Fact sheet
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Professor of Sociology
Sociology
- Social inequality / Social structure
- Research into migration and integration
- Survey Methodology
- Research into early years education, care and upbringing (EYEC)
Recksiedler, C., Schacht, D. D., Schüller, S., Boll, C., Entleitner-Phleps, C., Langmeyer, A., Walper, S. & Zerle-Elsäßer, C. (2026). Enhancing opportunities for research into post-separation families using the Growing Up in Germany panel study. Journal of Family Research, 38, 110–129.
https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-1216
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Herrmann, S., Gilg, J. J., Classe, F. L., Schacht, D. D. & Gedon, B. (2025). The ERiK Surveys 2022. In: Fackler, S., Herrmann, S., Meiner-Teubner, C., Bopp, C., Kuger, S., Kalicki, B. (eds.). ERiK Research Report IV. wbv Publication, Bielefeld: 34–48.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3278/I77833w02
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Hagge, K. & Schacht, D. D. (2024). Variations in Access to Social Support: the Effects of Residential Mobility and Spatial Proximity to Relatives and Family. Social Indicators Research, 172(1), 99–120.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03280-w
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Schacht, D. D. & Ulrich, L. (2024). Surveys of childcare providers: A methodological study on bias. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 27(2), 497–516.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-023-01211-6
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Meiner-Teubner, C., Schacht, D. D., Klinkhammer, N., Kuger, S., Kalicki, B. & Fackler, S. (eds.) (2024). ERiK Research Report III: Findings from the indicator-based monitoring of the KiQuTG, wbv Media, Bielefeld: 11–20, 21–31, 209–231, 335–342.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3278/9783763974597
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Herrmann, S., Gilg, J. J., Classe, F. L., Schacht, D. D., Gedon, B., & Kuger, S. (2024). ERiK Methodological Report IV: Implementation and Data Quality of the ERiK Surveys 2022. wbv Media, Bielefeld: 1–114.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3278/9783763977857
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Entleitner-Phleps, C., Recksiedler, C. & Schacht, D. D. (2026). Doing Post-Separation Parenting: Contact Frequency, Co-parenting, and Children’s Mental Health in Germany. Family Transitions.
https://doi.org/10.1080/28375300.2026.2689226
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Further publications can be found in:
January 2017 – December 2019:
Co-applicant at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin):
‘Mentoring of Refugees (MORE)’ project
Funded by: the Leibniz Competition.
Prof. Dr Diana D. Schacht, Dipl. Sozw.
Academic education
- 2018: Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) from the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg. Title of the dissertation: ‘Social networks of migrants and their descendants – contributions to determinants and consequences’.
- 2009: Graduated with a degree in Social Sciences from the Georg-August University of Göttingen. Subjects studied: Sociology, Education, Business Administration and Civil Law.
Professional experience
- Since 2025: Professor of Sociology at Hochschule München, department 13
- 2022–2024: Senior Quantitative Researcher at the German Youth Institute (DJI)
- 2020–2023: Deputy Head of Department at the German Youth Institute (DJI), ‘Centre for Long-Term Monitoring and Methods (Z)’ department
- 2019–2022: Deputy Project Manager at the German Youth Institute (DJI), ‘Development of Framework Conditions in Child Day Care (ERiK)’ project
- 2016–2019: Research Fellow (postdoctoral researcher) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
- 2014–2015: Research assistant at Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg, ‘Pathways to Power’ project
- 2009–2014: Research staff member at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg and the Georg August University of Göttingen, as part of the ‘Socio-cultural integration processes among recently arrived immigrants (SCIP)’ project
Memberships
• Bamberger Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS) Alumni Network
• German Society for Online Research (DGOF)
• European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
• International Sociological Association (ISA)
Assessment activities
• Since 2023: Associate Editor for the journal *Survey Research Methods* published by the European Survey Research Association (Journal Impact Factor: 4.8 according to the 2022 Journal Citation Reports).
Comparative Migration Studies, Comparative Population Studies, Education Sciences, European Sociological Review, Ethnicities, Frontiers in Sociology, International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Family Research/Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, Longitudinal and Life Course Study, Survey Research Methods, Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Social Sciences, Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung