Biography

I am Professor of Social Data Science and Methodology in the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim, Germany and Adjunct Research Professor at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) at the University of Maryland. I received my PhD in Social and Economic Sciences (Dr.rer.soc.oec.) from WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, in 2011. Before joining the University of Mannheim and JPSM, I was Senior Researcher at the International Program in Survey and Data Science (IPSDS) and Post-doc Research Fellow at the Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.

In my research, I develop, implement, and assess novel methods of collecting data for the behavioral and social sciences. In particular, I am interested in how to jointly collect self-reports (usually via (mobile) web surveys) and passive measurement from smartphone and wearable sensors, online and device log files, Internet search queries, and other digital traces to better study research questions on migration, employment, and inequality.