Editorial Team

Jan Kercher has been working at the DAAD since 2013 and is project manager for the annual publication Wissenschaft weltoffen. In addition, he is responsible at the DAAD for various other projects on the exchange between higher education research and higher education practice as well as the implementation of study and data collection projects on academic mobility and the internationalisation of higher education institutions.

Contact:

• kercher@daad.de

Recent Blog Posts:

• “Virtual Exchange can teach important skills for the international labour market”
• "Many of the funded researchers kept an affiliation with Germany even after the funding had ended"
• "International students need early access to information about how to prepare for work in Germany"

Contact:

• knuettgen@daad.de

Nicolai Netz studied modern languages, cultural science, political science, and economics at the Universities of Bonn, Florence, and Maastricht. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Hanover. He joined the DZHW in 2008. His research examines the educational and professional careers of students and graduates. His current research focuses on educational decisions, returns to education, social inequalities, migration, health and wellbeing, and academic careers.

Contact:

• netz@dzhw.eu

Contact:

• https://www2.daad.de/der-daad/daad-aktuell/de/

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Ulrich Heublein worked at the DZHW from 1991 to 2024 and is a project manager in the "Educational Careers and Graduate Employment" department. His research interests include the conditions for study success, the causes of dropping out and the internationalisation of study and research. He studied German and Journalism Studies at the University of Leipzig and gained his doctorate in German Studies in 1986.

Contact:

• heublein@dzhw.eu

Recent Blog Posts:

• “Our methodology is very similar to that used for election forecasts”