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Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology

Sebastian Vogel

Main research topics

  • Social and institutional conditions for school success
  • Transitions in the educational system
  • Diversity in schools

Office hours

by appointment

Academic background

  • since 01/2021: Doctoral student at the IFS
  • 12/2020: M.Sc. Psychology, Bielefeld University
  • 09/2016: B.Sc. Psychology, University of Göttingen

Professional background

  • Currently working in project SIGN (School integration of refugee and recently immigrated children
  • Since 01/2021: research assistant in team McElvany at the IFS
  • 02/2017–05/2019: graduate assistant in project HeLGA (Heterogenity-oriented teaching: Conditions for success and requirements) at Bielefeld University

Further Information

Current Projects: 

  • School integration of newly immigrated children: An environmental multilevel perspective (School Integration), project duration: 01.05.2020 – 31.10.2023

  • Vogel, S. N. T., Stang-Rabrig, J., Jugert, P., Leyendecker, B., & McElvany, N. (2025). The role of the family for succeeding in late primary school: Comparing first generation-, second generation-, and non-immigrant students. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652/a000403
  • Vogel, S. N. T., & Stang-Rabrig, J. (2025). Reading competence and vocabulary of students from diverse language backgrounds: Employing a lexical distance measure. In N. McElvany, S. König, R. Schaufelberger, M. Becker, H. Gaspard, B. Heppt, & A. Naumann (Eds.), Bildungsprozesse und Kompetenzentwicklung im Kontext sprachlicher und sozialer Heterogenität. Beltz Juventa.
  • Stang-Rabrig, J., Vogel, S. N. T., Forciniti, M., & McElvany, N. (2024). Students’ school success in challenging times: importance of central personal and social resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 39, 1261–1281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-023-00739-9
  • Vogel, S. N. T., Stang-Rabrig, J., & McElvany, N. (2023). The importance of parents for key outcomes among socio-economically disadvantaged students: Parents’ role in emergency remote education. Social Psychology of Education, 26(6), 1565–1591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09801-2
  • Vogel, S. N. T., & Stang-Rabrig, J. (2025, 29. September–01. Oktober). Unterrichtsgestaltung in Abhängigkeit von Klassenkomposition und heterogenitätsbezogenen Lehrkräfteeinstellungen. In S. N. T. Vogel, J. Stang-Rabrig, & N. McElvany (Chairs), Umgang mit und Konsequenzen von multidimensionaler Heterogenität im Klassenzimmer [Symposium]. 20. Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPS) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Jena, Deutschland.
  • Vogel, S. N. T., Stang-Rabrig, J., Jugert, P., Leyendecker, B., & McElvany, N. (2023, 22.–26. August). What helps immigrant and refugee children succeed at the end of German primary school? In S. N. T. Vogel, J. Stang-Rabrig & N. McElvany (Chairs), Determinants of school success for immigrant children [Symposium]. 20. Konferenz der European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Thessaloniki, Griechenland.
  • Vogel, S. N. T., Stang-Rabrig, J., Jugert, P., Leyendecker, B., & McElvany, N. (2023, 28. Februar–02. März). School success of refugee and immigrant children at the end of primary school. In F. Ialuna, S. Chwastek & S. N. T. Vogel (Chairs), School adjustment and success of recently arrived refugee and immigrant children in Germany [Symposium]. 10. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Essen, Deutschland.
  • Vogel, S. N. T., Stang-Rabrig, J., & McElvany, N. (2022, 21.–23. September). Schulerfolg am Ende der Grundschulzeit: Relevanz demografischer, sozialer und schulischer Faktoren. In S. N. T. Vogel, J. Stang-Rabrig, & N. McElvany (Chairs), Institutionelle und individuelle Faktoren für den Schulerfolg in multikulturellen Klassenzimmern [Symposium]. 86. Tagung der Arbeitsgruppe für Empirische Pädagogische Forschung (AEPF) in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaften (DGfE), Stuttgart, Deutschland.
  • Vogel, S. N. T., Stang, J. & McElvany, N. (2021, 14.–16. September). Auf die Eltern kommt es an: Relevanz der Eltern für zentrale Schüler:innenoutcomes im Distanzlernen. Vortrag auf der 18. Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPSY) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), digitale Konferenz.