Curriculum Vitae Tim Müller Nuffield College New Road OX1 1NF Oxford, United Kingdom c/o Uwe Sonnenberg Alexanderstr. 15 10179 Berlin, Germany tim.mueller@nuffield.ox.ac.uk Personal Details Name : Date of birth: Nationality: Marital Status: Tim Sven Müller 09/02/1983 in Helmstedt (Germany) German single Education and Academic Degree 10/2008-02/2012 (exp.) Ph.D. Student in Sociology, University of Oxford, Nuffield College. Working title of dissertation: On Secularization - How Cultural Traditions, Institutional Configurations and Conflicts shape Individual Secularization. Supervisors: Prof Nan Dirk de Graaf, Prof Colin Mills. 10/2003 06/2008 Study of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim Degree: Diplom Sozialwissenschaftler; grade achieved: 1.3 very good (M.A. equivalent) Thesis title: Religiosity and Secular Attitudes in International Comparison Supervisors: Prof Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Prof Johannes Berger Majors: Sociology, Social Psychology, Methods of Empirical Social Research, Minor: Work and Organizational Psychology 1995 2002 Gymnasium Anna-Sophianeum, Schöningen Degree: High School Diploma ( Abitur ); grade point average: 1.4 very good
Professional Experience Since 07/2011 Visiting Researcher, Humboldt University Berlin, Research Project: HEYMAT Hybrid European Muslim Models of Identity, Dr Naika Foroutan, Dr Isabel Schaefer. 02/2010 07/2011 Freelance Contributor, Oxford Analytica Global Strategic Analysis, Oxford. 04/2011 05/2011 Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Prof Nan Dirk de Graaf, Prof Geoffrey Evans; Research Project: Political Choice Matters 07/2010 08/2010 Tutor, University of Oxford, St. Hugh s College Extramural Program 07/2009 05/2010 Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Prof John Goldthorpe, Prof Colin Mills; Research Project: Education and Intergenerational Mobility 01/2006 09/2008 Research Assistant, Chair for Macrosociology, University of Mannheim, Prof Bernhard Ebbinghaus 02/2007 07/2007 Teaching Assistant, Chair for Macrosociology, University of Mannheim, Prof Bernhard Ebbinghaus 03/2006 04/2006 Research Intern, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Dr Christine Trampusch; Research Projects: The Transformation of German Corporatism and Labour Unions and Welfare States 06/2005 12/2005 Research Assistant, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Mannheim, Dr Carsten Ullrich; Research Project: The Acceptance of the Welfare State Research and Teaching Interests Primary Areas: Sociology of Religion, Political Sociology, International Comparative Sociology, Quantitative Research Methods Secondary Areas: Migration and Integration of Ethnic Minorities, Education and Social Mobility Research. Methodological expertise: Survey research, large N international comparisons, multilevel analysis.
Publications Published Müller, Tim (2010): EUROPE: Poland is exception to decline of Church. Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, 06/05/2010. Müller, Tim (2010): EUROPE: Religion will continue to influence Politics. Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, 04/02/2010. Müller, Tim (2009): Individual religiosity and attitudes towards the involvement of religious leaders in politics A multilevel-analysis of 55 societies. World Values Research 2 (1): 1-29. Christoph, Bernhard, Patrick Sachweh & Tim Müller (2005): Umfrage zum Forschungsprojekt Die Akzeptanz des Wohlfahrtsstaates Codebuch und Dokumentation. Mannheim: Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung. Under Review Müller, Tim (2011, revise and resubmit): Individual religiosity and attitudes towards the involvement of religious leaders in politics Multilevel and longitudinal evidence from 55 countries. Social Forces. Neundorf, Anja and Tim Müller (2011, revise and resubmit): State-Enforced Secularization and its Consequences in Post-Socialist Societies. Social Forces Müller, Tim, Nan Dirk de Graaf & Peter Schmidt (2011, under review): Religious Socialization in a Religious Diverse Context: A network explanation tested with 41 nations. American Sociological Review. In Progress/Assisting Role: Müller, Tim: The Dark Side of Altruism? Religious Charities, Predatory Regimes and Support of Terrorism in the Muslim World. Müller, Tim, Elias Dinas & Johan Koskinen: Hearts and Minds of the Afghan People - Civil Violence and Attitudes towards Religious/Secular State Affairs in Afghanistan Trampusch, Christine (2007): Industrial Relations as a Source of Social Solidarity in Times of Welfare State Retrenchment Journal of Social Policy 36 (2): 197-215. (Assisting role) Awards and Research Funding 06/2010 John Fell Fund Research Grant for aquisition of Gallup World Poll Dataset. Together with N.D. de Graaf and M. Bennett. Worth $60,000.
Nuffield College Research Grant for aquisition of Gallup World Poll Dataset. Together with M. Bennett & J. Fahlander. Worth $5,000. 10/2008 9/2011 Nuffield College Doctoral Studentship. Worth 45,000 over 3 years. Conference Participations and Presentations 02/11/2011 04/11/2011 Workshop Quantifying the Muslim. Methodological Challenges of Polling Specific Populations. University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 20/08/2011 23/08/2011 ASA Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Paper presented: Religious Socialization in a Religious Diverse Context: A Network Explanation Tested with 41 Nations. 09/04/2011 10/04/2011 Inter-Ivy and Sørensen Memorial Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Paper presented: Religious Socialization in a Religious Diverse Context: A Network Explanation Tested with 41 Nations. 30/03/2011 02/04/2011 MPSA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA. Paper presented (co-authored with Dr Anja Neundorf): State Enforced Secularization and its Consequences in Post-Socialist Societies. 30/08/2010 01/09/2010 ECPR Graduate Conference Dublin, Ireland. Presentation: Existential Security and Individual Secularisation: Secular Attitudes on Religion and Politics. 30/08/2009 06/09/2009 UCSIA Summer School on Religion, Culture and Society. Antwerp, Belgium. Presentation: Religion and Political Secularization. 15/04/2009 19/04/2009 ECPR Joint Sessions Lisbon, Portugal. Workshop: Moral Values, cultural change, and post-materialism in Europe and North America. Paper presented: Individual religiosity and attitudes towards the involvement of religious leaders in politics A multilevel-analysis of 55 societies.
Teaching Experience 07/2010 08/2010 Tutor, University of Oxford, St. Hugh s College Extramural Program. Course taught: Social Inequality in Modern Industrial Societies. 02/2007 07/2007 Teaching Assistant, B.A.-Lecture Social Structures and Processes Introduction to Macrosociology Campus Citizen Roles 01/2009 03/2009 Co-Convenor (together w. T. Spreckelsen) of the Nuffield College Sociology Seminar Series, theme: Sociological Theory and Empirical Research. Since 10/2008 Active member of the Junior Common Room (Student Representative Body), Nuffield College, University of Oxford 11/2007 10/2008 Vice Chair of Alumni Association Rational Altruists Mannheim Professional Society Memberships American Sociological Association (ASA), Section on Sociology of Religion