Max Weber Fellow
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies
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Maik Hamjediers is a postdoctoral Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. He received his PhD in Sociology from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, where he also served as a substitute for the Professorship of Microsociology during the summer term 2025. Previously, he was a visiting graduate student at Brown University and a visiting fellow at Haifa University. Maik’s research focuses on social stratification and the methodology of empirical social research. Combining advanced quantitative methods with large-scale data, he investigates inequalities in the labour market, such as the unequal distribution of women and men across occupations. Beyond research, he obtained extensive teaching experience, including undergraduate lectures in quantitative methods, independent seminars in sociology and methodology, and the supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.As a Max Weber Fellow, Maik builds on his research on the gendered sorting of workers across occupations by exploring dynamics surrounding men’s likelihood and reluctance to work in female-typed occupations. Additionally, he will expand his agenda to studying how (mandatory) social services influence individual careers, perceptions of civic responsibility, and broader social cohesion.