Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebig
Institute of Sociology
Empirical Social Structure Analysis and Survey Methodology
Professor
Social Inequalities, Perceptions of Social Inequality and Social Justice, Survey- Methodology, Research Data Infrastructures
Office hours
By appointment only.
Academic Education
| 2004 | Habilitation (Venia: Sociology) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) |
| 1997 |
Doctorate in Sociology (Dr. rer. soc.) at Humboldt Universitaet Berlin (HU Berlin) |
| 1992 | M.A. in Sociology, Heidelberg University |
| 1991 | Diploma in Theology, Heidelberg University |
Positions
| Since 2019 | Professor (W3) of Sociology, Social Structure and Survey Methodology, Institute of Sociology, Freie Universitaet Berlin |
| 2018 - 2022 | Director of the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) and Member of the Board od Directors of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) |
| 2008 - 2019 |
Professor (W3) of Sociology, Social Inequality and Social Structure, Department of Sociology, Bielefeld University |
| 2006 - 2008 | Professor (W3) of Sociology, Social Stratification and Inequality University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2005 - 2006 | Professor of Sociology, Empirical Research Methods, Trier University |
| 2004 - 2005 | Deputy Professor of Sociology, Empirical Social Structure Analysis, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 1998 - 2004 | Head of the Junior Research Group “Interdisciplinary Social Justice Research” funded by VolkswagenStiftung at HU Berlin (Members: Nicole Jäckle, Alfredo Märker, Steffen Mau, Bernd Ladwig, Holger Lengfeld, Stefan Schlothfeldt). |
| 1992 - 1998 | Research assistant for methods of empirical social research, Department of Social Science, Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin |
Memberships and Professional Activities
| Since 2022 | Elected Member of the Academy of Science and Literature Mainz |
| Since 2020 | Member of the Commission for Pandemic Research of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2017 - 2022 | Member of the German Data Forum (RatSWD) |
| 2015 - 2022 |
Appointed member (since 2015) and vice-chair (since 2017) of the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures (RfII) |
| 2010 - 2017 | Member of the National Coordinating Team of the European Social Survey, since 2013 National Coordinator Germany |
| 2008 - 2015 | Member and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) |
Editorial Duties
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Associate Editor Soziale Welt (JIF 2022: 0.29) |
| Editorial Board Member Social Justice Research (JIF 2021: 1.7) |
| Member of the Advisory Board "Management Revue" |
Ongoing and completed research projects
| 2023- |
Longitudinal Study on Refugees from Ukraine in Germany (SUARE): Data infrastructure, health and discrimination (Co-PI: Sabine Zinn), DFG |
| 2020- |
Perceptions of Inequality and Justice in Europe, (Co-PIs: Thomas Hinz, Guillemina Jasso, Bernhard Kittel), Leibniz Association |
| 2021- | Changing labor relations through digitization – SOEP-Linked Employer Employee Study Round 2 (Co-PI Wenzel Matiaske), Federal Ministry of Defence |
| 2021 - 2022 |
KonsortSWD – Consortium for the Social, Behavioral, Educational and Economic Sciences within the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) (Co-PI and Task Area Coordinator), DFG |
| 2021 - 2022 |
Studying Regional Development Dynamics and their Political Consequences: SOEP RegioHub at Bielefeld University Leibniz-Science Campus, (Co-PI: Marco Giesselmann, Simon Kühne), Leibniz Association |
| 2021 | The Spread of the Coronavirus in Germany: Socio-Economic Factors and Consequences (SOEP-CoV) (Co-PI: Simon Kühne), Ministry of Education and Research |
| 2016 - 2019 |
Structural Conditions of Justice Attitudes over the Lifespan, DFG |
| 2016 - 2017 | European Social Survey (ESS) / German Subsample, Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| 2014 - 2015 | European Social Survey (ESS) – European citizens´ attitudes towards society, economy and politics: An international comparative empirical project, DFG |
| 2012 - 2013 | Linked Employer-Employee-Data based on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (Co PI: Jürgen Schupp), Leibniz-Association |
| 2011 - 2016 |
The Legitimation of Inequalities: Structural Conditions of Justice Attitudes over the Lifespan, DFG |
| 2011 - 2015 | Firms and Inequality: Inequality Effects of Temporary Layoffs, DFG |
| 2010 - 2013 |
Extending the German Research Data Infrastructure: Data Service Center for Business- and Organizational Data at Bielefeld University (DSC-BO), Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| 2007 - 2010 |
The factorial survey as a method for measuring attitudes in population surveys (Co-PI: Thomas Hinz), DFG |
Current key publications
Hoebel, J., M.M. Grabka, C. Schröder, S. Haller, H. Neuhauser, B. Wachtler, L. Schaade, S. Liebig, C. Hövener, S. Zinn (2021). Socioeconomic position and SARS-CoV-2 infections: seroepidemiological findings from a German nationwide dynamic cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health (doi:10.1136/jech-2021-217653).
Adriaans, J., S. Liebig, C. Sabbagh, G. Jasso (2021). What’s in a Word? Just vs. Fair vs. Appropriate Earnings for Self and Others. Social Justice Research, 34(4), 397-427.
Liebig, S., C. Sauer, R. Schunck (2020). Gerechtigkeit und Gesundheit. In Fehlzeiten-Report 2020 (pp. 3-14). Springer, Berlin, Heid,elberg.
Sakshaug, J. W., S. Hülle, A. Schmucker, S. Liebig (2020). Panel Survey Recruitment with or Without Interviewers? Implications for Nonresponse, Panel Consent, and Total Recruitment Bias. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 8(3), 540-565.
Kühne, S., M. Kroh, S. Zinn, S. Liebig (2020): The need for household panel surveys in times of crisis: The case of SOEP-CoV. Survey Research Methods 14 (doi:10.18148/srm/2020.v14i2.7748).
Giesselmann, M., S. Bohmann, J. Goebel, P. Krause, E. Liebau, D. Richter, D. Schacht, C. Schröder, J. Schupp, S. Liebig (2019). The individual in context(s): Research potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in sociology. European Sociological Review.
Valet, P., J. Adriaans, S. Liebig (2019): Comparing survey data and administrative records on gross earnings: Nonreporting, misreporting, interviewer presence and earnings inequality. Quality & Quantity 53: 471-491.
Goebel, J., M.M. Grabka, S. Liebig, M. Kroh, D. Richter, C. Schröder, J. Schupp (2019). The German socio-economic panel (SOEP). Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 239: 345-360.
Hülle, S., S. Liebig, M.J. May (2018): Measuring attitudes toward distributive justice: The basic social justice orientations scale. Social Indicators Research 136: 663-692.
Liebig, S., C. Sauer (2016): Sociology of justice. In: C. Sabbagh and M. Schmitt (Eds.): Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research, Part I, New York: Springer Science + Business Media: 37-59.
Liebig, S., C. Sauer, S. Friedhoff (2015): Using factorial surveys to study justice perceptions: Five methodological problems of attitudinal justice research. Social Justice Research 28: 415-434.
Schnaudt, C., M. Weinhardt, R. Fitzgerald, S. Liebig (2014). The European Social Survey. Schmollers Jahrbuch 134, 487-506.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GLuq8JsAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefan-Liebig