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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa, University of Berne
  • 2004 - Philosophiae Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Stockholm
  • 1999 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Walter Müller is affiliated with the University of Mannheim in Germany. Their research primarily lies within the Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, Philosophy, and Anthropology.

The scientist's main research topics involve Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Social and Cultural Dynamics, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues, Health, Medicine and Society, and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

Their recent publications include:

  • Antike und mittelalterliche Quellen als Zeugnisse über Soqotra, eine einstmals christliche Insel (2024), Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen - Open Journals - Oriens christianus: Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
  • Al Salimi, Abdulrahman and Staples, Eric: A Maritime Lexicon. Arabic Nautical Terminology in the Indian Ocean. English-Arabic Edition. Hildesheim/Zürich/New York: Georg Olms Verlag 2019. 641 S. m. 341 Abb. 4° = Studies on Ibadism and Oman. Vol. 11. Hartb. € 88,00. ISBN 978-3-487-15393-3. (2020), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung
  • Contents (2020), Stanford University Press eBooks
  • Contents (2020), Stanford University Press eBooks
  • Sturm, Gertraud / Maraqten, Mohammed: In Stein gemeißelte Geschichte(n): Nikolaus Rhodokanakis (1876-1945), Pionier der Altsüdarabistik. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2021. 191 S. m. Abb. 4° = Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Denkschriften, 532. Veröffentlichungen zur Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 19. Brosch. € 98,00. ISBN 978-3-7001-8939-8. (2022), Orientalistische Literaturzeitung

Frequent co-authors of Walter Müller include:

  • Richard Breen
  • Reinhard Pollak
  • Clemens Noelke
  • Florian R. Hertel
  • Fabian T. Pfeffer

Walter Müller has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Orientalistische Literaturzeitung
  • Stanford University Press eBooks
  • Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen - Open Journals - Oriens christianus: Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
  • Württembergisch Franken
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Among the recognitions, Müller was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1971.

Best Publications

  • Nonpersistent inequality in educational attainment: evidence from eight European countries.

    Richard Breen;Ruud Luijkx;Walter Müller;Reinhard Pollak

  • From school to work: a comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations

    Yossi Shavit;Walter Müller

  • The Institutional Embeddedness of the Stratification Process: a Comparative Study of Qualifications and Occupations in Thirteen Countries

    Walter Müller;Yossi Shavit

  • Transitions from education to work in Europe: the integration of youth into EU labour markets

    Walter Müller;Markus Gangl

  • Bildungsungleichheit im Sozialen Wandel

    Walter Müller;Dipl.-Soz. Dietmar Haun

  • Ethnische Ungleichheit im deutschen Bildungssystem

    Richard D. Alba;Johann Handl;Walter Müller

  • VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

    Yossi Shavit;Walter Muller

  • Long-term Trends in Educational Inequality in Europe: Class Inequalities and Gender Differences

    Richard Breen;Ruud Luijkx;Walter Müller;Reinhard Pollak

  • Social Selection in Educational Systems in Europe

    Walter Müller;Wolfgang Karle

  • The state and the structure of the life course

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Walter Müller

  • Class Origin, Class Destination, and Education: A Cross-National Study of Ten Industrial Nations

    Hiroshi Ishida;Walter Muller;John M. Ridge

  • Transitions from Education to Work in Europe

    Walter Müller;Markus Gangl

  • Lebensverläufe im Wohlfahrtsstaat

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Walter Müller

  • The valuation at origination of fixed-rate mortgages with default and prepayment

    James B. Kau;Donald C. Keenan;Walter J. Muller;James F. Epperson

  • Measurement of Education in Comparative Research

    Michael Braun;Walter Müller

  • Vocational Secondary Education, Tracking, and Social Stratification

    Yossi Shavit;Walter Müller

  • Vocational secondary education: Where diversion and where safety net?

    Yossi Shavit;Walter Müller

  • Erwartete und unerwartete Folgen der Bildungsexpansion

    Walter Müller

  • Bildung und Beruf im institutionellen Kontext: Eine vergleichende Studie in 13 Ländern

    Walter Müller;Yossi Shavit

  • The Reemergence of Self-Employment: A Comparative Study of Self-Employment Dynamics and Social Inequality

    Richard Arum;Walter Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Ulrich Mayer
Karl Ulrich Mayer Max Planck Society
Richard Breen
Richard Breen University of Oxford
Emer Smyth
Emer Smyth Economic and Social Research Institute
Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Hans-Peter Blossfeld University of Bamberg
David L. Featherman
David L. Featherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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