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Dr. Jens Ambrasat

Dr. Jens Ambrasat leads the Berlin Science Survey at the Robert K. Merton Center (RMZ).

Previously, he was senior researcher and survey methodologist at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), where he headed the DZHW Scientist Survey.

Jens studied philosophy, sociology, and economics at Humboldt University in Berlin and received his PhD from the FU Berlin. His dissertation entitled "Feine Unterschiede in den Bedeutungen - Affektive Wahrnehmung und soziale Varianz" dealt with the relationship between social structure, language and affect from a cultural sociological perspective.   

His research interests are in the areas of research designs, survey methods and mixed methods, and disciplinary cultures in science.