Sven Ehmes
Research Profile
Comparative Social Stratification | Social and Economic Inequalities | Labour Markets | Social Policy | Welfare State Arrangements
I study the causes and consequences of social and economic inequalities. I am particularly interested in understanding how economic, institutional, and normative contexts shape these inequalities. In my doctoral research, I examine the gendered consequences of unemployment in comparative perspective.
Selected Publications
- Claudia Traini, Sven Ehmes und Markus Gangl. 2025. Climbing the Ladder or Falling Behind: How Social Mobility Shapes Perceptions of Meritocracy in the Wake of Rising Inequality. POLAR Working Paper #7. Frankfurt: Goethe University Frankfurt.
https://polar-project.org/
- Sven Ehmes und Markus Gangl. 2025. The Paradox of Inequality that isn’t: Rising Economic Inequality Depresses and Polarises Citizens’ Belief in Meritocracy.
https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/zh72m_v1
Curriculum Vitae
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Since 2025 | Research Associate at the Chair “Comparative Social Stratification” (Professor Nora Waitkus), Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology, Heidelberg University |
2022 – 2025 | Research Associate at the Chair “Social Stratification and Social Policy”, Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt |
2022 | M.A. Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt |
2017 – 2022 | Student Assistant, Institute of Sociology and Institute of Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt |
2019 | B.A. Political Science with Minor in Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt |
2017 | Study abroad, University of Toronto |
2016 – 2021 | Internships at the German Bundestag (office of an MP), the executive board of the IG Metall, and the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs |
Teaching
- Sociology of Labour Markets (BA)
- Drivers and Consequences of Unemployment (BA)
- Economic Inequality: Causes, Consequences and Policies (BA)
- Introduction to Cross-national Social Research with Multilevel Modelling (BA)
- Empirical Research Training: International Comparative Social Research using Multilevel Modelling (together with Simon Bienstman) (MA)