Projects

2021-2024
Early childhood workforce profiles in 33 countries with key contextual data (SEEPRO-3).  27 EU member states and 6 non-EU countries, including Norway, Serbia and Switzerland. Conducted by the State Institute for Early Childhood Research and Media Literacy (IFP), Munich (external researcher, with Inge Schreyer, IFP).
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ).

2015-2018
Systems of early education and professionalisation in Europe (SEEPRO-R - revised and extended). 30-country study in the EU28, Russia and Ukraine conducted by the State Institute of Early Childhood Research (IFP), Munich (external researcher, with Inge Schreyer, IFP).
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Family and Youth Affairs (BMFSFJ)

2014
Fachpraktische Ausbildung frühpädagogischer Fachkräfte im europäischen Vergleich. Sieben-Länder-Studie im Aufrag des Deutschen Jugendinstituts im Rahmen der Weiterbildungsinitiative Frühpädagogische Fachkräfte (WiFF) (lead researcher, with country experts from Denmark, England, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway and Sweden.
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

2012
Equal access to early childhood education and care? Eight country case studies on providing quality early education and childcare for disadvantaged families (contributor).
London School of Economics, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart, Jane Waldfogel).  
Funding: Nuffield Foundation

2011
Fort- und Weiterbildung im europäischen Vergleich. Sechs-Länder-Studie im Auftrag des Deutschen Jugendinstituts im Rahmen der Weiterbildungsinitiative Frühpädagogische Fachkräfte (WiFF) (lead researcher).
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research  (BMBF) and ESF

2006-2009 
Systems of early childhood education and care and professionalisation in Europe. 27-country study in the European Union countries  am Staatsinstitut für Frühpädagogik (lead researcher, with Inge Schreyer (IFP) and Michelle J. Neuman, Washington DC).
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Family and Youth Affairs (BMFSFJ)

See  http://www.ifp.bayern.de/personen/oberhuemer.html  for earlier projects