Jan Einhoff

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I am a PhD Candidate at the Research Training Group „The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy” (DYNAMICS). DYNAMICS is a joint programme of the Hertie School and Humboldt University, generously funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

My main research interests are in how and why major life course transitions are socially stratified, and in using novel quantitative methods to understand these phenomena. For my dissertation, I investigate the class stratification of work-to-retirement transitions in the context of population ageing and extending working life policies in Europe. I use a wide range of quantitative methods, including sequence analysis, decomposition analysis, and g-methods, and I like to work with the potential outcomes framework and graphical models for causal inference.

I completed my studies in sociology and public policy at the University of Mannheim, the Hertie School and Bocconi University. During this time I gained international work experience in the public and private sectors and was a Student Research Assistant at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

I am currently also a Consultant at the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation of the OECD where I contribute to reviews of national innovation policy as well as to a project that explores natural language processing tools for innovation policy analysis.

Please reach out by e-mail or via Twitter if you are interested in my research and/or would like to have a chat.