Sonja Bayer

Forschungsschwerpunkte:

• MINT-Mädchenförderung/Mentoring
• Leistung macht Schule − Transfer in die Schullandschaft
• Individualisierung durch Mentoring an Schulen
• Einfluss des familiären Kontexts auf die MINT-Interessenentwicklung
• Equity Gaps im Bildungsbereich

Ziegler, A., Bayer, S., & Stoeger, H. (2026). Beyond IQ: Systemic Resources in STEM Achievement. Journal of Intelligence, 14(3), 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence14030045 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Stoeger, H., Uebler, C., Bayer, S., Emmerdinger, K. J., & Ziegler, A. (2026). Linking out-of-school online mentoring and in-school STEM clubs to support girls in STEM: a pretest-posttest control group study. International Journal of STEM Education, 13, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00600-7 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Bayer, S., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2025). Mentors' resources and premature match closure in challenging contexts: testing a model of mediating processes in an online and a school-based mentoring program. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1559060 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Bayer, S., Emmerdinger, K. J., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2025, August). Parents' education and STEM occupation shape learning resources and elective intentions in STEM. Poster presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference, Graz, Austria.

Emmerdinger, K. J., Bayer, S., Uebler, C., Balestrini, D. P., Ziegler, A., & Stoeger, H. (2025, August). Mentors‘ and mentees‘ expectations for mentor roles and their impact on mentoring success. Roundtable presentation at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction conference (EARLI 2025), Graz, Austria.

Bayer, S., Ziegler, A., & Stoeger, H. (2024, August). Influences of parental occupation on students’ advancement in STEM: Uncovering mechanisms behind a tolerated equity gap. Presentation at the 19th Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Thessaloniki, Greece.

Uebler, C., Bayer, S., Emmerdinger, K, Ziegler, A., & Stoeger, H. (2024, August). Promoting STEM talent in girls by combining online mentoring and school support. Presentation at the 19th Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Thessaloniki, Greece.

Bayer, S., Stöger, H., Ziegler, A., & Emmerdinger, K. (2023, September). Mothers’ and fathers’ STEM support: Relations to socio-demographic factors and significance for boys’ and girls’ elective intentions in STEM. Vortrag auf der 19. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPS) der DGPs, Kiel, Germany.

Stöger, H., Emmerdinger, K., Bayer, S. & Ziegler, A. (2022, November). Förderung von Schülerinnen in MINT. Ein kombiniertes Programm aus Online-Mentoring und schulischer Maßnahme. Vortrag auf dem 11. Internationalen Kongress des Österreichischen Zentrums für Begabtenförderung und Begabungsforschung (ÖZBF), Salzburg, Austria.

Emmerdinger, K. J., Bayer, S., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2022, July). Promoting secondary school girls in STEM: A combined online mentoring and school program. Presentation at the 6th Network STEM and Gender Conference, Munich, Germany.