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Prof. Dr. Jochen Mayerl

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  • Role in Center:

    Advanced Researcher

  • Discipline:

    Sociology

  • University:

    Chemnitz University of Technology

  • Country:

    Germany

Biography: Prof. Dr. Jochen Mayerl is a Professor of Sociology focusing on empirical social research at the Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at Chemnitz University of Technology. He is also the current coordinator of the methodological competence center at the university.
His main research focus includes developing survey methodology, statistical methods of empirical social research (especially Structural Equation Modeling), sociological attitude-behaviour research, societal conditions of change, the stability of attitudes, and environmental sociology xenophobia and ethnocentrism.

Selected Publications:

  • Aschauer, W./ Mayerl, J. (2019): The dynamics of ethnocentrism in Europe. Comparing enduring and emerging determinants of solidarity towards immigrants. European Societies 21(5): 672-703.

  • Andersen, H./ Mayerl, J. (2019): Responding to socially desirable and undesirable topics: Different types of response behaviour? methods, data, analyses 13(1): 7-35.

  • Mayerl, J./ Best, H. (2019): Attitudes and behavioral intentions to protect the environment: How consistent is the structure of environmental concern in cross-national comparison? International Journal of Sociology, 49:1, 27-52.

  • Mayerl, J./ Best, H. (2018): Two worlds of environmentalism? Empirical analyses on the complex relationship between Post-Materialism, National Wealth and Environmental Concern. Nature + Culture 13(2): 208-231.

  • Andersen, H./ Mayerl, J. (2018): Attitudes towards Muslims and fear of terrorism. Ethnic and Racial Studies 41(15): 2634-2655.

  • Best, H./ Mayerl, J. (2013): Values, Beliefs, Attitudes: An empirical study on the structure of environmental concern and recycling participation. Social Science Quarterly 94(3): 691-714.

  • Mayerl, J./ Andersen, H. (2018): Recent Developments in Structural Equation Modeling with Panel Data. Causal Analysis and Change over Time in Attitude Research. Beitrag für die Festschrift „Einstellungen und Verhalten in der empirischen Sozialforschung: Theoretische Konzepte, Anwendungen und Analyseverfahren. Festschrift für Dieter Urban zum 65. Geburtstag.“, 415-449, Wiesbaden: VS Springer Verlag.

  • Urban, D./ Mayerl, J. (2018): Applied Regressions Analysis: Theory, Techniques and Application (4th ed.), Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

  • Mayerl, J. (2016): Environmental Concern in Cross-National Comparison − Methodological Threats and Measurement Equivalence. In: A. Telesiene und M. Groß (Hrsg.): Green European: Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes in Europe in a Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparative Perspective. Taylor & Francis, Studies in European Sociology Series, 182-204.

  • Mayerl, J. (2013): Response Latency Measurement in Surveys. Detecting Strong Attitudes and Response Effects.  Survey Methods: Insights from the Field. Retrieved from http://surveyinsights.org/?p=1063.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Survey Methodology
  • Structural Equation Modeling
  • Attitudes
  • Environmental Sociology
  • Xenophobia

Current Position(s):

  • Professor of Sociology with a focus on Empirical Social Research, Chemnitz University of Technology – since October 2018
  • Coordinator of the Research Network “Quantitative Methods” (RN21) of the European Sociological Association (ESA)
  • Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal “Methods, Data, Analyses (mda)”

Past Position(s)

  • Junior Professor for Methods of Empirical Social Research, TU Kaiserslautern
  • Substitute Professor for Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Kassel
  • Scientific Assistant at Institute for Social Sciences, University of Stuttgart

Prizes & Awards:

  • “Cora Maas Award” for the best course at ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques (2013)

Memberships & Networks:

  • Akademie für Soziologie (as)
  • European Sociological Association (ESA), coordinator of Research Network Quantitative Methods (RN21)
  • International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee on Logic and Methodology (RC33)
  • European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
  • Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
  • European Sociological Association (ESA), coordinator of Research Network Quantitative Methods (RN21)
  • International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee on Logic and Methodology (RC33)
  • European Survey Research Association (ESRA)