Carolin Stolpe received three honors for her outstanding work as a FAMS trainee in the SOEP

Carolin Stolpe recently received three honors for her outstanding work as a FAMS trainee in the SOEP. She received the Leibniz Award for Apprentices at the Annual Meeting of the Leibniz Association on November 26, 2015, by Stephan Weil, Minister-President of Lower Saxony and the President of the Leibniz Association, Matthias Kleiner. As the second-place winner of this award, Carolin will receive a 600-euro prize.

Carolin completed her dual-track training as a Specialist in Market and Social Research (Fachangestellte für Markt- und Sozialforschung) in Summer 2015. She passed her final exam at the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) with top marks and the highest grade in her graduating class. The IHK Berlin honored her outstanding performance at an awards ceremony on November 16, 2015. Even on the federal level she was the best in this exam and received a prize at an awards ceremony (Nationale Bestenehrung der DIHK) on December 14, 2015.

Since completing her degree, Carolin Stolpe has been working in the SOEP infrastructure, where she has taken on responsibilities in the area of data management. In October, she began working on a degree in business informatics. “We are delighted that she will be continuing her work with the SOEP while pursuing her university studies,” says SOEP Director Jürgen Schupp.

Since 2011, the SOEP has been providing in-house training to students completing degrees as Specialists for Market and Social Research. SOEP Director Jürgen Schupp is convinced that an outstanding research infrastructure like the SOEP needs highly skilled specialists in market and social research who do sophisticated research-oriented work. “Our FAMS are an ideal complement to our team. Our users are also getting to know and appreciate them for the competent and reliable services they provide as part of the SOEP,” he says.