Main Fields of Interest:

Social Stratification and Mobility

Social Network Analysis

Research Methods

Globalization and Governance

Life Course Research

 

Employment, Appointments, Work Experience:

Professor of Sociology / Social Science Research Methods (C4), University of Hamburg, since 2003

Co-Director of the Centre for Globalisation and Governance, University of Hamburg, 2004-2007

Associate Professor of Sociology / Empirical Social Research (C3), University of Erfurt, 2002-03

Visiting Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University,  2001-02.

Senior Researcher, Sonderforschungsbereich 186, and “Wissenschaftliche Assistentin” in FB 8
(Lehrstuhl für Statistik und Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung), University of Bremen, 1995-2001.

Researcher, Sonderforschungsbereich 186, University of Bremen, 1994-95.

Post-Doc, Graduate College "Life Course and Social Policy“, University of Bremen, 1992-93.

Research Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 1991-92.

Teaching and Research Assistant, Cornell University, 1988-91.

Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University, 1987-88.

Researcher, Institute for Sociology, University of Ljubljana, 1986-87.

Guest Researcher, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, 1985‑86, and Summer 1987.

Research Assistant, Institute for Sociology, University of Ljubljana, 1982‑85.

 

Fellowships:

Elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology, since 2009.

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship. Harvard University, 2001-02.

German Research Foundation DGF Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Graduate College "Life Course and Social Policy", University of Bremen, 1992-93.

The EC Commission, PHARE program Fellowship. The Leuven Institute for Central and East European Studies, Leuven, Belgium, May-July 1992.

Graduate School Fellowship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1988-89, and Summer 1991.

Slovenian National Science Association Fellowship, 1987-88.

The Swedish Institute Fellowship. Stockholm, 1985-86.

 

Memberships in Professional Associations:

American Sociological Association

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie

European Sociological Association

International Network for Social Network Analysis

International Sociological Association, RC28

Slovenian Sociological Association

 

Reviewer for the following National and International Research and Evaluation Agencies:

DFG (German Research Foundation), Germany

ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council), Great Britain

Social Science Research Council, The Netherlands

Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society

AQUIN (Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute, Germany)

QUANU (Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities)

 

Ad-hoc Reviewer for the Journals:

American Sociological Review

Družboslovne razprave / Essays in Social Sciences

European Journal of Population - Revue Européenne de Demographie

European Sociological Review

Gender, Work and Organization

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Journal of Family Issues

Population Studies

Quality & Quantity

Research on Aging

Social Forces

Women, Politics and Policy

Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research

Zeitschrift für Familienforschung / Journal of Family Research

 

Selected Other Current Professional Activities

European Network of Excellence RECWOWE “Reconciling Work and Welfare” (2006-2011). Since October 2008 co-coordinator of Strand 03 “Quality and Quantity of Jobs in Europe”.

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Linnaeus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe” (SPaDE), Stockholm University, 2009-2011.

Member of the International Review Committee for the quality assessment of research in Sociology at Dutch Universities 2001-2006 (evaluation in 2008/09).  

Member of the Editorial Board of the electronic journal hrss - hamburg review of social sciences.

Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the journal Družboslovne razprave [Essays in Social Sciences].

 

Selected Current and Completed Research Projects, Grants:

“Networks, Social Capital and Gender Inequalities (EQUALITY)“ – Principal Investigator, research project in the framework of EUROCORES Scheme HumVIB, in collaboration with NL, USA, and Hungary. Evaluated by the European Science Foundation and financed by the DFG (German Research Foundation). Duration: 2008-2011.

EU-Network of Excellence RECWOWE (Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe): Task Leader of the project “Job Quality and Tensions between Work and Private Life”, participants involved from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and UK.  Duration: 2006-2011.

“The Division of Household Labor in Cross-National Comparison: Household Decisions or Macro-Level Influences?” –  Principal Investigator, research project in cooperation with Judith Treas, University of California - Irvine. Grant: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Duration: 2005-2009.

“Quality of Life in a Changing Europe (QUALITY)” – Principal Investigator, cross-national EU-project, 8 European countries involved (BG, D, FIN, HU, NL, PT, SE, UK),  coordination T. van der Lippe, University of Utrecht. Grant: European Commission, Programme FP 6, Duration: 2006-2009.

“Evaluation und Optimierung institutioneller Praktiken zur Beratung und Förderung von Existenzgründerinnen (OptExist)“. Principal Investigator, research in cooperation with IAW, University of Bremen and MPS München. Grant: BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research). Duration: 2006-2009.

“Haushaltsdynamik und soziale Ungleichheit im internationalen Vergleich“. [Household Dynamics and Social Inequalities in Cross-National Comparison], Sonderforschungsbereich 186, University of Bremen. (Researcher and subsequently Co-Principal Investigator with Hans-Peter Blossfeld). Grant: DFG (German Research Foundation). Duration:  three consecutive grants in the period 1994-2001.