Biography

Andreas Hadjar is Professor of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research at the Study division Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work. He publishes on inequalities in educational attainment, labour market and other life chances along the inequality axes of social origin, gender and migration background, subjective well-being, values, attitudes and political participation. He is also particularly interested in the question of how education systems, welfare state regimes and other social characteristics shape inequalities. His methodological repertoire is primarily based on quantitative methods with a focus on longitudinal and comparative (multi-level) perspectives, but also includes mixed-method and qualitative designs.

He was Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Luxembourg, Institute of Education and Society (2010-2024). He was senior assistant at the Department of Sociology of Education at the University of Bern (2004-2010) and research associate at the Institute of Sociology at Chemnitz University of Technology (2000-2004). He studied sociology and journalism (Magister artium) at the Universities of Leipzig (Germany) and Glasgow (Scotland).

He functions as head of the Department of Social Work, Social Policy and Global Development since 2022. He is treasurer of the European Educational Research Association (2021-2028) and since 2024 member of the board of the Swiss Sociological Association.

Current projects: PATH_CH-LUX on transitions to the labour market of young adults with disabilities (SNSF; https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/215136; 2023-2027) and PIONEERED on pioneering policies and practices to combat educational inequalities in Europe (EU H2020; https://pioneered.uni.lu; 2021-2024).