Herwig Reiter studied Sociology in Vienna and holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Currently, he is Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Monitoring and Methodology of the German Youth Institute in Munich (). As qualitative methods consultant, he gives advice to research projects in the area of childhood, youth and family issues. Earlier he was Lecturer in Sociology and Qualitative Methods at the University of Bremen and continues to teach PhD courses in qualitative interviewing and analysis. Apart from qualitative meth...