University degree in Sociology from the Universität Bielefeld

1989 - 1992 research assistant at the Institut für Bevölkerungsforschung und Sozialpolitik der Universität Bielefeld (Population Research and Social Policy Department of Universität Bielefeld)

1993 - 2000 assistant at the German Science and Humanities Council. Foci: higher education planning, medical programmes at universities, evaluation of higher education institutions and non-university research institutes, development of the tertiary education sector (e.g. Fachhochschulen and technical colleges), and relations between the higher education system and the labour market.

Activity focus at CHE Consult:

Main activities in following areas: ranking, performance indicators, evaluation and quality assurance. Within the ranking, focus on indicators related to the relevance of study programmes in relation to the labour market as well as coordination of the international expansion of the CHERanking. In 2010 he was elected as Vice-President of IREG Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence

• since 5/2000 at CHE-Ranking.

• Federkeil, Gero: Mehr Transparenz für Hochschulprofile. Genügen die vorhandenen Instrumente der Leistungsbewertung ihrer spezifischen Zielsetzung?, in: Wissenschaftsmanagement, 18, (2012), S. 22-25
  • Summary

• Federkeil, Gero; van Vught, Frans; Westerheijden, Don: An Evaluation and Critique of Current Rankings, in: Frans A. van Vught & Frank Ziegele (Hrsg.): Multidimensional Ranking. The Design and Development of U-Multirank, Dordrecht, 2012, S. 39 - 70
  • Online-Dokument

• Federkeil, Gero; van Vught, Frans; Westerheijden, Don: Classifications and Rankings, in: Frans A. van Vught & Frank Ziegele (Hrsg.): Multidimensional Ranking. The Design and Development of U-Multirank, Dordrecht, 2012, S. 25-38
  • Online-Dokument

• Federkeil, Gero; Kaiser, Frans; van Vught, Frans; Westerheijden, Don: Background and Design, in: Frans A. van Vught & Frank Ziegele (Hrsg.): Multidimensional Ranking. The Design and Development of U-Multirank, Dordrecht, 2012, S. 85-96
  • Online-Dokument

• Federkeil, Gero; Jongbloed, Ben; Kaiser, Frans; Westerheijden, Don: Dimensions and Indicators, in: Frans A. van Vught & Frank Ziegele (Hrsg.): Multidimensional Ranking. The Design and Development of U-Multirank, Dordrecht, 2012, S. 97 - 124
  • Online-Dokument

• Callaert, Julie; Epping, Elisabeth; Federkeil, Gero; Jongbloed, Ben; Kaiser, Frans; Westerheijden, Don: Data Collection, in: Frans A. van Vught & Frank Ziegele (Hrsg.): Multidimensional Ranking. The Design and Development of U-Multirank, Dordrecht, 2012, S. 125 - 134
  • Online-Dokument

• Callaert, Julie; Epping, Elisabeth; Federkeil, Gero; File, Jon; Jongbloed, Ben; Kaiser, Frans; Roessler, Isabel; Tijssen, Robert; van Vught, Frans; Ziegele, Frank: The Pilot Test and Its Outcomes, in: Frans. A. van Vught & Frank Ziegele (Hrsg.): Multidimensional Ranking. The Design and Development of U-Multirank, Dordrecht, 2012, S. 135-166
  • Online-Dokument

• Federkeil, Gero; File, Jon; Kaiser, Frans; van Vught, Frans; Ziegele, Frank: An Interactive Multidimensional Ranking Web Tool, in: Frans A: van Vught & Frank Ziegele (Hrsg.): Multidimensional Ranking. The Concept and Development of U-Multirank, Dordrecht, 2012, S. 167 - 178
  • Online-Dokument

• Federkeil, Gero: Praxis-Check 2012 Wie gut fördern die neuen Studiengänge in der Informatik die Beschäftigungsbefähigung?, Gütersloh, 2012, 14 Seiten,
  ISBN 978-3-941927-26-1,
  ISSN 1862-7188
  • CHE AP154 Praxis Check2012.pdf (pdf)