Dr. Johannes König

ongoing Projects

• International mobility as strategy in the national competition for excellence
• Employment biographies of geographers

finished Projects

• Keeping up with the Max Plancks? Germany’s quest for university excellence and the role of public research institutes in doctoral education

  Bünstorf, G., König, J. & Otto, A. (2025): Keeping up with the Max Plancks? Germany’s quest for university excellence and the role of public research institutes in doctoral education. In: Scientometrics, Vol. 130, No. 1, p. 67-108. DOI:10.1007/s11192-024-05195-w

• Costs and benefits of a formal academic qualification beyond the PhD

  König, J. (2024): Costs and benefits of a formal academic qualification beyond the PhD. In: Higher education, p. 1-35. DOI:10.1007/s10734-024-01338-3

• Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients’ labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data

  Bünstorf, G., König, J. & Otto, A. (2023): Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients’ labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data. In: Studies in higher education, Vol. 48, No. 8, p. 1216-1242. DOI:10.1080/03075079.2023.2188397

• Karriereentscheidungen und Karriereverläufe Promovierter - zur Multifunktionalität der Promotion

  König, J., Otto, A., Bünstorf, G., Briedis, K., Cordua, F. & Schirmer, H. (2021): Karriereentscheidungen und Karriereverläufe Promovierter - zur Multifunktionalität der Promotion. Studien im Rahmen des Bundesberichts Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs (BuWiN) 2021. (Bundesbericht Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs 4,B3), 161 p.

• A supervised machine learning approach to trace doctorate recipients’ employment trajectories

  Heinisch, D., König, J. & Otto, A. (2020): A supervised machine learning approach to trace doctorate recipients’ employment trajectories. In: Quantitative Science Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 94-116. DOI:10.1162/qss_a_00001

• The IAB-INCHER project of earned doctorates (IIPED): A supervised machine learning approach to identify doctorate recipients in the German integrated employment biography data

  Heinisch, D., König, J. & Otto, A. (2019): The IAB-INCHER project of earned doctorates (IIPED): A supervised machine learning approach to identify doctorate recipients in the German integrated employment biography data. (IAB-Discussion Paper 13/2019), Nürnberg, 30 p.