Martin Unger has been working as a research associate at IHS since 1998, currently in the research group Educational Structures and Educational Opportunities where he leads the competence area Higher Education Research. He studied Sociology at the University of Vienna and subsequently attended the postgraduate course in Sociology at IHS (1996-1998). For 20 years, he has been active as a “technical expert” in working groups of the international Bologna Process and has also advised international governments in this role. Since 2014, he has been a member of the board of the Society for Higher Education Research (GfHf) and is one of the spokespersons for the Higher Education Research Network in Austria.

Martin’s research interests in higher education focus on the social dimension of students (including the Student Social Survey, EUROSTUDENT), the compatibility of studies with other areas of life, graduate research (including EUROGRADUATE), STEM studies, and the evaluation of reforms or measures in the higher education sector.