Dr. Jennifer Dusdal
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Faculté ou Centre | Faculté des Sciences Humaines, des Sciences de l'Éducation et des Sciences Sociales | ||||||||
Department | Département Sciences sociales | ||||||||
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Université du Luxembourg Maison des Sciences Humaines 11, Porte des Sciences L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette |
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Bureau sur le campus | MSH, E03 45-060 | ||||||||
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Téléphone | (+352) 46 66 44 5008 | ||||||||
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Langues parlées | English, German, Luxembourgish | ||||||||
Séjours de recherche en | Germany, USA | ||||||||
Jennifer Dusdal is Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Institute of Education & Society at the University of Luxembourg. She is also Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS), Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. Her research expertise lies at the intersection of higher education research, science studies, and bibliometrics. Her specific topics of interest include higher education systems, institutions and organizations, international collaborative networks, political reform and societal change processes, higher education governance and evaluation as well as science capacity-building and production.
She received her doctorate in Sociology from the University of Luxembourg in April 2017 (grade: „excellent"). Her monograph Welche Organisationsformen produzieren Wissenschaft. Zum Verhältnis von Hochschule und Wissenschaft in Deutschland was published by Campus Verlag in 2018 and was awarded with the Ulrich-Teichler-Prize for outstanding dissertation of the German Association of Higher Education Research (GfHf).
She holds a B.A. in Social Sciences and an M.A. in Science and Society, both from the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. She completed research stays at The Pennsylvania State University (USA) and the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (IFQ) in Berlin, Germany.
Jennifer participates in activities of the LCSS Graduate School and supervises doctoral students at the University of Luxembourg. She is an associated researcher of the Doctoral Training Unit (DTU) on Data-driven Computational Modelling and Applications (DRIVEN). Since 2013, Jennifer has taught in several interdisciplinary M.A. programs. In Luxembourg, she is teaching in the M.A. Social Sciences and Educational Sciences (MASSES), and the M.A. Management und Coaching im Bildungs- und Sozialwesen (MAMACO).
She is a member of the Science Policy discussion group at the LCSS and the Working Group "Science and Higher Education" in the Section "Science and Technology Research" of the German Sociological Association. Further, she was an advisor for educational accreditation processes, a member of the selection committee of scholarship holders of the Hans-Boeckler-Foundation, and has represented junior scholars in university committees.
Last updated on: mardi 12 janvier 2021
Research Projects:
- Relational Quality: Developing Quality through Collaborative Networks and Collaboration Portfolios (Q-KNOW), 2019–22. Principal Investigator.
- Science Productivity, Higher Education, Research & Development, and the Knowledge Society. Qatar National Research Fund, 2012–16. Doctoral Candidate.
- Accompanying research of inclusive education: EIS SCHOUL. Ministry of National Education, Childhood and Youth Luxembourg, 2013. Research Associate.
- Educational Opportunities through Scholarships. Hans-Boeckler-Foundation, 2010–13. Co-PI with Daniel Houben, TU Darmstadt, and Regina Weber, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.
Lecture Series:
Science of Science in the Spotlight (2020)
- 09/06/2020: Prof. Dr. Chaomei Chen (Professor of Information Science at Drexel University, USA): The Role of Uncertainties in the Science of Scientific Knowledge (video of the lecture: https://youtu.be/4I3LU6hUC_U)
- 12/05/2020: Prof. Dr. Ludo Waltman (Deputy Director, Professor of Quantitative Science Studies at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands): Research on research: An overview of the landscape and its connections to research policy (video of the lecture: https://youtu.be/VuSzE7cdfd8)
- 28/04/2020: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Glänzel (Professor of Statistics at KU Leuven, Director of the Centre for R&D Monitoring, Belgium): Building reliable bibliometric indicators for measuring research performance (video of the lecture: https://youtu.be/EEP4zXyynuQ)
- 10/03/2020: Prof. Dr. Christine Musselin (Directrice de recherche CNRS, Co-director of LIEPP "Higher Education and Research" Research Group, Sciences Po, Paris, France): Effects of competition on universities. Building on the case of French universities (video of the lecture: https://youtu.be/KN7-O9qBcJY)
Last updated on: 17 juin 2020

2021

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in Ro, Hyun Kyoung; Fernandez, Frank; House, Brittany (Eds.) Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice (2021)

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in Science and Public Policy (2021), 48(2), 235-245

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in Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing; Université du Luxembourg; SCRIPT (Eds.) Rapport national sur l’éducation au Luxembourg 2021 (2021)

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in Service de la Recherche et de l’Innovation pédagogiques (SCRIPT); Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET) (Eds.) Rapport national sur l’éducation au Luxembourg 2021 (2021)

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in Universität Luxemburg; SCRIPT; Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (Eds.) Nationaler Bildungsbericht Luxemburg 2021 (2021)

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in Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (2021), 7

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in Scientometrics (2021)
2020

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Book published by Frontiers (2020)

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in Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (2020), 58(3), 319-342
2019

in Comparative Education (2019), 55(2), 292-294

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in Burzan, Nicole (Ed.) Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Der Verhandlungsband des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie vom 24.-28. September 2018 an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (2019)
2018

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E-print/Working paper (2018)

Book published by Campus Verlag (2018)

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in SCRIPT; Université du Luxembourg (Eds.) Rapport National sur l'Education au Luxembourg (2018)

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in University of Luxembourg; SCRIPT (Eds.) Nationaler Bildungsbericht Luxemburg 2018 (2018)
2017

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in International Perspectives on Education and Society (2017), 33

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in Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (2017), 55

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in International Perspectives on Education and Society (2017), 33
2016

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E-print/Working paper (2016)
2015
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2013
2012

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in Die Hochschule: Journal für Wissenschaft und Bildung (2012), 1

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in Soziale Ungleichheit in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft. Kategorien, Konzepte, Einflussfaktoren (2012)