Dr. Nicolas Legewie

nicolas.legewie@uni-erfurt.de

Partner der Professur für Quantitative Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung (Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)

Office hours

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Visiting address

Campus
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt

Mailing address

Universität Erfurt
Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt

Dr. Nicolas Legewie

Curriculum Vitae

Short vita

  • 2022 - present: Affiliated Post Doc, methods of empirical research, Faculty of Governance (Social Science, Law, and Economics), Erfurt University.
  • 06/2020: Participant in the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) at Duke University, USA.
  • 2020 - 2021: Visiting fellow with Prof. Annette Lareau at the Department of Sociology of University of Pennsylvania.
  • 01/2017 - 12/2019: Deputy principal investigator at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin): "Mentoring of Refugees (MORE)" Funding: Leibniz-Competition.
  • 10/2016: Visiting fellow at Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail, Aix-Marseille Université, France.
  • 10/2014 - 12/2016: Postdoctoral researcher at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin): "Das Erwachsenwerden türkischer Migrantennachkommen: A mixed-methods study based on the SOEP" Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG).
  • 07/2014 - 09/2014: Visiting fellow at Columbia University, New York (USA).
  • 10/2011 - 06/2015: PhD (magna cum laude), International Doctoral Program, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
  • 09/2010 - 09/2011: Doctoral researcher at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (USA).

Research

Main research fields

  • Social inequalities
  • Social networks
  • Migration
  • Video Data Analysis(VideoDataAnalysis.com)
  • Research methodology and ethics

Current research projects

  • "Social Support and Upward Mobility in Education."
  • "Cultural heterogeneity and social stratification - An Analysis of Geo-coded Twitter Data" (with H. Andrew Schwartz, Stony Brook University, and Salvatore Giorgi, University of Pennsylvania).
  • "Using21st century video data for social science research: Advancing Video Data Analysis" (with Anne Nassauer, University Erfurt).
  • "Scaling Video-based Interaction Research through Computer Vision" (with Doron-Shiffer Sebba, University of Pennsylvania, and Yoav Goldstein, The Hebrew University).

In the media

  • 2019: "Men now get down more often than before, while women get up more often" Interview on social mobility with the German Council Magazin 4 (Mobilität).
  • 2018: "Nachgeforscht...über soziale Mobilität" Commentary for the DIW-Videoblog, 16.05.2018 (with Sandra Bohmann, DIW Berlin). (https://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.584225.de)
  • 2018: "Digital education belongs in children's and youth work" Interview with the Stiftung Deutsche Telekom, 01.02.2018 (with Stefanie Pfau, NW 80). (https://www.telekom-stiftung.de/themen/digitale-bildung-gehoert-die-kinder-und-jugendarbeit)
  • 2016: "From rags to riches - Is the American dream bursting?" Invited discussion, Wortwechsel, 28.10.2016, Deutschlandfunk Kultur. (https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/vom-tellerwaescher-zum-millionaer-platzt-der-amerikanische.1083.de.html?dram:article_id=369762)
  • 2014: "Mentoring project in Neukölln: School meets School." Article for Fachbrief für interkulturelle Bildung und Erziehung (No. 18), Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin-Brandenburg.

Publications

Books

  • Anne Nassauer & Nicolas M. Legewie (2022), "Video Data Analysis: How to Use21st Century Video in the Social Sciences." Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Philipp Jaschke, Jannes Jacobsen, Magdalena Krieger, Martin Kroh, Nicolas M. Legewie, Lea-Maria Löbel, & Diana Schacht (2022): "Grass Roots Efforts For Integrating Refugees - Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (online first).
  • Anne Nassauer & Nicolas M. Legewie (Forthcoming): "21st Century Video Data in Social Science Research." Guest editor, special issue for Sociological Methods & Research. Publication scheduled for 2023.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie (2021): "Upward Mobility in Education - The Role of Personal Networks Across the Life Course." Social Inclusion 9(4).
  • Anne Nassauer & Nicolas M. Legewie (2021): "Video Data Analysis: A methodological framework for a novel research trend." Sociological Methods & Research 50(1) (online first: May 2018).
  • Nicolas M. Legewie & Ingrid Tucci (2021): "Turning points in labor market trajectories - A panel-based mixed methods analysis." Longitudinal and Life Course Research 12(1).
  • Anne Nassauer & Nicolas M. Legewie (2020): "Methodological developments in violence research: video data analysis, mixed methods, and Big Data." Austrian Journal of Sociology 45(1).
  • Jannes Jacobsen, Magdalena Krieger, Nicolas M. Legewie, Lea-Maria Löbel, Martin Kroh, & Philipp Jaschke (2020): "Bringing Together Community Organizations and Social Science Research - The 'Mentoring of Refugees' Project.". Canadian Diversity 17(2).
  • Anne Nassauer & Nicolas M. Legewie (2019): "Analyzing 21st Century Video Data on Situational Dynamics - Key Issues and Challenges." Social Sciences 8(3).
  • Nicolas M. Legewie & Anne Nassauer (2018): "YouTube, Google, Facebook: 21st Century Online Video Research and Research Ethics." Forum: Qualitative Social Research 19(3).
  • Nicolas M. Legewie (2017): "Anchored Calibration. From Qualitative Data to Fuzzy Sets." Forum: Qualitative Social Research 18 (3).
  • Nicolas M. Legewie (2013): "An Introduction to Applied Data Analysis with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)." Forum: Qualitative Social Research 14 (3).

Further publications

  • Nicolas M. Legewie (Forthcoming): "Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)". In: Baur, Nina and Blasius, Jörg (Eds.), Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. 3rd Edition. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie & Anette Eva Fasang (2021): "Digital Family Research." In Norbert F. Schneider and Michaela Kreyenfeld (Eds.): Handbook of the Sociology of the Family. Edward Elgar Publishing. Pp. 89-106.
  • Benjamin Jursch, Magdalena Krieger, Nicolas M. Legewie, & Lea-Maria Löbel (2021): "Sponsorships between Refugees and Locals - Determinants of Satisfaction in the Tandem Relationship." In Frank Gesemann and Iris Nentwig-Gesemann (Eds.): Engagement for integration and participation. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Magdalena Krieger, Philipp Jaschke, Martin Kroh, Nicolas M. Legewie, & Lea-Maria Löbel (2020): "Mentoring Programs Support the Integration of Refugees." DIW Weekly Report 49.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie & Anne Nassauer (2020): "Research Ethics of Live Streaming Data." In Shing-Ling S. Chen, Zhoujun J. Chenz, and Nicole Allaire (Eds.): Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming. Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Anne Nassauer & Nicolas M. Legewie (2020): "How COVID-19 could help social science researchers." Oxford University Press's Academic Insights for the Thinking World. blog.oup.com/2020/07/how-covid-19-could-help-social-science-researchers/
  • Jannes Jacobsen, Magdalena Krieger, & Nicolas M. Legewie (2020): "Labor market participation of refugees in Germany: legal context and individual-level factors." In Korntheuer, Annette, Débora B. Maehler, Paul Pritchard, and Lori Wilkinson (Eds.): Refugees in Canada and Germany: Responses in policy and practice. GESIS Series 25.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie, Anne Nassauer, & Malika Stuerznickel (2019): "Opportunities for Analyzing Visual Data in the 21st Century. Report on the 2019 Blankensee Colloquium on Capturing and Analyzing Social Change." SSRN working paper. ssrn.com/abstract=3489981
  • Nicolas M. Legewie, Philipp Jaschke, Magdalena Krieger, Martin Kroh, Lea-Maria Löbel, & Diana Schacht (2019): "Integrating Randomized Controlled Field Trials into (existing) Panel Surveys - The "Mentoring of Refugees" Study." IMISCOE Briefs on Methodological, Ethical and Epistemological Issues, No. 7. crossmigration.eu/storage/app/uploads/public/5d9/b59/605/5d9b59605d0ad596095432.pdf
  • Nicolas M. Legewie (2019): "Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)." In: Baur, Nina and Blasius, Jörg (Eds.), Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. 2nd Edition. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie & Sandra Bohmann (2018): "Upward and downward social mobility probabilities have converged for men and women." DIW Weekly Report 8(20), pp. 169-178.
  • Jannes Jacobsen, Martin Kroh, Nicolas M. Legewie, & Zerrin Salikutluk (2018): "Labor market potential, skill levels, and occupational prospects of refugees." In Immigration and Integration of Refugees in Municipalities. The long road from arriving to staying. Difu: Impulse.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie & Ingrid Tucci (2016): "Panel-based mixed methods studies." SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, 872.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie (2016): "Culture, Narratives, and Upward Educational Mobility." In Clycq, Noel, Jacques Haers, Marie McAndrew, Sara Mels, and Christiane Timmermann (Eds.), Youth in education: the necessity of valuing ethno-cultural diversity. London: Routledge.
  • Nicolas M. Legewie (2015), "Puncturing Inequalities: A configurational analysis of educational upward mobility." Dissertation: Humboldt University of Berlin.

Referee activities

Advances in Life Course Research, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Qualitative Research, European Political Science Review, Innovative Methodology, Australian Educational Review, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, International Sociology, Longitudinal and Life Course Research, Routledge Series on Research Methodology, Journal of Peace Research, Methods in Psychology; Visual Studies; Journal of Mixed Methods Research; Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology; Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie; Social Inclusion; Work and Occupations; European Societies