Thünen: Knies, Gundi, Dr.

Institute of

LV Rural Studies

Dr. Gundi Knies

Institute of Rural Studies

Bundesallee 64
38116 Braunschweig

Telephone: +49 531 2570 1414
Fax: +49 531 596 5599
Email: gundi.knies@thuenen.de

Scientist

Fields of Activity

Projects

Contact Person for

Involved in

ongoing projects

Monitoring of rural areas in Germany

completed projects

Work and research focus

Neighbourhood effects
Subjective wellbeing, life satisfaction and happiness
Poverty and income distribution
Social inequality and stratification
Empirical research methods, esp. household panel studies and record linkage

Publications at Thünen Institute

Further publications

Additional informations

Employment

since 05/2021

Senior Research Fellow, Thünen Institute of Rural Studies

10/2013-05/2021

Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex/UK

07/2007-09/2013

Senior Research Officer, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex/UK

03/2007-06/2007

Research Fellow, German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP), DIW Berlin and Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol/UK

06/2002-09/2002

Research Assistant, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics and Political Sciences/UK

12/2000-12/2003

Research Assistant, German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP), DIW Berlin

Academic Qualifications

01/2004-06/2007

PhD in Economics, University of Bristol/UK

09/2001-06/2002

M.Sc. in Social Policy and Planning, London School of Economics and Political Sciences/UK

10/1998-09/2001 and 07/2002-12/2003

BA/MSc equivalent in Sociology, Free University of Berlin (BA equivalent 09/2001)

Research projects (pre 05/2021)

04/2021-03/2025

COhort cOmmunity Research and Development Infrastructure Network for Access Throughout Europe (COORDINATE), incl. Eurocohort Pilot. ERC H2020. Principal Investigator (PI)-Essex (PI: Prof Gary Pollock). €4,9m.

07/2019-12/2021

Evaluation – Local Delivery Pilot for Sport England. Essex County Council/ Sport England. Consultant for Survey Methods and Quantitative Analysis (Principal Investigator, PI: Dr. Valerie Gladwell). £687k.

01/2018-06/2021

Investigating People-Place Effects in the UK using Linked Longitudinal Survey and Administrative Data. Nuffield Foundation. Principal Investigator (PI). £188k.

01/2018-12/2019

European Cohort Development Programme. EU Horizon 2020. Named researcher (PI Essex: Prof Peter Lynn). €2m.

10/2019-09/2022

Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study. ESRC. Named researcher and Topic Champion for Neighbourhoods (since 2017) (PI: Prof Michaela Benzeval). £50m.

04/2013-09/2014

Understanding Non-response on Understanding Society. NCRM Methodological Innovation Project. Co-investigator (Co-I). £140k.

11/2012-04/2014

Life Transitions and Transport Behaviour, ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Co-investigator (Co-I). £153k.

Miscellaneous projects
As well as realisation of own research projects through contributions to (in italics: calendar year(s) of involvement; in chronological order) “Understanding Society“, “UK Longitudinal Studies Centre“, and “Creating bio-social survey within Understanding Society“ (ESRC, 2007-2015); “Migrant Diversity and Regional Disparity in Europe“(NORFACE, 2012-2013); “Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER), WP7: Health Data Linkage“(ESRC, 2013-2015); “Centre for Micro-Social Change“(ESRC, 2015-2017)