The list presents the numerous seminars and courses contributing to Mapineq’s impact.
Mapping inequalities across the life course
Winter term 2023/24
Teachers: Carla Hornberg, Heike Solga
Level / Institution: MA seminar, Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin
Description: The seminar explores how sources of inequality shift across the life course, focusing on school‑to‑work transitions, mid‑career trajectories, and labour market exits. Students engage with theoretical frameworks and quantitative studies; advanced statistical knowledge is required.
School‑to‑work transition across the world
Winter term 2024/25
Teachers: Alessandro Ferrara, Heike Solga
Level / Institution: MA seminar, Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin
Description: This course examines school‑to‑work transitions globally, with emphasis on less advanced economies facing high inequality, informality, and poverty. Strong statistical skills are required.
School‑to‑work transition across the world
Summer term 2023
Teachers: Agustina Marques Hill, Heike Solga
Level / Institution: MA seminar, Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin
Description: Focuses on comparative research on STWTs in advanced and less advanced economies, covering institutional contexts, methodological issues, and quantitative evidence.
Mapping inequalities across the life course
Winter term 2024/25
Teachers: Carla Hornberg, Christian König
Level / Institution: MA seminar, Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin
Description: Analyses how individual and spatial‑contextual factors affect education, labour market outcomes, union formation, and well‑being across the life course. Advanced statistical knowledge required.
Life courses in international comparison
Spring 2025
Teacher: Marge Unt
Level / Institution: MA course, Sociology, Tallinn University
Description: Covers key life‑course concepts, transitions in education, labour market, family formation, ageing, health, and international datasets.
Life courses
Spring 2025
Teacher: Marge Unt
Level / Institution: BA course, Sociology, Tallinn University
Description: Introduces life‑course research, focusing on timing, institutions, heterogeneity, linked lives, and cross‑national perspectives.
STAT WARS
Autumn 2023
Teacher: Marge Unt
Level / Institution: BA course, Sociology, Tallinn University
Description: Strengthens students’ ability to critically interpret data, formulate research questions, and conduct basic quantitative descriptive analysis.
Gender inequality in education and labour markets across countries
Autumn 2025
Teacher: Heike Solga
Level / Institution: MA course, Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin
Description: Explores gender inequalities in education, aspirations, labour market outcomes, earnings, and career advancement, including cross‑country variation.
Analysis of social inequalities
Summer term 2023
Teacher: Fabrizio Bernardi
Level / Institution: BA course, Sociology, UNED Spain
Description: Examines inequalities rooted in class origin, gender, region, and ethnicity.
Analysis of social inequalities
Summer term 2024
Teacher: Fabrizio Bernardi
Level / Institution: BA course, Sociology, UNED Spain
Description: Covers core mechanisms and dimensions of social inequality.
Analysis of social inequalities
Summer term 2025
Teacher: Fabrizio Bernardi
Level / Institution: BA course, Sociology, UNED Spain
Description: Discusses social inequalities across class, gender, place of residence, and ethnicity.