Prof. Dr. Frank Kalter
Credit: DeZIM-Institut (Fotograf: Rasmus Tanck)
Professor of General Sociology
Consultation hour(s):
by appointment
by appointment
Prof. Dr. Frank Kalter is Professor of General Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim since 2009. He is also project leader at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), as well as the founding director and co-director of the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) e.V. His main research interests center on causes of migration and processes of intergenerational integration. Other interests include formal modeling of social processes and quantitative methods. He is Principal Investigator (PI) of the “Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU)” and was Director of the MZES from 2014 to 2017 as well as President of the European Academy of Sociology from 2011 to 2015.
Career
Professional Career
since 2018 Director of the DeZIM (German Integration and Migration Center), together with Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, Berlin, hosted by the BMSFSJ (Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior citizens, Women and Youth) since 2009 Professor (W3) of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany 2004–2009 Professor (C4) of Sociology, Institute of Sociology, University of Leipzig, Germany 2003–2004 Senior Research Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany 1997-2002 „Wissenschaftlicher Assistent“ at the Chair for Sociology and Philosophy of science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany 1991-1997 Research assistant at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Re-search (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany 1989-1990 Student research assistant at the Institute for Applied Social Re-search (IFAS), University of Cologne, Germany Academic Career
April/ 2009 Professor of General Sociology, University of Mannheim, Germany 2002 Habilitation (Sociology), School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany 1996 Promotion, School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany 1990 „1st state examination“, Mathematics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany 1983 Abitur, Staatliches Mons-Tabor-Gymnasium in Montabaur, Germany Publications and conference papers
- Kalter, F. & Foroutan, N. (2024). Outgroup mobility threat – how much intergenerational integration is wanted? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : JEMS, 50(1), 149–172. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2023.2263830
- Leszczensky, L., Pink, S., Kretschmer, D. & Kalter, F. (2022). Studying youth' group identities, intergroup relations, and friendship networks: The friendship and identity in school data. European Sociological Review, 38(3), 493–506. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab052
- Foroutan, N. & Kalter, F. (2021). Integration in Vielfalt – Anerkennung, Chancengleichheit und Teilhabe in der Postmigrantischen Gesellschaft. Deutschland & Europa, 2021(82), 72–79.
- Kalter, F. & Foroutan, N. (2021). Race for second place? Explaining East-West differences in anti-muslim sentiment in Germany. Frontiers in Sociology, 6(Article 735421), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.735421
- Kogan, I. & Kalter, F. (2020). An empirical-analytical approach to the study of recent refugee migrants in Germany. Soziale Welt : SozW, 71(1/2), 3–23. https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2020-1-2-3
- Simon, M., Foroutan, N. & Kalter, F. (2020). Über die Notwendigkeit, einen Schritt nach dem anderen zu machen – auch in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Identitäts- und Einstellungsforschung. Replik auf Renè Wolfsteller und Jonas Rädel. Leviathan, 48(1), 112–118. https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-0425-2020-1-112
- Kalter, F., Kogan, I. & Dollmann, J. (2019). Studying integration from adolescence to early adulthood: Design, content, and research potential of the CILS4EU-DE data. European Sociological Review, 35(2), 280–297. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcy051
- Kalter, F. (2018). Setting “spanish legacies” into further context: some findings and thoughts from CILS4EU. Ethnic and Racial Studies : ERS, 41(3), 500–508. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2018.1389434
- Kalter, F. & Will, G. (2016). Social capital in Polish-German migration decision-making : complementing the ethnosurvey with a prospective view. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 666(1), 46–63. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716216643506
- Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2014). Migrant Networks and Labor Market Integration of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany. Social Forces : SF, 92(4), 1435–1456. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sot155
- Kalter, F. & Kroneberg, C. (2014). Between mechanism talk and mechanism cult: New emphases in explanatory sociology and empirical research. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie : KZfSS, 66(Suppl. 1), 91–115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-014-0272-7
- Jacob, K. & Kalter, F. (2013). Intergenerational Change in Religious Salience Among Immigrant Families in Four European Countries. International Migration, 51(3), 38–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12108
- Kalter, F. & Schulz, B. (2013). Stetiger Wandel über Generationen. Forschung SPEZIAL. Demografie, 28–33.
- Kroneberg, C. & Kalter, F. (2012). Rational Choice Theory and Empirical Research: Methodological and Theoretical Contributions in Europe. Annual Review of Sociology, 38, 73–92. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145441
- Haberfeld, Y., Cohen, Y., Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2011). Differences in earnings assimilation of immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Germany and Israel during 1994-2005: The interplay between context of reception, observed and unobserved immigrants' attributes. International Journal of Comparative Sociology : IJCS, 52(1/2), 6–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715210377157
- Kalter, F. (2011). Social Capital and the Dynamics of Temporary Labour Migration from Poland to Germany. European Sociological Review, 27(5), 555–569. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcq025
- Kalter, F. (2011). Transnationalismusforschung : höchste Zeit für mehr als Worte und Koeffezienten. Kommentar zum Beitrag “Warum pendeln Migranten häufig zwischen Herkunfts- und Ankunftsregion” von Ludger Pries in Heft 1/
2010 der Sozialen Welt. Soziale Welt : SozW, 62(1), 199–202. - Kalter, F. & Schroedter, J. H. (2010). Transnational marriage among former labour migrants in Germany. Zeitschrift für Familienforschung : ZfF = Journal of Familiy Research, 22(1), 11–36.
- Lessenich, S., Kalter, F. & Resch, C. (2009). E-Mail-Debatte: Kann Soziologie kritisieren? Soziologie, 38(4), 431–439.
- Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2006). Ethnic Inequalities at the Transition from School to Work in Belgium and Spain : Discrimination or Self-Exclusion? Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 24(3), 259–274.
- Kogan, I. & Kalter, F. (2006). The effects of relative group size on occupational outcomes : Turks and Ex-Yugoslavs in Austria. European Sociological Review, 22(1), 35–38.
- Kalter, F. (2003). Challenging Ethnic Citizenship : German and Israeli Perspectives on Immigration (Review of Daniel Levy and Yfaat Weiss, eds.). Contemporary Sociology, 32(5), 606–608.
- Kalter, F. & Granato, N. (2002). Demographic Change, Educational Expansion, and Structural Assimilation of Immigrants : The Case of Germany. European Sociological Review, 18(2), 199–216.
- Brüderl, J. & Kalter, F. (2001). The Dissolution of Marriages: The Role of Information and Marital-Specific Capital. The Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 25(4), 403–421.
- Brüderl, J. & Kalter, F. (2001). The Dissolution of Marriages: The Role of Information and Marital-Specific Capital. The Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 25(4), 403–421.
- Granato, N. & Kalter, F. (2001). Die Persistenz ethnischer Ungleichheit auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt : Diskriminierung oder Unterinvestition in Humankapital? Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie : KZfSS, 53(3), 497–520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-001-0076-4
- Kalter, F. (2001). Die Kontrolle von Drittvariablen bei der Messung von Segregation : Ein Vorschlag am Beispiel der familialen Assimilation von Arbeitsmigranten. Zeitschrift für Soziologie : ZfS, 30(6), 452–464. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2001-0603
- Kalter, F. (2000). Structural conditions of preferences for segration : an application of Coleman's linear system of action. Rationality and Society, 12(4), 425–449.
- Kalter, F. (1999). Ethnische Kundenpräferenz im professionellen Sport? Der Fall der Bundesliga. Zeitschrift für Soziologie : ZfS, 28(3), 219–234.
- Kalter, F. (1998). Partnerschaft und Migration: zur theoretischen Erklärung eines empirischen Effekts. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie : KZfSS, 50(2), 283–309.
- Leszczensky, L., Pink, S. & Kalter, F. (2015). Friendship and identity in school : field report on Wave 1, Wave 2, and Wave 3 (Technical Report). Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 161. Mannheim.
- Dollmann, J., Jacob, K. & Kalter, F. (2014). Examining the Diversity of Youth in Europe : A Classification of Generations and Ethnic Origins Using CILS4EU Data (Technical Report). Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 156. Mannheim.
- Leszczensky, L., Pink, S. & Kalter, F. (2014). Freundschaft und Identität in der Schule : Feldbericht zu Welle 1 und Welle 2 (Technical Report). Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 157. Mannheim.
- Iannelli, C., Smyth, E., Wolbers, M., Gangl, M., Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2002). School-to-work transitions in Europe : analyses of the EU LFS 2000 ad hoc module. Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 45–49. Mannheim.
- Kalter, F. & Granato, N. (2002). Ethnic Minorities’ Education and Occupational Attainment : the Case of Germany. Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 58. Mannheim.
- Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2002). Ethnic Inequalities at Labour Market Entry in Belgium and Spain. Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 49. Mannheim.
- Müller, W., Kogan, I., Kalter, F., Raffe, D., Iannelli, C., Smyth, E., Wolbers, M. & Gangl, M. (2002). Evaluation and analyses of the LFS 2000 ad hoc module data on school-to-work transitions: Recommendations on the replication of the module. Mannheim: MZES.
- Kalter, F. & Granato, N. (2001). Recent Trends of Assimilation in Germany. ZUMA-Arbeitsbericht, 01–02. Mannheim.
- Kalter, F. (2000). Measuring Segregation and Controlling for Independent Variables. Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 19. Mannheim.
- Kalter, F. (2011). Die stillen Bremsen der strukturellen Integration. In H.-H. Uslucan (eds.), Wie steuerbar ist Integration? (S. 49–55). , Klartext: Essen.
- Kalter, F., Jonsson, J. O., van Tubergen, F. & Heath, A. (eds.) (2018). Growing up in diverse societies : the integration of children of immigrants in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Hill, P. B., Kalter, F., Kopp, J., Kroneberg, C. & Schnell, R. (2009). Hartmut Essers Erklärende Soziologie : Kontroversen und Perspektiven . Frankfurt a.M.: Campus-Verl.
- Kristen, C., Römmer, A. C., Müller, W. & Kalter, F. (2005). Longitudinal Studies for Education Reports: European and North American Examples : Report commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . Berlin: BMBF.
- Kristen, C., Römmer, A. C., Müller, W. & Kalter, F. (2005). Längsschnittstudien für die Bildungsberichterstattung – Beispiele aus Europa und Nordamerika . Berlin: BMBF.
- Kalter, F. (2003). Chancen, Fouls und Abseitsfallen : Migranten im deutschen Ligenfußball . Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.
- Kalter, F. (1997). Wohnortwechsel in Deutschland : Ein Beitrag zur Migrationstheorie und zur empirischen Anwendung von Rational-Choice-Modellen . Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
- Foroutan, N. & Kalter, F. (2022). Integration. In B. Schmidt-Lauber & M. Liebig (eds.), Begriffe der Gegenwart : ein kulturwissenschaftliches Glossar (S. 153–162). Wien; Köln: Böhlau Verlag.
- Foroutan, N. & Kalter, F. (2022). Integration. In B. Schmidt-Lauber & M. Liebig (eds.), Begriffe der Gegenwart : ein kulturwissenschaftliches Glossar (S. 153–162). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung.
- Kalter, F. (2022). Integration in migration societies. In K. Gërxhani, N. de Graaf & W. Raub (eds.), Handbook of sociological science : contributions ti rigorous sociology (S. 135–153). Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909432.00016
- Snijders, T. A. B. & Kalter, F. (2020). Religious diversity and social cohesion in German classrooms. A micro-macro study based on empirical simulations. In V. W. Buskens, R. Corten & C. Snijders (eds.), Advances in the sociology of trust and cooperation : theory, experiments, and field studies (S. 525–543). Berlin ; Boston, MA: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110647495-023
- Jonsson, J. O., Kalter, F. & van Tubergen, F. (2018). Studying integration: Ethnic minority and majority youth in comparative perspective. In F. Kalter (eds.), Growing up in diverse societies : the integration of children of immigrants in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden (S. 3–40). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kalter, F. & Granato, N. (2018). Migration und ethnische Ungleichheit auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. In M. Abraham (eds.), Arbeitsmarktsoziologie : Probleme, Theorien, empirische Befunde (S. 355–387). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02256-3_10
- Kalter, F. & Heath, A. (2018). Dealing with diverse diversities: Defining and comparing minority groups. In F. Kalter (eds.), Growing up in diverse societies : the integration of children of immigrants in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden (S. 62–83). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kruse, H. & Kalter, F. (2018). Learning together or apart? Ethnic segregation in lower secondary schools. In F. Kalter (eds.), Growing up in diverse societies : the integration of children of immigrants in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden (S. 114–141). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kalter, F. & Kruse, H. (2015). Ethnic diversity, homophily, and network cohesion in European classrooms. In R. Koopmans (eds.), Social Cohesion and Immigration in Europe and North America : Mechanisms, Conditions, and Causality (S. 187–207). London: Routledge.
- Lewin-Epstein, N., Salikutluk, Z., Kogan, I. & Kalter, F. (2014). Mobility Aspirations of Immigrant and Native Youth in Germany and Israel. In R. K. Silbereisen (eds.), The challenges of diaspora migration : interdisciplinary perspectives on Israel and Germany (S. 167–189). Farnham [u.a.]: Ashgate Publishing.
- Jacob, K. & Kalter, F. (2012). Die intergenerationale Transmission von hochkulturellen Lebensstilen unter Migrationsbedingungen. In J. Rössel (eds.), Lebensstilforschung (S. 223–246). Wiesbaden: VS, Verl für Sozialwiss.
- Kalter, F. (2011). The second generation in the German labor market: Explaining the Turkish exception. In R. D. Alba (eds.), Next Generation : Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective (S. 166–184). New York, NY [u.a.]: New York Univ. Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814707425.003.0008
- Kalter, F., Granato, N. & Kristen, C. (2011). Die Strukturelle Assimilation der zweiten Migrantengeneration in Deutschland: Eine Zerlegung gegenwärtiger Trends. In R. Becker (eds.), Integration durch Bildung (S. 257–289). Wiesbaden: VS Verl. für Sozialwiss.
- Kogan, I., Kalter, F., Liebau, E. & Cohen, Y. (2011). Individual Resources and Structural Constraints in Immigrants' Labour Market Integration. In M. Wingens (eds.), A life-course perspective on migration and integration (S. 75–100). Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer .
- Kristen, C., Edele, A., Kalter, F., Kogan, I., Schulz, B., Stanat, P. & Will, G. (2011). The education of migrants and their children across the life course. In H.-P. Blossfeld (eds.), Education as a Lifelong Process : The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) (S. 121–137). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
- Kalter, F. & Granato, N. (2010). Different Countries, Different Groups, Same Mechanisms? The Structural Assimilation of the Second Generation in Europe (D, F, GB) and the United States. In J. Alber (eds.), United in diversity? : Comparing social models in Europe and America (S. 359–380). New York, NY : Oxford Univ. Press.
- Kalter, F. & Granato, N. (2007). Educational Hurdles on the Way to Structural Assimilation in Germany. In A. Heath (eds.), Unequal chances : Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets (S. 271–319). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press.
- Kalter, F., Granato, N. & Kristen, C. (2007). Disentangling Recent Trends of the Second Generation's Structural Assimilation in Germany. In S. Scherer (eds.), From origin to destination : trends and mechanisms in social stratification research; essays in honour of Walter Müller (S. 214 – 245). Frankfurt a.M. [u.a.]: Campus.
- Kalter, F. & Granato, N. (2004). Sozialer Wandel und strukturelle Assimilation in der Bundesrepublik : Empirische Befunde mit Mikrodaten der amtlichen Statistik. In Migration – Integration – Bildung : Grundfragen und Problembereiche (S. 61–81). Osnabrück: IMIS.
- Kalter, F. (2003). Stand und Perspektiven der Migrationssoziologie. In Soziologische Forschung. Stand und Perspektiven (S. 323–338). Opladen: Leske+Budrich.
- Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2003). Ethnic Inequalities at Labour Market Entry in Belgium and Spain. In I. Kogan (eds.), School-to-Work Transitions in Europe : Analyses of the EU LFS 2000 Ad hoc Module (2. ed., S. 151–178). Mannheim: MZES.
- Kalter, F. (2002). Integration durch Fußball? : Migranten im deutschen Ligensystems. In P. Lösche (eds.), Fußballwelten : Zum Verhältnis von Sport, Politik, Ökonomie und Gesellschaft (S. 175–204). Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
- Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2002). Ethnic inequalities and labour market entry. In Indicators on school-to-work transitions in Europe : evaluation and analyses of the LFS 2000 ad hoc module data on school-to-work transitions; indicator report (S. ). Luxemburg: Europäische Kommission.
- Kalter, F. (2000). Theorien der Migration. In Modelle und Methoden (1. Auflage, S. 438–457). Berlin: Springer.
- Kalter, F. (1999). “The Ties that Bind” : Wohneigentum als ehespezifische Investition. In Scheidungsursachen aus soziologischer Sicht (S. 255–270). Würzburg: Ergon.