The Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration

The Expert Council

Expert Advice on Migration and Integration

 

Berlin Office

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Simon Morris-Lange

Deputy Head of Research Unit

Simon Morris-Lange is the Deputy Head of the SVR’s Research Unit. Before joining the SVR, he served as an Analyst with the Illuminate Consulting Group in Silicon Valley (USA), and as Chief Operating Officer with iversity, a Berlin-based edutech company. Simon Morris-Lange earned a master’s degree in public policy at the Hertie School of Governance. He was also educated in the United States and Singapore.

on sabbatical

Professional background:

  • Deputy Head of the SVR’s Research Unit, since 2013; Senior Researcher, since 2012
  • Chief Operating Officer, iversity, Berlin-Neuenhagen, 2011–2012
  • Analyst (full-time), Illuminate Consulting Group, San Francisco Bay Area (USA), 2010–2011
  • Analyst (part-time), Illuminate Consulting Group, Berlin/Singapore, 2009–2010
  • Research Assistant, Ecologic Institute, Berlin, 2009
  • Master's degree in public policy, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin (semester abroad at the National University of Singapore), 2008–2010
  • Bachelor's degree in American studies and social science, University of Bielefeld (full scholarship for one academic year at Indiana State University, USA), 2004–2007

Publications:

Morris-Lange, Simon/Schu, Cornelia 2020: German Universities Woo International Students, in: International Higher Education, Issue 103/2020, 9–10.

Morris-Lange, Simon/Schneider, Tessa 2020: Dead End Schools? Refugee Teenagers and School Segregation in Germany, in: Watzlawik, Meike/Burkholder, Alina (Hrsg.): Educating Adolescents Around the Globe. Cultural Psychology of Education, 149–171.

Rother, Lena/Morris-Lange, Simon 2020: Zugang per Zufallsprinzip? Neuzugewanderte auf dem Weg in die berufliche Bildung. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon 2019: Countering Demographic Decline. How Germany's Shrinking Universities Attract and Retain International Students. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon 2019: Dem demografischen Wandel entgegen. Wie schrumpfende Hochschulstandorte internationale Studierende gewinnen und halten. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon 2018: Schule als Sackgasse? Jugendliche Flüchtlinge an segregierten Schulen. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon 2017: Allein durch den Hochschuldschungel. Hürden zum Studienerfolg für internationale Studierende und Studierende mit Migrationshintergrund. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon/Wagner, Katarina/Altinay, Lale 2016: Lehrerbildung in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft: Qualifizierung für den Normalfall Vielfalt, SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Sugarman, Julie/Morris-Lange, Simon/McHugh, Margie 2016: Improving Education for Migrant-Background Students: A Transatlantic Comparison of School Funding, Washington D.C.

Morris-Lange, Simon 2016: Wider das Gießkannenprinzip? Formen bedarfsorientierter Schulfinanzierung zur Förderung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund, in: Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens, 64:1, 67–87.

Morris-Lange, Simon 2016: Shifting Paradigms? Reflections on Student Mobility Between Europe and the United States, in: International Briefs for Higher Education Leaders, 6:2016, 18–20.

Morris-Lange, Simon 2016: Ungleiches ungleich behandeln! Wege zu einer bedarfsorientierten Schulfinanzierung. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon/Brands, Florinda 2016: German Universities Open Doors to Refugees: Access Barriers Remain, in: International Higher Education, 84: Winter 2016, 11–12.

Morris-Lange, Simon/Brands, Florinda 2015: Train and Retain. Career Support for International Students in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon/Brands, Florinda 2015: Zugangstor Hochschule: Internationale Studierende als Fachkräfte von morgen gewinnen. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Morris-Lange, Simon/Brands, Florinda/Crysmann, Theresa 2015: Deutschland als attraktiver Arbeitsmarkt für internationale Studierende? Bleibeabsichten, Verbleib und Berufseinstiegshürden einer begehrten Zuwanderergruppe. In Barz, Heiner/Jung, Matthias, Ausländische Fachkräfte gesucht – Voreilig? Notwendig? Willkommen? Düsseldorf University Press, Düsseldorf.

Morris-Lange, Simon/Wendt, Heike/Wohlfarth, Charlotte 2013: Segregation an deutschen Schulen. Ausmaß, Folgen und Handlungsempfehlungen für bessere Bildungschancen. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Fincke, Gunilla/Lange, Simon 2012: Segregation an Grundschulen. Der Einfluss der elterlichen Schulwahl. SVR Research Unit, Berlin.

Abel, Andrea/Bailey, Michael/Guhr, Daniel/Lange, Simon 2011: International Student Analytics and Forecasting Model (ISAFM). Province of British Columbia Pilot Release, San Carlos.

Guhr, Daniel/Lange, Simon 2010: International Student Pathways in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, San Carlos.

Guhr, Daniel/Hoelting, Marcy/Lange, Simon/Roberge, Sylvia 2009: Best Practices on Managing the Delivery of Canadian Education Marketing, Ottawa.

Guhr, Daniel/Lange, Simon/Pakir, Sheila 2009: New Zealand Alumni Survey. Experiences, Attitudes and Engagement, Wellington.

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