Please consult the Institutional Repository of the University of Basel for a full list of downloadable publications prior to 2019.
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Edited Special Issues
2025
Imdorf, C. (Gastbeitragende/r), Böker, A. (Gastbeitragende/r), Normand, R. (Gastbeitragende/r), Schneijderberg, C. (Gastbeitragende/r), & Ye, R. (Gastbeitragende/r) (2025). Convention Theory in Research on Schools, Vocational Training, and Higher Education. (Historical Social Research ; Band 50, Nr. 3). GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. https://www.gesis.org/en/hsr/abstr/50-3/50-3more-about
Imdorf, C. (Gastbeitragende/r), Schuchart, C. (Gastbeitragende/r), & Bernhard, N. (Gastbeitragende/r) (2025). Vocational Schools as Pathways to Higher Education: International Perspectives. (Social Inclusion; Band 13). Cogitatio Press. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.i423
Edited Books
2025
Inui, A., Skrobanek, J., Imdorf, C., Reissig, B., & Biggart, A. (Hrsg.) (2025). Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway. (Perspectives on Children and Young People). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8947-7
2019
Imdorf, C., Leemann, R. J., & Gonon, P. (Hrsg.) (2019). Bildung und Konventionen: Die „Economie des conventions“ in der Bildungsforschung. (Soziologie der Konventionen). Springer VS Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23301-3
2016
Leemann, R. J., Imdorf, C., Powell, J. J. W., & Sertl, M. (2016). Die Organisation von Bildung: Soziologische Analysen zu Schule, Berufsbildung, Hochschule und Weiterbildung. (Bildungssoziologische Beiträge). Beltz Juventa. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=532bd875c3964272b73ce1cc20b4e769&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm
2015
Imdorf, C., Hegna, K., & Reisel, L. (Hrsg.) (2015). Gender Segregation in Vocational Education. (Comparative Social Research; Band 31). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/s0195-6310201531
Journal Articles
2026
Buttler, D., Imdorf, C., Bjørnshagen, V., Cosciug, A., Lipowska, K., Magda, I., Palczyńska, M., Smoter, M., Ayllón, S., Bell, J., Krząkała, M., Precupetu, I., Radogna, R. M., Rogstad, J., Samuel, R., Tufa, L., Valls, O., & Wessel, N. (2026). Hiring Discrimination in the Organisational Context: A Harmonized Factorial Survey Dataset from Four European Countries (Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania). Scientific data, 2026. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07187-2
2025
Schneijderberg, C., Imdorf, C., Ye, R., Böker, A., & Normand, R. (2025). Education and Conventions: An Introduction to Theoretical Potential and Empirical Findings of Convention Theory on Schools, Vocational Training, and Higher Education. Historical Social Research, 50(3), 7-39. https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.50.2025.29
Imdorf, C., Schuchart, C., & Bernhard, N. (2025). International Perspectives on Vocational Schools as Pathways to Higher Education. Social Inclusion, 13, 1-9. Artikel 11391. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.11391
Schmees, J. K., Smeplass, E., Skålholt, A., Hovdhaugen, E., & Imdorf, C. (2025). Pathways to higher education for vocationally qualified students. The case of Norway. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 10(1), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/20020317.2024.2384165
2024
Bertogg, A., & Imdorf, C. (2024). Education Systems as Life Course Policies? The Example of Subnational Educational Regimes and Young Adults’ Family Transitions. Zeitschrift für Sozialreform (ZSR) (druck), 70(1), 55–78. https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2023-0013, https://doi.org/10.15488/16621
2022
Leemann, R. J., Brändli, A. P., & Imdorf, C. (2022). Access to Baccalaureate School in Switzerland: Regional Variance of Institutional Conditions and Its Consequences for Educational Inequalities. Education Sciences, 12(3), Artikel 213. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12030213
Imdorf, C., Ilieva‐trichkova, P., Stoilova, R., Boyadjieva, P., & Gerganov, A. (2022). Regional and Ethnic Disparities of School‐to‐Work Transitions in Bulgaria. Education Sciences, 12(4), Artikel 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12040233
2021
Basler, A., Kriesi, I., & Imdorf, C. (2021). The development of gendered occupational aspirations across adolescence: examining the role of different types of upper-secondary education. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 12(2), 173-199. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795920x16015782777176
Michelsen, S., Høst, H., Leemann, R. J., & Imdorf, C. (2021). Training agencies as intermediary organisations in apprentice training in Norway and Switzerland: General purpose or niche production tools? Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 75(3), 522-542. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2021.1904437
2020
Bertogg, A., Imdorf, C., Hyggen, C., Parsanoglou, D., & Stoilova, R. (2020). Gender Discrimination in the Hiring of Skilled Professionals in Two Male-Dominated Occupational Fields: A Factorial Survey Experiment with Real-World Vacancies and Recruiters in Four European Countries. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und
Sozialpsychologie, 72, 261-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-020-00671-6
Book Chapters
2025
Gonon, P., & Imdorf, C. (2025). Vocational Education and Training as a Research Topic for Convention Theory: A Historical and Comparative Perspective. in R. Diaz-Bone, & G. D. Larquier (Hrsg.), Handbook of Economics and Sociology of Conventions (S. 1-19). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52130-1_127-1
Hori, T., Inui, A., Imdorf, C., Skrobanek, J., & Reissig, B. (2025). How Context Matters: Transition Patterns in a Country-Comparative Perspective. in A. Inui, J. Skrobanek, C. Imdorf, B. Reissig, & A. Biggart (Hrsg.), Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway (S. 199–226). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8947-7_9
Imdorf, C., Stoilova, R., Pohlig, M., & Katsarska, K. (2025). Employer discrimination in Bulgaria: How organizational context shapes ethnic preferences. in H. Breit, C. Himmelsbach, R. Hofmann, U. H. Bittlingmayer, & J. Gerdes (Hrsg.), Mit Wissenschaft über Wissenschaft hinaus: Schlaglichter auf die Soziologie Albert Scherrs (S. 251-271). (Bildung und Gesellschaft). Springer VS Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38943-7_12
Imdorf, C., & Skrobanek, J. (2025). Methodology and Research Design. in A. Inui, J. Skrobanek, C. Imdorf, B. Reissig, & A. Biggart (Hrsg.), Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway (S. 31–42). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8947-7_2
Imdorf, C. (2025). Youth Transitions in Switzerland: The Relevance of Gendered Life Courses in the Early Twenty-First Century. in A. Inui, J. Skrobanek, C. Imdorf, B. Reissig, & A. Biggart (Hrsg.), Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway (S. 95–121). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8947-7_5
Inui, A., Skrobanek, J., Imdorf, C., & Higuchi, A. (2025). Conclusion: Tackling the Risks of Young People’s Transitions to Adulthood. in A. Inui, J. Skrobanek, C. Imdorf, B. Reissel, & A. Biggart (Hrsg.), Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway (S. 227–243). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8947-7_10
2023
Imdorf, C. (2023). Diskriminierung in der beruflichen Bildung. in A. Scherr, A. C. Reinhardt, & A. El-Mafaalani (Hrsg.), Handbuch Diskriminierung (2., erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage Aufl., S. 261-277). Springer VS Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-11119-9_15-3
Imdorf, C., & Leemann, R. J. (2023). Education and Conventions. in R. Diaz-Bone, & G. de Larquier (Hrsg.), Handbook of Economics and Sociology of Conventions Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52130-1_69-1
Imdorf, C., Pohlig, M., & Zander, L. (2023). Recruiters' valuation of young people's employment insecurities in Bulgaria and Switzerland: making sense of job-hopping and unemployment in the hiring process. in D. Buttler, M. Ławrynowicz, & P. Michoń (Hrsg.), School-to-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective (S. 88-120). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370111.00012
Leemann, R. J., Brändli, A. P., & Imdorf, C. (2023). Regionale und soziale Chancenungleichheiten beim Zugang zum Gymnasium. in R. J. Leemann, & E. Makarova (Hrsg.), Das Paradox von sozialer Integration und Ausschluss im Schweizer Bildungswesen: Beiträge der Soziologie (1 Aufl., S. 62-66). (Swiss Academies Reports; Band 18, Nr. 1). Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (SAGW). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7469223