Research

The chair's research focuses on the sociology of the life course and comparative welfare state research, with an emphasis on family and work.

From an analytical-empirical perspective, we deal with issues such as the reconciliation of family and work, life course and ageing, gender inequality in income and wealth, and political attitudes. We typically use quantitative methods such as sequence analysis, panel or multilevel regression. We use a mixed methods approach in the international research project MIG-AGE, which investigates healthy ageing and well-being of older migrants in Europe.

Current research projects

Do migrants in Europe age well? A mixed methods and intervention study in four countries (MIG-AGE)
2023-2027
Funding: Volkswagenstiftung

Lebenslauf, Verm?gen und Alterseinkommen in Ost- und Westdeutschland: Ein Kohorten- und Geschlechtervergleich (AGE-WEALTH)
2023-2024
Funding: Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung der Deutschen Rentenversicherung

Integration of migrants and attitudes towards the welfare state
2019-2025
Funding: F?rdernetzwerk Interdisziplin?re Sozialforschung (FIS) des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS)

Completed research projects

Erwerbst?tigkeit in der frühen Phase der Corona-Krise in Deutschland (Mannheimer Corona-Studie)
2020
Funding: F?rdernetzwerk Interdisziplin?re Sozialforschung (FIS) des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS)

Welfare State Support From Below: Linking Individual Attitudes and Organized Interests in Europe
2018-2022
Funding: DFG (Sonderforschungsbereich 884 "Political Economy of Reforms")

Lebenslauf und Alterseinkommen von Frauen im Paar- und Haushaltskontext
2017-2019
Funding: Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung der Deutschen Rentenversicherung