Prof. Dr. Irena Kogan
Credit: Michael Holstein
Professorship of Sociology, Societal Comparisons
Consultation hour(s):
Tue 2–3 p.m.
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.
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 an ERC project “Partnership Formation in the Context of Refugee Migration” (PARFORM), as well as the project “Upwardly Mobile Through STEM? STEM Competences, Participation and Returns Among Ethnic Minority Women and Men in Germany” (STEMobile), which is funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Prof. Kogan is currently involved in an EU Horizon2020 project “Pioneering Policies and Practices Tackling Educational Inequalities in Europe” (PIONEERED).
Academic and Professional Career
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
Publications
Publications since 2010
- 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, 1–12. 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
- Lorenz, G., Kogan, I., Gentrup, S. & Kristen, C. (2023). Non-native accents among school beginners and teacher expectations for future student achievements. Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380407231202978
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.