Nate Breznau
Researcher And Principal Investigator
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolNate Breznau is a social scientist and principal investigator based in Bonn with eight years of focused research leadership in public opinion, social policy, adult education, and group dynamics. He directs interdisciplinary projects at the Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung and the University of Bremen, blending rigorous quantitative methods (Stata, Mplus, R) with open-science practices to study inequality and institutional effects. His trajectory from PhD work through postdoctoral fellowships to senior research roles reflects a sustained publication and teaching record across European research centers. Known for translating complex survey and institutional data into policy-relevant insights, he often pairs advanced modeling with collaborative, reproducible workflows. An uncommon strength is his dual grounding in U.S. and German academic systems—BA in Sociology and African-American Studies, an MA from Nevada-Reno, and a PhD from Bremen—which informs comparative perspectives in his work.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology and African-American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology and African-American Studies at Bates CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Sociology at Bremen International Graduate School of Social SciencesMaster of Arts (M.A.), Sociology, Master of Arts (M.A.), Sociology at University of Nevada-Reno
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (55)
reliability8
stata8
crowdsourcing8
r-package7
r7
missing-data7
statistics7
replication7
structural-equation-modeling7
html6
csv6
science6
data-analysis6
rqda6
glmmtmb6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nbreznau/how_many_replicators
Nov 2020 - Mar 2025
Crowdsourced Replication Initiative Phase 1 Results
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 6 PRs in 4 years 4 months
meta-scienceinitiativepolitical-sciencereliabilityreplication
nbreznau/CRI
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Project Repository. Replication code.
Contributions:353 commits, 14 PRs, 117 pushes in 2 years 4 months
data-analysissocial-sciencesreliabilityreplicationmany-analysts
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