PhD Stefan Beljean

Senior Researcher

Beljean, Stefan
Telephone
+49 561 804-2503
Email
Location
International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER)
University of Kassel
Moenchebergstr. 17
34109 Kassel, Germany

Stefan Beljean is a senior researcher at INCHER since 2024. His research interests span the fields of cultural sociology, higher education research, and media sociology. His research at INCHER focuses on the communication of universities as organizational actors. He is currently working on two research projects related to this topic.

  • Competition and communication. The German excellence founding competition as a topic of university communication. 2006–2026
  • How universities compete for students and their attention. A content analysis of advertisements in the ZEIT Study Guide, 2005-2025

Selected Publications  (PhD Stefan Beljean)

  • Beljean, Stefan and Julian Hamann (2024) “Social inequality. A neglected topic in Studies of Valuation and Evaluation? In A.K. Krüger, T. Peetz, & H. Schäfer (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society. London: Routledge
  • Stefan Beljean (2024) “Amerikanische Elite-Hochschulen und ihre Zulassungskriterien. Zur Rhetorik und organisationalen Funktion ganzheitlicher Bewertungen.“ In: F. Meier, M. Kaufmann, und M. Dorn (Eds.). Organisierte Personenbewertung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
  • Hamann, Julian, and Stefan Beljean (2021) “Career Gatekeeping in Cultural Fields.” American Journal for Cultural Sociology. 9(1): 43–69. doi.org/10.1057/s41290-019-00078-7
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