Angela Graf

Studied Sociology (Diploma), Law and Business Administration at the Technical University Darmstadt. 2014 Ph.D. Degree at the Department of History and Social Sciences (Dissertation Subject: The German Academic Elite; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Hartmann). 2009-2015 Research Associate at the Institute of Sociology at the Technical University Darmstadt. 2010-2014 Scholarship from the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (Doctoral Grant). Since October 2015, Postdoc at the Chair of Sociology of Science at the Technical University of Munich.

Focus

• Sociology of Science
• Higher Education Studies
• Sociology of Elites
• Power Structure Research
• Social Inequalities / Analysis of Social Structure and Stratification
• Social Theory / General Sociology

Main topics in teaching

• General Sociology
• Social Structure Analysis/Social Inequalities
• Sociology of Education (especially Sociology of Higher Education)
• Sociology of Science
• Sociology of Elites, Power Structure Research
• Target Audience: BA and MA “Vocational Education” of the TUM School of Education

Awards

• Price for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Best Dissertation) from the Vereinigung der Freunde der Technischen Universität Darmstadt (2015)
• Doctoral Grant from the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (2010-2014)