CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Information Surname First names Date of Birth Address E-mail Legewie Nicolas Martin January 18, 1985 in Berlin (Germany) Mittenwalder Str. 4, 10961 Berlin nlegewie@diw.de Education and Academic Positions 10/2014 Research associate at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). 07/2014 09/2014 Visiting scholar at Columbia University, New York (USA). 10/2011 06/2015 Doctoral researcher at the Berlin Graduate School Social Sciences (Excellence Initiative of the German Research Foundation (DFG)), Humboldt-University of Berlin. Topic: Puncturing Inequalities: A configurational analysis of educational upward mobility. Supervisors: Prof. Klaus Eder (HU), Prof. Anette Fasang (HU/WZB), Prof. Maurice Crul (University of Amsterdam). Grade: Magna cum laude. 09/2010 10/2011 Doctoral researcher at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (USA). 08/2008 06/2009 Student exchange at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (USA). 10/2007 7/2010 Master studies at Humboldt-University of Berlin, Department of Social Sciences. Thesis title: From Words to Networks. Analyzing Ethnic Identities in Migration Studies. Grade average: 1.2. 02/2006 06/2006 Student exchange at Universidad de Salamanca, Department of Sociology, Salamanca (Spain). 10/2004 10/2007 Bachelor studies at Humboldt-University of Berlin, Department of Social Sciences. Thesis title: Courses of Friendship and Career Entry - Young Women in Precarious Settings. Grade average: 1.4. 11/2003 10/2004 Visiting studies at Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Department of Political Science and Department of Music and Arts, Rosario (Argentina).
N. Legewie Curriculum Vitae 2 Research collaboration 07/2015 Evaluation des Mindestlohns in Deutschland (EVA-MIN) (Prof. Jürgen Schupp, German Institute for Economic Research). Research associate. Responsibilities: conceptualization, supervision, and analysis of focus group interviews; collaboration on reports and journal publications. 10/2014 Das Erwachsenwerden türkischer Migrantennachkommen: Eine Mixed-Methods Studie auf Basis des SOEP (DFG-funded project, Prof. Ingrid Tucci, German Institute for Economic Research and Prof. Olaf- Groh-Samberg, University of Bremen. Research associate. Responsibilities: Data management and analysis of SOEP data; conceptualization, coordination, implementation, and analysis of indepth biographical interviews with participants of the German socioeconomic panel; organization of methods workshops; conference ations and journal publications. 09/2010 Strengthening Qualitative Research through Methodological Innovation and Integration: Assimilation and Transition to Early Adulthood for Mexican Americans (Prof. Robert Smith of the City University of New York, USA). Research associate. Responsibilities: preparation of case summaries; design and realization of data analysis with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). 06/2007 7/2008 How Networks matter. Network resources of young adults at the career entry (Dr. Betina Hollstein at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin). Student assistant. Responsibilities: data management; assistance in design and realization of various steps of data analysis; instructor for software-based analysis of interview data. 02/2006 07/2006 Mobilitätsbiographien (Dr. Gunter Heinickel, Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft, Technische Universität Berlin). Student assistant. Responsibilities: data collection for a comparative study on Spanish biographies of mobility in Salamanca and Madrid (Spain); revision and translation of interview outlines; acquisition and interviewing of participants; transcription and translation of interviews. Conference ations 10/2015 Visual Data Analysis: Towards a methodological framework for a novel trend in studying behavior. Paper ed at the workshop Analyzing violence on the basis of video footage and interactional theory. Copenhagen University, Copenhagen (Denmark). 09/2015 Diskriminierung im Lebenslauf Die Nachkommen der Gastarbeiter in Deutschland. Poster ed at the 2 nd BIEN Annual Meeting Bildungsprozesse und Bildungsverläufe. German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin (Germany) (co-ed with Ingrid Tucci, DIW Berlin). 08/2015 Puncturing Inequalities: A configurational analysis of educational upward mobility. Presentation at ESA 2015, 12th Conference of the European Sociological
N. Legewie Curriculum Vitae 3 Association. Prague (Czech Republic). 02/2015 Potentials and Challenges of Sequential Mixed Methods Designs using Panel Data. Presentation at the conference Beyond methodological dualism: Combining qualitative and quantitative data. Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZIF) of Bielefeld University, Bielefeld (Germany). 10/2014 Qualitative Comparative Analysis und Mixed Methods Forschung. Invited ation at the annual meeting of the Association of German Sociology Departments (ASI) on Methodenintegration in der empirischen Sozialforschung at the Sociology Convention of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Trier (Germany). 09/2014 Promotive Narratives: How Stories Can Foster Educational Upward Mobility. Paper ed at the workshop Race, Ethnicity, and Migration. Columbia University, New York (USA). 08/2014 Against All Odds. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Educational Upward Mobility among Disadvantaged Students. Roundtable Session Sociology of Education at the Annual Meeting der American Sociological Association, San Francisco (USA). 04/2014 Übergang zum Erwachsenenalter und Mehrgenerationenbeziehungen. Session Chair at the meeting of the research section on family studies of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Familiensoziologie: Theorien, Methoden, Befunde. Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin (Germany). 04/2014 Wider Erwarten: Wege zum Bildungsaufstieg von Nachkommen türkischer und deutscher Eltern. Presentation at the meeting of the research section on family studies of the German Sociological Assoication (DGS), Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Familiensoziologie: Theorien, Methoden, Befunde. Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin (Germany). 11/2013 Narratives, Norms, and Networks: How Life Stories Can Promote Educational Upward Mobility. Paper ed at the International Workshop Youth, Education and Value Change. Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies. Antwerp University, Antwerp (Belgium). 05/2013 QCA, Personal Networks, and Life-Course Data. Presentation at Sunbelt XXXIII 2013. Session: SNA meets QCA. Hamburg University, Hamburg (Germany). 03/2013 Against All Odds. A Configurational Analysis of Educational Upward Mobility Among Disadvantaged Students. Presentation at The Graduate Network Conference 2013, Panel: Social policies, labor markets, and immigration. London School of Economics, London (UK). Non-academic publications and science outreach 2015 School meets School: Vertrauen schaffen, Verantwortung fördern. Interview with the Portal für Pädagogik zwischen Islam, Islamfeindlichkeit und Islamismus (http://www.ufuq.de/school-meets-school-mehr-als-nurnachhilfe/)
N. Legewie Curriculum Vitae 4 2015 Invitation to Leibniz im Bundestag. Personal meetings with Members of Parliament Oliver Kaczmarek and Dr. Philipp Lengsfeld, as well as Helmut Uwer from the office of MoP Martin Patzelt. Discussions about education and upward social mobility. 2014 Mentoring-Projekt in Neukölln: School meets School. Article for Fachbrief für interkulturelle Bildung und Erziehung (Nr. 18), Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin-Brandenburg. Third-party funding and scholarships 2014 Funding acquired from the Ich-Kann-Was!-Initiative of the Telekom Foundation. Funding amount: 7,000 EUR. 2012 Funding acquired from the Quartiersmanagement Körnerpark. Annual funding amount: 10,000 EUR. Funding period: 2012 2016. 2011 Scholarship from the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, funded through the excellence initiative of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Annual Funding amount: 14,400 EUR. Funding period: 2011 2014. 2010 Enhanced Chancellor s Fellowship, awarded by the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Annual funding amount: 18,000 US$. Funding period: 2010 2015 (declined). 2008 Scholarship of the Internationalen Studien- und Ausbildungspartnerschaften (ISAP), awarded by the German Service for Academic Exchange (DAAD). Funding amount: 12,000 EUR. Teaching and organizational activities 12/2014 Coordination and chairing of the workshop Mixed methods studies with the German socio-economic panel. German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) (with Dr. Ingrid Tucci, DIW). 2014-2015 Research Design and Innovative Methods. Free University Berlin (FU). M.A. and PhD Seminar (taught with Dr. Anne Nassauer, FU). 05/2014 Qualitative Forschung in der Familiensoziologie. Class during the seminar Methoden in der Familienforschung (Prof. Anette Fasang), Humboldt- University of Berlin. 01/2013 Project coordinator for the mentoring project School Meets School of Buntesrepublik e.v. Conceptualization and implementation of weekly meetings for primary and secondary school students in Berlin Neukölln. 05/2012 Participation at professional development workshop Teaching Skills for Junior Scientists at Humboldt Graduate Schools. 2008 2009 Teaching classes for Global Classroom at New York high schools, organized by the non-profit organization One To World. Topics: Sociology as Science and Profession and German History. 03/2008 Conceptualizing and conducting one-day training course Introduction to Atlas.ti. Teaching assistant for five-day training course qualitative interview coding.
N. Legewie Curriculum Vitae 5 Honorary office and activities 2013 2012 08/2008 06/2009 10/2003 10/2004 Vice-president of the non-profit organization Buntesrepublik e.v. for innovative integration and education initiatives in Berlin (www.buntesrepublik.org). Head of project management and development. Responsibilities: organization strategy; public relations; conception, planning, and implementation of projects; fundraising. Project manager for the peer-to-peer mentoring project School meets School of Buntesrepublik e.v. (http://www.buntesrepublik.org/school-meets-school/). Responsibiilties: Conceptualization, planning, and implementation of the project; team coordination and personnel management. Participant in the education initiative Global Classroom by the non-profit organization One To World. Internship at the Centro de Asistencia á la Comunidad in Rosario (Argentina). Responsibilities: Assistance in organizing neighborhood events; assistance in the urban gardening project Huerta Verde; assistance in an educational project for local children. Language Skills Excellent written and spoken skills in English (Toefl score: 115; GRE verbal score: 650, 93 rd percentile) and Spanish. Basic skills in French and Italian. Additional Skills Descriptive and inferential statistics with Stata and R. Interpretative data analysis with Atlas.ti. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) with fs/qca and R. Network analysis with UCINET/NetDraw.