Welcome to my website!
My name is Emilia Kmiotek-Meier.
My love for numbers has always been there. In my childhood (and sometimes still today) everything had to be counted: steps, cars, flowers, people. In the street scene, there was nothing more beautiful than house numbers. In the course of my career, I realised that I could not only communicate statistics well, but also "infect" others with my enthusiasm for numbers. I still do this today - with great pleasure.
I am convinced that everyone can learn statistics!
Professional experience
Since 2022: Freelancer in statistics & R | good with numbers
Since 2021: Lecturer in Empirical Methods in the Social Sciences | Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne (i.a. Introduction to Statistics, Data Visualisation in the Social Sciences)
2019 - 2023: Teaching "Introduction to Statistics with R" for students of all faculties & coordinator of the research project "Successfully on the Job Market" | ProfessionalCentre, University of Cologne
2015 - 2019: Researcher in the project "MOVE: Mapping mobility - pathways, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe" & PhD | Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning & Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Work, Social Pedagogy and Social Welfare, University of Luxembourg
2014 - 2015: Researcher & Coordinator of the research project "Graduate Studies" at the University of Cologne | Zentrale Evaluation von Studium und Lehre & Hochschulforschung, University of Cologne
Academic Career
2015 - 2019: Doctorate in Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg | Degree of Doctor of Social Sciences - Docteur en sciences sociales
2007 - 2013: Magister's degree (eq. Master): Sociology (major), Scandinavian Studies and Western Slavic Studies (minors), University of Cologne | Magistra Artium
Teaching Experience
Data Visualisation. University of Cologne, Master & PhD: Sociology, Social Psychology, Research in Management, Economics and Social Sciences, 2024
Introduction to Statistics. University of Cologne, Bachelor: Management, Economics and Social Sciences, seit 2021
Every number tells a story - Introduction to statistics with R. University of Cologne, Studium Integrale -> all Master & Bachelor programmes, since 2021
Data Literacy - Zahlen & Statistiken verstehen und kommunizieren. University of Cologne, Studium Integrale -> all Master & Bachelor programmes, 2022
Eine Zahl sagt mehr als 1000 Worte: Einführung in die quantitative Sozialforschung. Service Learnings at the University of Cologne, Studium Integrale -> all Master & Bachelor programmes + students from the Cologne University of Applied Science, 2020 - 2021
Es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird. Eine Einführung in die Statistik mit R. University of Cologne, Studium Integrale -> all Master & Bachelor programmes, 2019 - 2020
Invited talks & lectures
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2024). Beautiful data: Data visualisations basics. Love Data Week, University of Cologne.
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2023). Small and cosy? Study conditions in Luxembourg through the lens of data visualisation. EUROSTUDENT Talks.
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2023). The 21st-century institution: How young universities are leading the way in Europe - University Luxembourg. Times Higher Education Europe Universities Summit. Warsaw University.
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2022). Was zählt auf dem Arbeitsmarkt? Und wieso? - What matters in the labour market? And why? University of Konstanz. Lecture for students.
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2022). (Soft) Skills für auf dem Arbeitsmarkt für Hochschulabsolvent:innen - (Soft) skills of graduates on the labour market. HS Geisenheim. Talk for employees.
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2021). Gleiche (Soft) Skills für alle? Ergebnisse einer Studie zu (Schlüssel)Kompetenzen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt für Hochschulabsolvent:innen und deren Einbettung im Career Service-Bereich - The same (soft) skills for all? Results of a study on (key) competences on the labour market for university graduates and their embedding in career services. Gesellschaft für Schlüsselkompetenzen.
Publications (selection)
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Kmiotek-Meier, E., Rossié, T. & Canora, K. (2024). All good things come in threes – required skill sets in the graduate labour market in Germany. In: Education + Training, 66(10).
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2024, in Druck). Auslandsstudium an der Schwelle zum Erwachsenwerden. Ausgestaltung und Bedeutung des Auslandsaufenthaltes unter Credit- und Degree-Studierenden aus Luxemburg. Melusina Press: Esch/Alzette, Luxemburg.
Kmiotek-Meier, E. (2023). Was zählt auf dem Arbeitsmarkt? Und wieso? Endbericht - Erfolgreich auf dem Arbeitsmarkt.
Kmiotek-Meier, E., & Powell, J.J.W. (2023). Evaluating universal student mobility: contrasting policy discourse and student narratives in Luxembourg. In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32(2), 466-486.
Samuk, S., Nienaber, B., Kmiotek-Meier, E., Vysotskaya, V., Skrobanek, J., Ardic, T., Pavlova, I., Marinescu, D., & Muresan, L. (2021). Learning in Transition: Erasmus+ as an Opportunity for Internationalization. In: D. Cairns (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration (173–184). Palgrave Macmillan.
Kmiotek-Meier, E., Karl, U. & Powell, J.J.W. (2020). Designing the (Most) Mobile University: The Centrality of International Student Mobility in Luxembourg’s Higher Education Policy Discourse. In: Higher Education Policy, 33, 21–44.
Schmieder E., Kmiotek-Meier, E. & Saely, C. H. (2020). The destiny of an abstract: What predicts publication as a full text journal article? In: Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen.
Plasa, T., Ebert, A., Kmiotek-Meier, E. & Schmatz, R. (2019). Generische Kompetenzen von Hochschulabsolventinnen und -absolventen. In: Qualität in der Wissenschaft, 13(2), 48-56.
Hemming, K., Kmiotek-Meier, E., Schlimbach, T., Nienaber, B., Reißig, B. & Tillmann, F. (2019). Wie? Warum? Oder warum nicht? Mobilitätsfelder sowie Motivationen und Barrieren für Jugendmobilität in Europa. In: Forum Jugendarbeit International 2016–2018 (Internationale Jugendarbeit – Zugänge, Barrieren und Motive) (64-85). Bonn, Germany: IJAB.
Kmiotek-Meier, E., Skrobanek, J., Nienaber, B., Vysotskaya, V., Samuk, S., Ardic, T., Pavlova, I., Dabasi-Halázs, Z., Diaz, C., Bissinger, J., Schlimbach, T. & Horvath, K. (2019). Why is it so hard? And for whom? Obstacles to intra-European mobility. In: Migration Letters, 16(1), 31-44.
Kmiotek-Meier, E. & Karl, U. (2017). Being forced? Getting far? Speaking the language? What matters in the process of going abroad as a student? In: Tér és Társadalom (Space and Society), 31(4), 90-104.
Landmann, M., Kmiotek-Meier, E., Lachmann, D. & Lorenz, J. (2015). Three methods, four outcomes! How to test the reliability and validity of a graduate survey competence scale. In: J., Huisman & M., Tight (Eds.), Theory and Method in Higher Education Research. Volume 1 (119-139). Bingley, UK: Emerald.