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PD Dr. Walter Bartl

Short CV

• 04/2026 – 09/2026 Acting Professor of Sociology (Social Structure Analysis of Modern Societies), Institute of Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 08/2023 – 03/2026 Project Coordinator, ForEinT: Research Transfer by Institutions with an Embedded Transfer Mandate, Institute for Higher Education Research (HoF), Wittenberg
• 12/2022 Ranked 2^nd on the appointment committee’s shortlist, Professorship (W3) in Sociology, University of Education Ludwigsburg
• 12/2021 – 03/2026 Lecturer, Institute of Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 12/2021 Habilitation, venia legendi: Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 07/2005 – 12/2022 Research Associate, Institute of Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 01/2011 Doctorate (PhD) in Sociology from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 10/2010 – 09/2013 Research Associate, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Project: Governance of the Education System in Shrinking Regions
• 07/2005 – 09/2010 Research Associate, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Section of Social Structure Analysis
• 2005 Diploma (equivalent to a Master's degree) in Sociology from the University of Potsdam
• 03/2003 – 09/2004 Research Assistant, University of Potsdam, Chair of Women’s Studies
• 1999 - 2005 Sociology and Political Sciences programmes at the University of Potsdam and Lancaster University

Research Projects

• ForEinT: Research transfer by institutions with an embedded transfer mandate. Funding: Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Space. PI: Prof. Dr. Peer Pasternack. Own role: Operational project lead. Duration: 2023-2026.
• Open-access book publication: The Global Politics of Census Taking: Quantifying Populations, Institutional Autonomy, Innovation. Funding: World Society Foundation; Publication Funds of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, University of California at Berkeley Library. PI: Dr. Walter Bartl. Duration: 2021-2023.
• ENTRANCES (Energy Transitions from Coal and Carbon: Effects on Societies). External funding: EU Horizon 2020. PI: Prof. Dr. Ricardo García Mira (Universidade da Coruña). Own role: Regional case studies. Duration: 2020-2023.
• Measures within the framework of the Higher Education Pact III: teaching practical methodological skills, internationalisation, target group analysis. Funding: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. PI: Dr. Walter Bartl. Duration: 2017-2020.
• Governance of Educational Systems in Shrinking Regions. External funding: WZW Science Centre Saxony-Anhalt. PI: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Sackmann. Own role: Proposal writing, coordination and implementation. Duration: 2010-2013.
• Correspondence Circle for Sociology. External funding: State of Saxony-Anhalt. Duration: 2010-2012.
• Freshmen Survey, Higher Education Pact 2020. External funding: University of Halle, Prorectorate for Studies and Teaching. Duration: 2009.
• Sociology in School. External funding: Robert Bosch Foundation, Denkwerk program. Duration: 2007-2008.
• Demographic Change and the Public Sector Labour Market. Subproject B8 in the Collaborative Research Centre 580 “Social Developments after the Structural Change”. External funding: DFG. Duration: 2006-2008.

Academic roles

Reviewer: Theory & Society, Cambridge University Press, SAGE Open, Moravian Geographical Reports, Urban Research and Practice, Qualitative Social Research (FQS), RaumPlanung, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Graduate Funding Programme of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Hans Böckler Foundation

Committees: Vice president of RC41, Sociology of Population, ISA; DGS

Recent Publications

Bartl, W., & Rediger, P. (2026). ForEinT: Forschungstransfer durch Einrichtungen mit eingeschriebenem Transferauftrag. In U. Schmoch, A. Eickelmann, J. Henke, B. Krieger, J. Spanjol, G. Strina, & F. Witzigmann (Eds.), Erfolgreiche Gestaltung von Forschungs- und Wissenstransfer an Hochschulen. Ein Leitfaden für Hochschulleitungen und Wissenschaftsministerien (pp. 33–36). Fraunhofer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-7414   

Schmid, F., & Bartl, W. (2026). An Unintended Key Indicator: The Emergence of the Königstein Key in German Federalism. Social Science Information. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/05390184261434466   

Bartl, W., & Heer, S. (2025). Assembling Regional Expertise: Co-creation Workshops in EU-funded Research on the German Coal Phase-out. Serendipities, 10(1-2), 114–140. https://doi.org/10.7146/serendipities.v10i1-2.164272   

Bartl, W., & Lutz, P. (2025). Comparing Refugee Dispersal Policies. Varieties of Responsibility-Sharing in Europe. Governance, e70072. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.70072   

Rediger, P., Maue, C., & Bartl, W. (2025). Wissenstransferkompetenz ausbilden: Eine Analyse der curricularen Transferorientierung von stadtbezogenen Studiengängen in Deutschland. Die Hochschullehre, 11(50), 660–674. https://doi.org/10.3278/HSL2550W   

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Teaching

SO2: Economy, State and Society (Lecture, BA)

SO2: Economy, State and Society - Räumliche Ungleichheit und die Politik räumlicher Gerechtigkeit (Seminar, BA)

BLH-II: Lebenslaufsoziologie und Anwendungsgebiete - Wie ein Staat sehen (Seminar, MA)

LFP BLH: Räumliche Ungleichheit, soziale Orte für Jugendliche und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (Seminar, MA)

FSQ2: Abschlussprojekt Soziologie - Das geplante Campushaus Halle-Neustadt als Maßnahme zur Quartiersentwicklung (Teaching research project, BA)

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Consultation hours: please book a slot in StudIP or write me an e-mail.

Supervised dissertations

Ongoing

Lika Zaalishvili: The Quality of the Higher Education System in Georgia, Estonia and Moldova

Philipp Rediger: Wissenstransferkompetenz in stadtbezogener Forschung und Stadtentwicklungspraxis als berufsbiografischer Prozess

2023

Fabian Schmid: Der Königsteiner Schlüssel als Indikator föderaler Gerechtigkeit

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