RegelWerk research group
Our team
RegelWerk brings together economics, sociology, political science and computer science. Researchers from the four project partners contribute different perspectives and methods to examine institutional rules and their importance for study trajectories and student success.
The research group Project partners Collaborations and support
The research group
Economics (coordination)
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schneider
Leandro Henao
Thomas Gößl
Luis Rumert
RWI coordinates the research group. The economics team examines the effects of institutional systems of rules, drawing on experience with causal analysis using administrative higher education data.
Computer science
Prof. Dr. Stefan Conrad
Douglas Blank
The computer science team contributes machine learning-based text analysis and the structuring of large datasets, particularly to document study and examination regulations.
Political science
Prof. Dr. Christoph Hönnige
Victoria A. Bauer
Vanessa Boyle
The political science team contributes systematic comparisons of institutional rules, the development of indices and the use of survey experiments.
Sociology
Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans
Dr. Nicolai Netz
Shirin Reiter
Jan-Christoph Ohnesorge
The sociology team combines expertise in individual behaviour with the analysis of survey data. Monika Jungbauer-Gans also holds a professorship at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
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