Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

Chair of Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

The teaching at the chair covers the entire research process, right through from finding a research question, the theoretical derivation of hypotheses, the choice of a suitable research design, data collection, recording and analysis, to the interpretation and clear presentation of the results. The methodological focus of the chair is on factorial survey experiments, survey research, multilevel analysis, and dealing with small numbers of cases.

Research at the chair focuses on social inequalities in different areas, such as education, work and health, and their interdependencies. For example, one current DFG project, examines the professional success of doctoral graduates in Germany. In addition, we are investigating the mobility behaviour of Würzburg citizens in a cooperation project with the city of Würzburg. International comparative research at the chair focuses, among other things, on the question of how educational systems influence educational inequalities.

Holder of the Chair

Prof. Dr. Christiane Gross

Room 03.101
Telephone: +49 (0)931/31 89418
E-mail: christiane.gross@uni-wuerzburg.de

Administrative Office

Bärbel Janietz
Room 03.102b
Telephone: +49 (0)931/31 89074
E-mail: baerbel.janietz@uni-wuerzburg.de

Academic Staff

Ongoing Research Projects

Cooperation with the city of Würzburg: Mobilitätsbefragung Würzburg 2023

The project “Mobilitätsbefragung Würzburg 2023” examines the mobility behaviour of the citizens of Würzburg. For this purpose, 8,000 households will be contacted in May 2023 with a specially-designed questionnaire. Besides household and personal information, all travels of household members on a given reference date are of interest. Among other things, research is to be carried out to find out what means of transport are currently used for what journeys, and what mobility offers still need to be improved. The data will also be the basis for an evidence-based redrafting of the transport development plan of the city of Würzburg.

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DFG-project “Subjective and objective professional success of PhD holders in Germany"

The project examines the professional success of PhD holders in Germany on multiple levels and from various perspectives: We will analyze both subjective and objective criteria, conduct inter-individual and intra-individual comparisons, and focus on PhD holders employed inside and outside academia.

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Cooperation project "Mobilitätsbefragung Würzburg 2023" (MbWü 2023) to be continued

As part of the cooperation project between the Chair of Methods of Quantitative Empirical Social Research and the City of Würzburg, a total of 2,944 households returned a completed questionnaire in spring 2023 (reported response rate: 38.6 %). Following the presentation of the initial results to the PUMA Committee (Planning-Environment-Mobility Committee) on 5 March 2024 and the current publication of the results report, the follow-up project is now starting, which will examine the citizens' data in even greater depth using a mixed-method design.

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