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Main research topics
- Reduction of educational inequality
- Mediation of family background
- Relation among motivational factors and educational attainment
Office hours
by appointment
Academic background
- since 11/2019: PhD student at the IFS
- 2019: M.A. Sociology, University of Duisburg-Essen
- 2016: B.A. Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Professional background
- Currently working in project NEPS (National Educational Panel Study) – Stage 4: transition from lower to upper secondary school
- since 11/2019: research assistant in team McElvany at the IFS
Vita
Further Information
Current Projects:
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National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), project duration: since 01.07.2009
- Molitor, K., Fabian, P., Thums, K., & McElvany, N. (2022). Is the relation between family background and obtaining an Abitur mediated by malleable motivational variables? Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 81(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-022-01096-x
- Molitor, K., Fabian, P., Thums, K. & McElvany, N. (2021, September). Mediieren motivationale Faktoren den Einfluss der sozialen Herkunft auf das Erreichen des Abiturs. Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPSY) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), digitale Konferenz.
- Molitor, K., Fabian, P., Thums, K. & McElvany, N. (2022, Juli). Family background and educational attainment: The mediating role of malleable motivational factors. Vortrag auf der internationalen Konferenz der Junior Researchers of Earli (JURE), Porto, Portugal.
- Molitor, K., Fabian, P., Stang-Rabrig, J. & McElvany, N. (2023, August). Attending the academic track without teacher recommendation – predictors of educational attainment. Symposiumsvortrag auf der internationalen Konferenz der European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Thessaloniki, Griechenland.
- Molitor, K., Stang-Rabrig, J., & McElvany, N. (2025, Januar). Das Wohlbefinden von Schüler*innen in differenziellen Lernumwelten: Zur Bedeutung von familiären, individuellen und kontextuellen Faktoren. Symposiumsvortrag auf der 12. Tagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Mannheim.