Chair Holder

Irena Kogan hat dunkle, kurze Haare. Sie trägt ein rotes Jacket und eine Halskette.

Credit: Michael Holstein

Prof. Dr. Irena Kogan

Professorship of Sociology, Societal Comparisons

University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
A 5, 6 – Room A 529
68159 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-2015
Fax: +49 621 181-2016
E-mail: irena.koganuni-mannheim.de

Consultation hour(s):
Tue 2–3 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Irena Kogan is a Chair of comparative Sociology at the University of Mannheim since October 2009. She is a member of the European Academy of Sociology and, since 2025, of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz.

Prof. Dr. Kogan's research interests lie in the areas of social inequality, migration and labor market sociology. Her research is mainly comparative and relies on the quantitative methods of social research and data analysis.

Prof. Dr. Kogan is currently co-PI for the German part of the project “Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries”. She is also leading the ERC project “Partnership Formation in the Context of Refugee Migration” (PARFORM).

complete curriculum vitae (PDF, 242 kB)

Professional Career

Since 10/09	Professor of Sociology, Societal Comparisons, University of Mannheim
10/07–09/09	Professor of Sociology, Social Structure Analysis, University of Bamberg
10/07–09/09	External fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)
04/06–09/07	Postdoc fellow at the MZES

Academic Career

2000–2006	PhD Thesis at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim; Dissertation: “Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in the European Union: The Role of Host Countries’ Institutional Context” (Summa cum laude); Committee: Prof. Dr. Walter Müller, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Esser
1997-2000	MA studies of Sociology and Anthropology, Gershon H. Gordon Department of Social Sciences at Tel Aviv University (Israel); Thesis: “Labor Market Attainment of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel and Canada” (Magna cum laude); Committee: Prof. Noah Lewin-Epstein, Prof. Moshe Semyonov
1996-1997	MA preparatory year at Gershon H. Gordon Department of Social Sciences at Tel Aviv University (Israel)
1990-1995	Foreign Language Studies and Pedagogics, Kherson State Pedagogical University (Ukraine); Graduate paper: “Usage of Computer Methods in the Advanced Teaching of Foreign Languages” (with distinction)

Research Interests
- Integration of immigrants and ethnic stratification
- Social inequality
- Transition from the education system to the labour market
- Comparative social research
- Methods of empirical social research
Publications
full publication list (PDF, 339 kB)
Publications since 2010
Articles
Research Papers
Conference Presentations
Books
Book Chapters
Gutfleisch, T. & Kogan, I. (2025). Intersectional patterns in higher education STEMM: The role of gender, ethnicity and parental transmission. Studies of Transition States and Societies, 17(1), 24–52. https://doi.org/10.58036/stss.v17i0.1371
Heyne, S., Kuhlemann, J. & Kogan, I. (2025). Partnership preferences in modern migration societies: religious homophily among young muslims and christians in Germany. European Journal of Population = Revue Européenne de Démographie, 41, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-024-09728-0
Kleemola, K., Toom, A., Hyytinen, H., Tuononen, T., Karaçay, ., Kroezen, T., Kogan, I. & Alieva, A. (2025). Exploring intersectional inequalities in students' sense of belonging in education across educational pathways and across educational contexts. Frontiers in Education, 10(Article 1502115), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1502115
Kogan, I., Kosyakova, Y. & van Tubergen, F. (2025). Staying, leaving, or returning? Conflict resolution preferences and migration among Ukrainian women. Studies of Transition States and Societies, 17(1), 117–145. https://doi.org/10.58036/stss.v17i0.1336
Kogan, I., Kuhlemann, J. & Perleth, A. (2025). The long arm of the family: Family role in partner selection among male refugees in Germany. Populations, 1(2, Article 13), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.3390/populations1020013
Kosyakova, Y., Kogan, I. & van Tubergen, F. (2025). Multidimensional effects of conflict-induced violence on wartime migration decisions: evidence from Ukraine. Journal of Peace Research, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433251317838
Gutfleisch, T. & Kogan, I. (2024). Gender disparities in mathematics achievement by ethnic origin: evidence from Germany. Soziale Welt : SozW, 75(2), 198–246. https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2024-2-198
Kogan, I., Weißmann, M. & Dollmann, J. (2024). Police discrimination and police distrust among ethnic minority adolescents in Germany. Frontiers in Sociology, 9(Article 1231774), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1231774
Lorenz, G., Kogan, I., Gentrup, S. & Kristen, C. (2024). Non-native accents among school beginners and teacher expectations for future student achievements. Sociology of Education, 97(1), 76–96. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380407231202978
van Tubergen, F., Kogan, I., Kosyakova, Y. & Pötzschke, S. (2024). Self-selection of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons in Europe. Journal of Refugee Studies, 37(1), 72–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fead089
van Tubergen, F., Wachter, G. G., Kosyakova, Y. & Kogan, I. (2024). Return intentions among Ukrainian refugees in Europe: A cross-national study. International Migration, 62(5), 181–198. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13291
Kogan, I., Heyne, S., Kuhlemann, J. & Abdul-Rida, C. (2023). Distinct boundaries? Preferences of immigrants’ descendants regarding partnerships with recent refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in Germany. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 52(4), 379–390. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2023-2026
Kogan, I. & Schabinger, J. (2023). Successful due to STEM? Labour market returns to STEM qualifications among skilled immigrants in Germany. European Societies, 25(4), 574–605. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2023.2180809
Gutfleisch, T. & Kogan, I. (2022). Parental occupation and students' STEM achievements by gender and ethnic origin: Evidence from Germany. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 82(Article 100735), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100735
Kosyakova, Y. & Kogan, I. (2022). Labor market situation of refugees in Europe: The role of individual and contextual factors. Frontiers in Political Science, 4(Article 977764), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.977764
Dollmann, J. & Kogan, I. (2021). COVID-19–associated discrimination in Germany. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 74(Article 100631), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100631
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2021). Gendered body mass and life satisfaction among youth in three Western European immigrant-receiving countries. Frontiers in Sociology, 6(Article 695374), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.695374
Dollmann, J., Kogan, I. & Weißmann, M. (2020). Speaking accent-free in L2 beyond the critical period: The compensatory role of individual abilities and opportunity structures. Applied Linguistics, 41(5), 787–809. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amz029
Gentrup, S., Lorenz, G., Kristen, C. & Kogan, I. (2020). Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom: Teacher expectations, teacher feedback and student achievement. Learning and Instruction, 66(Article 101296). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2019.101296
Kogan, I., Fong, E. & Reitz, J. G. (2020). Religion and integration among immigrant and minority youth. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : JEMS, 46(17), 3543–3558. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1620408
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
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2020). Does the religious context matter? The causal effect of religious diversity on individual life satisfaction in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : JEMS, 46(17), 3722–3743. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1620422
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2020). Immigrants’ relative income and life satisfaction: Comparison groups from a multi-generational perspective. Acta Sociologica : AS, 63(1), 82–102. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699319859397
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2020). Job loss or income loss: How the detrimental effect of unemployment on men’s life satisfaction differs by immigration status. Frontiers in Sociology, 5(Article 10), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.00010
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
Kogan, I. & Shen, J. (2019). It's the economy! Perceptions of host-countries' institutions and individual life satisfaction of intra-European migrants. Frontiers in Sociology, 4(Article 42), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00042
Kogan, I. & Weißmann, M. (2019). Religion and sexuality: Between- and within-individual differences in attitudes to pre-marital cohabitation among adolescents in four European countries. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : JEMS, 46(17), 3630–3654. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1620416
Kogan, I., Shen, J. & Siegert, M. (2018). What makes a satisfied immigrant? Host-country characteristics and immigrants’ life satisfaction in eighteen European countries. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(6), 1783–1809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9896-4
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2017). Contact use in job placement and its impact on the gender earnings gap in transitional urban China : evidence from Xiamen, 1999. International Sociology, 32(1), 130–154. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580916676914
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2017). To Whom Is Contact Use Beneficial? The Impacts of Self-Selected Contact Use on Gender Income Differentials in the Transitional Economy of Urban China. Studies of Transition States and Societies, 9(2), 1–16.
Kogan, I. (2016). Integration policies and immigrants' labor market outcomes in Europe. Sociological Science, 3, 335–358. https://doi.org/10.15195/v3.a16
Lorenz, G., Gentrup, S., Kristen, C., Stanat, P. & Kogan, I. (2016). Stereotype bei Lehrkräften? Eine Untersuchung systematisch verzerrter Lehrererwartungen. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie : KZfSS, 68(1), 89–111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-015-0352-3
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
Matković, T. & Kogan, I. (2014). Relative worth of a bachelor degree: Patterns of labour market integration among drop-outs and graduates in sequential and integrated tertiary education systems. Acta Sociologica : AS, 57(2), 101–118. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699313481813
Klein, O. & Kogan, I. (2013). Does Reading to Children Enhance their Educational Success? Child Indicators Research, 6(2), 321–344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-012-9174-2
Kogan, I., Matković, T. & Gebel, M. (2013). Helpful friends? Personal contacts and job entry among youths in transformation societies. International Journal of Comparative Sociology : IJCS, 54(4), 277–298. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715213509256
Kogan, I. & Weißmann, M. (2013). Immigrants' initial steps in Germany and their later economic success. Advances in Life Course Research, 18(3), 185–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2013.04.002
Lindemann, K. & Kogan, I. (2013). The role of language resources for labour market entry : comparing Estonia and Ukraine. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : JEMS, 39(1), 105–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2012.711050
Amit, K., Bagno, O., Bridges, W. P., Devoretz, D. J., Haberfeld, Y., Kogan, I., Logan, J. R., Raijman, R. & Semyonov, M. (2012). Economic Integration of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Four Countries. Hagira : Journal of Migration, 1, 51–79.
Kogan, I. (2012). Potenziale nutzen! Determinanten und Konsequenzen der Anerkennung von Bildungsabschlüssen bei Zuwanderern aus der ehemaligen Sowjetunion in Deutschland. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie : KZfSS, 64(1), 67–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-012-0157-6
Kogan, I. (2012). Tertiary education landscape and labour market chances of the highly educated in Central and Estern Europe. European Sociological Review, 28(6), 701–703. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcs062
Kogan, I., Gebel, M. & Noelke, C. (2012). Educational systems and inequalities in educational attainment in Central and Eastern European countries. Studies of Transition States and Societies, 4(1), 69–83.
Matković, T. & Kogan, I. (2012). All or nothing? The consequences of tertiary education non-completion in Croatia and Serbia. European Sociological Review, 28(6), 755–770. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcr111
Noelke, C., Gebel, M. & Kogan, I. (2012). Uniform inequalities: Institutional differentiation and the transition from higher education to work in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe. European Sociological Review, 28(6), 704–716. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcs008
Kogan, I. (2011). The price of being an outsider : labour market flexibility and immigrants' employment path in Germany. International Journal of Comparative Sociology : IJCS, 52(4), 264–283. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715211412113
Kogan, I. (2011). When informal is normal ... On the role of credentials and contacts for the job entry in Serbia. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29(4), 445–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2011.03.001
Noelke, C., Kogan, I. & Gebel, M. (2010). Образователна експанзия и социално неравенство в страните от Централна и Източна Европа. Sociologičeski problemi = Soziologische Probleme, 42(1/2), 94–117.
Kogan, I. (2006). Improving grounds for comparative education research in Europe: evaluation of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 1997) for comparative research. EQUALSOC state of the art report – Research Group Education, Social Mobility and Social Cohesion (EDUC).
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.
Herzog, H., Nathanson, R. & Kogan, I. (1999). Evaluation of the performance of women candidates in Israel's local elections: Lessons from the past, plans for the future. Tel Aviv: The Israeli Institute for Economic and Social Research.
Heyne, S., Kogan, I. & Kuhlemann, J. (2024). Is it a match? : the congruence in partnership preferences between Syrian and Afghan refugees and the German population. European Consortium for Social Research Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Heyne, S., Kogan, I. & Kuhlemann, J. (2024). Is it a match? The congruence of partnership preferences between Syrian and Afghan refugees and the German Population. European Population Conference 2024, Edinburgh, UK.
Heyne, S., Kogan, I. & Kuhlemann, J. (2024). Is it a match? The congruence of partnership preferences between Syrian and Afghan refugees and the German population. Experimental Research on Ethnic Diversity, Discrimination, and Pro-sociality in European Societies, Mannheim, Germany.
Heyne, S., Kogan, I. & Kuhlemann, J. (2024). Is it a match? the congruence of partnership preferences between Syrian and Afghan refugees and the German population. ACES 2024, Sixth Annual Conference of Experimental Sociology, Torino, Italy.
Heyne, S., Kuhlemann, J. & Kogan, I. (2024). Are male Muslim immigrants perceived as a particular threat in Western countries? Evidence from a factorial survey experiment in Germany. Ungleichheit und Zusammenhalt. Gemeinsame Tagung der DGS-Sektion “Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse” @ Cluster 2 des Forschungsinstituts Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt, Bremen, Germany.
Kogan, I., Heyne, S. & Kuhlemann, J. (2024). Partnership formation in the context of forced migration: the role of partner preferences among refugees from the Middle East and the German Population. Migration Observatory 8th Annual Conference: Immigrant Integration around the World, Turin, Italy.
Kogan, I., Karaçay, ., Alieva, A., Kroezen, T., Toom, A. & Kleemola, K. (2024). Intersectional inequalities in academic achievement in primary and secondary education from a cross-country perspective. PIONEERED Final Conference, Belval, Luxembourg.
Kogan, I. & Kuhlemann, J. (2024). The role of online dating for homogamy. 5. International CILS4EU User Conference, Mannheim, Germany.
Kuhlemann, J. & Kogan, I. (2024). Religion and partner search among young refugees, migrants, and natives in Germany. ECSR 2024 Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Kuhlemann, J. & Kogan, I. (2024). Religion and partner search among young refugees, migrants, and natives in Germany. Gemeinsame Tagung der DGS-Sektion “Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse” und des Cluster 2 des “Forschungsinstituts Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ)”: Ungleichheit und Zusammenhalt, Bremen, Germany.
Kuhlemann, J., Kogan, I. & Maddox, A. (2024). The role of family context in partner search among male refugees in Germany. 5. International CILS4EU User Conference, Mannheim, Germany.
Gutfleisch, T. & Kogan, I. (2023). Choosing STEM in higher education: intersectional patterns by gender and ethnic origin in Germany. TIY 2023, Transitions in Youth, Edinburgh, UK.
Heyne, S., Kogan, I. & Kuhlemann, J. (2023). Homophily in partnership preferences of migrants and natives in Germany: evidence from a factorial survey experiment. RC28 Spring Meeting 2023: Education and Social Inequality across the Life Course, Paris, France.
Kogan, I., Dollmann, J. & Weißmann, M. (2023). The role of regional accent and dialect in ethnic minorities' youth transitions. AMLI2023, Approaches to Migration, Language, and Identity, Zürich, Switzerland.
Kogan, I., Karaçay, ., Alieva, A., Kroezen, T., Toom, A. & Kleemola, K. (2023). Intersectional inequalities in academic achievement in primary and secondary education from a cross-country perspective. ECSR Annual Conference 2023: “Effort and Social Inequality”, Madrid, Spain.
Gutfleisch, T. & Kogan, I. (2022). Gender disparities in STEM (=science, technology, engineering, mathematics) scholastic achievement by ethnic origin: evidence from Germany. ECSR Annual Conference 2022, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Gutfleisch, T. & Kogan, I. (2022). Parental occupation and STEM scholastic achievements by gender and ethnic origin: evidence from Germany. RC28 Spring Meeting 2022: Social Stratification and Social Policy for a Post-Covid19 World, London, UK.
Heyne, S., Kuhlemann, J. & Kogan, I. (2022). Attitudes towards partnerships with Afghan and Syrian refugees: Evidence from a factorial survey experiment. 41. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie: Polarisierte Welten, Bielefeld, Germany.
Heyne, S., Kuhlemann, J. & Kogan, I. (2022). Attitudes towards partnerships with Afghan and Syrian refugees: evidence from a factorial survey experiment. Second Workshop on Immigration, Integration and Attitudes, Mannheim, Germany.
Kogan, I., Karaçay, ., Alieva, A., Kroezen, T., Kleemola, K. & Toom, A. (2022). Intersectional inequalities along the dimensions of social origin, gender, and migration background in primary, secondary, and tertiary education from a cross-country perspective. LuxERA Conference 2022, Belval, Luxembourg.
Dollmann, J., Kogan, I. & Weißmann, M. (2021). When your accent betrays you : the role of foreign accents in school-to-work transition of ethnic minority youth in Germany. 18th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Belval, Luxembourg, Online.
Dollmann, J. & Kogan, I. (2020). COVID-19-associated discrimination in Germany: realistic and symbolic threats. COVID-19 Work in Progress Conference, Online.
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2020). How do host- and home-country labour market contexts matter? Unemployed immigrant men’s life satisfaction in Europe. 115th ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Online.
Kogan, I., Dollmann, J. & Weissmann, M. (2019). When your accent betrays you : the role of foreign accents in school-to-work transition of the ethnic minority youth in Germany. ECSR Conference 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2019). Does Contextual Exposure Matter? Examining the Causal Effect of Religious Diversity on Life Satisfaction in the UK, 2009–2016. 114th ASA Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2019). How do host- and home-country labour market contexts matter? Understanding the gap of life satisfaction between unemployed and employed immigrants men across European countries. RC28 Spring Meeting 2019, Frankfurt, Germany.
Kogan, I. (2018). Observing the unobservables: The role of foreign accents and cognitive abilities in school-to-work transitions of the ethnic minority youth in Germany. International Conference on Demographics, Immigration, and the Labor Market, Nürnberg, Germany.
Kogan, I. (2018). When your accent betrays you: foreign accent and immigrant integration. ECSR Network Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kogan, I. & Weißmann, M. (2018). Religion and sexuality: between- and within-individual differences in attitudes to pre-marital cohabitation among adolescents in four European countries. 39. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Göttingen, Germany.
Kogan, I., Weißmann, M. & Dollmann, J. (2018). When your accent betrays you: the role of foreign accents in youth transitions of the ethnic minorities in Germany. TIY 2018, 26th Annual Workshop Transitions In Youth, Mannheim, Germany.
Gentrup, S., Lorenz, G., Rahmann, S., Stanat, P., Kristen, C. & Kogan, I. (2017). Effekte von Lehrkrafterwartungen auf das Lehrkrafthandeln und die Leistungsentwicklung von Grundschulkindern. 5. GEBF-Tagung 2017, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kogan, I. & Shen, J. (2017). Immigrant life situation through the lenses of sending and receiving societies. RC28 Spring Meeting 2017: Social inequality and mobility revisted, Köln, Germany.
Kogan, I., Weißmann, M. & Dollmann, J. (2017). Accent and language proficiency among Germany’s ethnic minority youth. ECSR 2017 Annual Conference, European Consortium for Sociological Research, Milano, Italy.
Kogan, I. (2016). At school or at work? : comparing the role of vocational education and training in school‐to‐work transitions in German‐speaking and Eastern European countries. TIY 2016, 24th Annual Workshop of Transitions in Youth, Trento, Italy.
Kogan, I. (2016). What makes a satisfied immigrant? Host country characteristics and immigrants’ life satisfaction in eighteen European countries. MIDA Closing Conference 2016, Migration and Inclusion in the Labour Market, København, Denmark.
Kogan, I. & Shen, J. (2016). The next Top Model? Body size and life satisfaction among the European Youth. ECSR Annual Conference 2016, Oxford, UK.
Kogan, I., Shen, J. & Siegert, M. (2016). What makes a satisfied immigrant? Host-country characteristics and immigrants’ life satisfaction in Europe. 3rd International ESS Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2016). Financial well-being and the non-pecuniary costs of unemployment: how do immigration status and gender matter in life satisfaction of the unemployed population in the United Kingdom, 2009–2015? RC28 Summer Meeting 2016, Bern, Switzerland.
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2016). Fluid points of reference income and immigrants’ life satisfaction in multi-generational comparison: evidence from the United Kingdom, 2009–2015. RC28 Spring Meeting 2016, Singapur, Republic of Singapore.
Kogan, I. (2015). Contesting the uncontested: the role of vocational education in school-to-work transitions. Education and Work: (Un-) Equal Transitions with a Special Focus on Central and Eastern Europe, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Kogan, I. (2015). Institutional embeddedness of immigrant integration. 02 Annual BAGSS Conference, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, Bamberg, Germany.
Kogan, I. (2015). Integration policies and immigrants’ labour market outcomes. ECSR Spring School 2015, Torino, Italy.
Kogan, I., Shen, J. & Siegert, M. (2015). The right choice? : immigrants’ life satisfaction in the European receiving countries. ECSR Conference 2015, Tallinn, Estonia.
Shen, J. & Kogan, I. (2015). Self-selected contact use and its impact on gender income differentials in urban China. Sunbelt 2015, XXXV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Brighton, UK.
Siegert, M. & Kogan, I. (2014). Do they care? The impact of educational aspirations on students’ well-being in Germany. RC28 Spring Meeting 2014, Budapest, Hungary.
Kogan, I. (2013). Ethnic inequalities in the labour market: theoretical expectations and empirical evidence. Marie Jahoda Summer School of Sociology Vienna 2013: Migration & Inequality, Wien, Austria.
Kogan, I. (2013). Labour market situation of immigrants in Europe revisited. SGS-Kongress 2013: Ungleichheit und Integration in der Krise, Bern, Switzerland.
Kogan, I. (2013). Unfulfilled hopes? The impact of educational aspirations on students' well-being in Germany. RC28 Spring Meeting 2013, Trento, Italy.
Kogan, I. & Siegert, M. (2013). Unfulfilled hopes? The impact of educational aspirations on students' well-being in Germany. Migration: Global Development, New Frontiers, London, UK.
Siegert, M. & Kogan, I. (2013). Do they care? The impact of parental educational aspirations on the subjective well-Bbeing of pupils with a migrant background in Germany. Migration and Well-Being: Research Frontiers, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kogan, I. (2012). All-or-nothing-thesis revisited: higher educational dropouts at the European labour markets. TIY 2012, 20th Annual Workshop TIY 2012, Transition in Youth, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Kogan, I. (2012). Credential recognition among immigrants in Germany and their investment in host country education and training. RC28 Summer Meeting 2012, Charlottesville, VA.
Kogan, I. (2012). Immigrants' initial steps in Germany and their later economic success. The Role of Institutional Practices for Building Successful Mutlicultural Societies, Toronto, Canada.
Kogan, I. (2012). The right skills for employment in Europe: The role of education. EU Conference New Skills and Jobs, Nikosia, Cyprus.
Kogan, I. (2012). The role of education for labour market entry. Bulgaria 2020 in Europe 2020: The Social Sciences Contribution, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Kogan, I. (2012). Value orientations of ethnic minority youths in four Western European countries. ECSR/EQUALSOC Conference: Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kogan, I. & Kroneberg, C. (2012). Tolerance values among ethnic minority youths in Western European countries. 3rd Norface Migration Conference, Mannheim, Germany.
Kroneberg, C. & Kogan, I. (2012). Tolerance values among ethnic minority youths in Western European countries. Workshop “First Analyses using CILS4EU”, Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries, Mannheim, Germany.
Jacob, K., Dollmann, J., Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2011). What standard surveys can learn from immigrant surveys. 4th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA): Bringing together survey researchers in Europe, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Kogan, I. (2011). Human capital transferability and immigrant investment in host country education and training. ECSR 20th Anniversary Conference 2011, Dublin, Ireland.
Kogan, I. (2011). On the determinants and consequences of the recognition of education among immigrants in Germany. Between national closure and supranational governance: work , welfare and migrant integration in Germany and the EU, Toronto, Canada.
Kogan, I. (2011). On the relative worth of bachelor degrees: comparing bachelor graduates and dropouts in Croatia and Ukraine. RC28 Spring Meeting 2011, Colchester, UK.
Kogan, I. (2011). Relative worth of bachelor degrees: comparing bachelor graduates and dropouts in Croatia and Ukraine. TIY 2011, Transitions in Youth, Tallinn, Estonia.
Kogan, I. & Kalter, F. (2011). Migrant networks and labour market integration of immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany. Norface Migration Network Conference on “Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge”, London, UK.
Gebel, M. & Kogan, I. (2010). Tertiary education landscape and labour market chances of the higly educated in Central and Eastern Europe. Higher education and beyond – Inequalities regarding entrance to higher education and educational credentials, Ascona, Switzerland.
Heath, A., Kalter, F. & Kogan, I. (2010). The children of immigrants longitudinal survey in four European countries. NORFACE Migration Programme Workshop, London, UK.
Salikutluk, Z., Kogan, I. & Roth, T. (2010). Success of migrant children and youths in the educational systems of Israel and Germany. Migration and societal Integration, Berlin, Germany.
Gebel, M. & Kogan, I. (2009). “What kind of higher education pays off? An analysis of labour market entry of higher education graduates in Ukraine” and “Making the transition: education and labor market entry in Central and Eastern Europe”. EDUC Workshop, Tallinn, Estonia.
Kogan, I. (2009). Making the transition : education and labor market entry in Central- and Eastern Europe. 6th Annual Symposium of Japanese-German Frontiers of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Kogan, I. (2009). Making the transition: education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe. Development of Competencies in the World of Work and Education, DECOWE, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Kogan, I. & Gebel, M. (2009). Making the transition: education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe. 17th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in YouthYouth: Transitions at Risk?, Dijon, France.
Kogan, I., Gebel, M. & Noelke, C. (2009). Making the transition: education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe. ECSR Conference 2009, European Consortium for Sociological Research, Paris, France.
Kogan, I., Lewin-Epstein, N., Kalter, F. & Salikutluk, Z. (2009). Mobility aspiration of immigrant and native youth in Germany and Israel. ECSR Conference 2009, European Consortium for Sociological Research, Paris, France.
Gebel, M. & Kogan, I. (2008). Education and labour market entry in Ukraine. RC28 Summer Meeting 2008, Palo Alto, CA.
Gebel, M. & Kogan, I. (2008). Education and labour market entry in Ukraine. TIY 2008, 16th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth, Bamberg, Germany.
Kogan, I. (2007). Immigrants’ economic situation and anti-immigrant sentiments in Europe. Third NECE Conference: Rethinking Citizenship Education in Migration Societies, Lisboa, Portugal.
Kogan, I. (2007). Jüdische Einwanderer in Deutschland und Israel: Die Rolle institutioneller Kontexte. International Conference 'Russian-speaking Jews in Israel and Germany', Jerusalem, Israel.
Kogan, I. (2007). New immigrants in Germany. Equalsoc Soccult Meeting, Milano, Italy.
Kogan, I. (2007). The role of informal economy in the transition from school to work in Serbia. RC28 Spring Meeting 2007, Brno, Czech Republic.
Kogan, I. (2007). The role of the informal economy in the transition from school to work in Serbia. TIY 2007, Annual workshop of the European Research Network on Transition in Youth, Ghent, Belgium.
Kogan, I. (2006). Evaluation of the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED 1997. EQUALSOC Network of Excellence Conference and Research Group Workshop, Barcelona, Spain.
Kogan, I. (2006). Next year in Jerusalem ... or in Cologne? Labor market integration of Jewish Immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany in the 1990s. Joint workshop of the Network of excellence 'International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion' (IMISCOE) and the 'International Network of Economic Research' (INFER), Osnabrück, Germany.
Kogan, I. (2006). Research on the structural assimilation of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany. The Integration of Second-Generation Russians in Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland, Tallinn, Estonia.
Kogan, I. (2006). Transition from educational system to labour market in the European Union: a comparison between new and old members. RC28 Spring Meeting 2006, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Kogan, I. (2006). Youth unemployment in the enlarged Europe. ECSR Conference 2006, Prague, Czech Republic.
Müller, W. & Kogan, I. (2006). Education in Europe. Workshop “Handbook European Societies”, Berlin, Germany.
Reimer, D., Kogan, I., Geist, C. & Hausen, C. (2006). Vater, Mutter, Kind? Der Familienbegriff in Deutschland und den USA. 33. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Kassel, Germany.
Kogan, I. (2005). Next year in Jerusalem ... or in Cologne? : selectivity patterns and the economic progress of Jewish Immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany in the 1990s. 'Russians' in Israel and Beyond: The Meaning of Culture in Discourse and Practice, Jerusalem, Israel.
Kogan, I. (2005). The role of host countries' institutional characteristics in the labour market success of immigrants in the European Union. 3rd INFER Workshop on International Network for Economic: Migration and Labour Markets in the Light of the Social Sciences, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Kogan, I. & Cohen, Y. (2005). Next year in Jerusalem ... or in Cologne? Selectivity patterns and economic progress of Jewish Immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany in the 1990s. RC28 Spring Meeting 2005, Oslo, Norway.
Kogan, I., Saar, E. & Unt, M. (2005). Transition from educational system to labour market in the European Union: a comparison between new and old members. ECSR Conference Comparative European Studies. Assessing ten years of sociological reserach 1995-2005, Paris, France.
Kogan, I. & Unt, M. (2005). The role of vocational specificity of educational credentials for the labour market entry in Estonia and Slovenia. RC28 Summer Meeting 2005, Los Angeles, CA.
Cohen, Y. & Kogan, I. (2004). Jewish immigrants from the FSU in Germany and Israel: demographic and socioecnomic characteristics. Russian Jews in Germany 20th and 21st centuries, Brighton, UK.
Jungblut, J.-M. & Kogan, I. (2004). Labour market entry, early employment careers, and prospects for further education and training among the low educated youth in Europe. CHANGEQUAL, Third Conference: Social Indicators, Paris, France.
Kogan, I. (2004). Transition from higher education to working life in Europe: results of the EU LFS 2000 ad hoc module on school-to-work transitions. Conference 'University-to-work transition in Europe and Italy', Bologna, Italy.
Kogan, I. (2004). Turks and Ex-Yugoslavs in Austria and Germany: the effects of relative group size on occupational outcomes. EURESCO/ECSR-Conference on the Causes and Consequences of Low Education in Contemporary Europe, Granada, Spain.
Kogan, I., Noelke, C. & Gebel, M. (eds.) (2011). Making the transition : Education and Labor Market Entry in Central and Eastern Europe . Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press.
Siegert, M. & Kogan, I. (eds.) (2010). Einstellungen gegenüber ethnischen Minderheiten in Europa : Analysen mit dem European Social Survey . Bamberg: Univ. of Bamberg Press.
Kosyakova, Y. & Kogan, I. (2024). The role of social capital in immigrants’ and refugees’ labour market integration: evidence from Germany. In S. McDonald, R. Côté & J. Shen (eds.), Handbook on inequality and social capital (S. 288–304). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802202373.00028
Garcia, S. J., Jiménez, T. R., Holmes, S. M., Kogan, I., Vassenden, A., Yang, L. H. & Zhou, M. (2023). Migration, stigma, and lived experiences : A conceptual framework for centering lived experiences. In L. H. Yang, M. A. Eger & B. G. Link (eds.), Migration stigma : understanding prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion (S. 75–97). Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15529.003.0008
Kogan, I. & Kosyakova, Y. (2023). Understanding immigrant labor market stratification: What can the case of recent refugee migration to Europe contribute? In M. Gangl, L. Platt, J. G. Polavieja & H. de Werfhorst (eds.), The Oxford handbook of social stratification (S. C41S1–C41P167). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197539484.013.41
Kogan, I., Weißmann, M. & Dollmann, J. (2023). Defying discrimination? Germany’s ethnic minorities within education and training systems. In L. H. Yang & M. A. Eger (eds.), Migration stigma : understanding prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion (S. 1–24). Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15529.003.0009
Kosyakova, Y. & Kogan, I. (2023). Arbeitsmarkt. In T. Scharrer, B. Glorius, J. O. Kleist & M. Berlinghoff (eds.), Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (S. 599–606). Baden-Baden: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748921905-599
Siegert, M., Roth, T. & Kogan, I. (2023). Gendered occupational aspirations: A comparison of young native-born and Turkish minority women. In S. Weinert, G. J. Blossfeld & H.-P. Blossfeld (eds.), Education, competence development and career trajectories : analysing data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) (S. 402–423). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27007-9_18
Weißmann, M., Dollmann, J. & Kogan, I. (2023). Educational and school-to-work pathways of majority and ethnic minority youth in Germany: direct links and detours. In M. Darmody & E. Smith (eds.), Post-school pathways of migrant-origin youth in Europe (S. 82–104). London ; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Heldmann, P., Hollermeier, N. & Kogan, I. (2021). “Spitzenstellung in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung” errungen und verteidigt: Das Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES). In A. Borgstedt, S. Eichfelder & P. Gassert (eds.), Eine Universität für die Gesellschaft : 75 Jahre Neubegründung Wirtschaftshochschule und Universität Mannheim (S. 141–143). Ubstadt-Weiher: verlag regionalkultur.
Kogan, I. (2019). Still a safety net? Revisiting the role of vocational education and training in school-to-work transitions in Europe. In R. Becker (eds.), Research handbook on the sociology of education (S. 329–346). Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788110426.00028
Kogan, I. (2018). Ethnic minority youth at the crossroads: Between traditionalism and liberal value orientations. In F. Kalter (eds.), Growing up in diverse societies : the integration of children of immigrants in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden (S. 303–331). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kogan, I. (2017). Skill production regimes and immigrant labor market integration. In R. A. Scott (eds.), Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences : an interdisciplinary, searchable, and linkable resource (2. ed., S. 1–14). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0429
Kogan, I. (2016). Arbeitsmarktintegration von Zuwanderern. In H. U. Brinkmann (eds.), Einwanderungsgesellschaft Deutschland : Entwicklung und Stand der Integration (S. 177–199). Wiesbaden: Spinger VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-05746-6_7
Kogan, I. (2016). Educational systems and migrant-specific labour market returns. In A. Hadjar (eds.), Education systems and inequalities : international comparisons (S. 289–310). Bristol ; Chicago, IL: Policy Press.
Kogan, I. (2014). Politiche migratorie, processi di selezione e inserimento occupazionale degli immigrati. In P. Barbieri (eds.), Lavoro, istituzioni, diseguaglianze (S. 271–290). Bologna: Il Mulino.
Kogan, I. (2011). Delayed Transition: Education and Labour Market Entry in Serbia. In I. Kogan (eds.), Making the transition : Education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe (S. 141–165). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press.
Kogan, I. & Gebel, M. (2011). When higher education pays off: education and labour market entry in Ukraine. In I. Kogan (eds.), Making the transition : Education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe (S. 269–295). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press.
Kogan, I., Gebel, M. & Noelke, C. (2011). Comparative analysis of social transformation, education systems and school-to-work transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. In I. Kogan (eds.), Making the transition : Education and labour market entry in Central and Eastern Europe (S. 320–354). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press.
Kogan, I. (2010). Bildung, Arbeitsmarkt, Sozialstruktur. In J. Huinink (eds.), Migration und regionale Entwicklung : Dokumentation ; [22. Bremer Universitäts-Gespräche am 19. und 20. November 2009] (S. 49–58). Oldenburg: Isensee.
Kogan, I. (2010). Immigrant Investment in Host Country Vocational Education and Training. In P. L. Peterson (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (3. ed., Bd. 8, S. 280–288). Amsterdam [u. a.]: Elsevier.
Roth, T., Salikutluk, Z. & Kogan, I. (2010). Auf die “richtigen” Kontake kommt es an! Soziale Ressource und die Bildungsaspirationen der Mütter von Haupt-, Real- und Gesamtschülern in Deutschland. In B. Becker (eds.), Vom Kindergarten bis zur Hochschule (S. 179–212). Wiesbaden: VS Verl. für Sozialwiss.
Huitfeldt, H., Johansen, J. & Kogan, I. (2008). An analysis of labour market entry in Serbia and Ukraine. In A. Fetsi & J. Johansen (eds.), Transition from education to work in EU neighbouring countries : results of an EFT innovation and learning project (S. 47–75). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Kogan, I. (2008). Education systems of Central and Eastern European countries. In I. Kogan, M. Gebel & C. Noelke (eds.), Europe enlarged : a handbook of education, labour and welfare regimes in Central and Eastern Europe (S. 7–34). Bristol: Policy Press.
Kogan, I. (2008). The youth transition survey : a methodological note. In A. Fetsi & J. Johansen (eds.), Transition from education to work in EU neighbouring countries : results of an EFT innovation and learning project (S. 37–46). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Kogan, I. & Cohen, Y. (2008). Educational selectivity and labour market attainment of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany in the 1990s. In H. Kolb & H. Egbert (eds.), Migrants and markets : perspectives from economics and other social sciences (S. 104–119). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048501359-006
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.
Kogan, I. & Schubert, F. (2002). Youth transitions from education to working life in Europe: A general overview. 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.

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Prof. Dr. Irena Kogan

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Publications since 2010

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