Claudia Reiter joined IHS in February 2023 as a Researcher in the research group Educational Structures and Educational Opportunities. In addition to her position at IHS, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the International Institute for Advanced Systems Analysis (IIASA) and affiliated with the Department of Demography at the University of Vienna. She received her PhD from the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences in 2022. Since 2024, Claudia has been a selected member of the 4th cohort of the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER).

Her research interests lie at the intersection of education and demography, with a particular focus on educational trajectories and competencies over the life course. She also has valuable expertise in measuring human capital and analyzing the role of education for human well-being. Claudia's research combines econometric and demographic methods, using a wide range of survey and administrative data sources.