PhD-level course "Applied Panel Data Analysis in Stata". Designed and held a three-day workshop including lectures and practical exercises 04/2014-07/2014: PhD-level course "Concepts and Data" (together with Prof. Lea Ellwardt)
08/2015	Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf Lecturer Structural Equation Modeling in Stata. Lecture and hands-on workshop with PhD-Students from Düsseldorf
02/2016	GESIS Cologne Lecturer GESIS Spring Seminar 2016 - Introduction into the Analysis of Panel Data

Scholarships, Prizes and Grants

10/2009-07/2011	Full PhD Scholarship 3-year scholarship from the Germany Science Foundation (DFG)
07/2010-08/2010	German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship Travel grant and course fee for study at the University of Essex, United Kingdom
3/2013	Best PhD-Paper Award "Best PhD-Paper Award" at the 9th International Multilevel Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands
9/2014	Publication Prize Publication prize of the University of Cologne for outstanding publications of PhD-students

Other Academic Activities

	Referee for Academic Journals European Sociological Review Social Indicators Research Journal of European Social Policy Survey Research Methods European Journal of Political Research Social Science Review Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie British Journal of Political Science European Societies Journal of Social Policy Schmollers Jahrbuch
10/2009-09/2012	SOCLIFE Representative Representative of the SOCLIFE Cohort 2009
04/2014-08/2015	Representative - Mid-level Staff Representative of the academic mid-level staff
07/2014-06/2015	Selection Committee: Professorship in Quantitative Methods and Statistics Member of the committee to select a candidate for a professorship in quantitative methods and statistics