Dr. Thordis Reimer

Research areas

• Fathers and childcare
• Parental Leave policies and fathers' take-up of parental leave
• Work-family reconciliation
• Women's employment participation
• Quantitative and qualitative method

Projects

• COST Action CA21150 'Parental Leave Policies & Social Sustainability' (funded by the EU), Chair
• Student project: Conducting a survey among students of the University of Hamburg in the context of the seminar "Collection, Processing and Analysis of Quantitative Data" (topic: attitudes towards gender-equitable language)
• Survey for Germany on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for gender relations and work-life balance in families with young children (in cooperation with Familydemic)

Cooperations

• Member of the International Network on Leave Policies & Research
• Partner in the international project "Familydemic" (Head: Prof. Dr. Anna Kurowska)
• Partner in the international project "Famwork" (Head: Prof. Dr. Piotr Michoń)

Monographie

• Reimer, Thordis (2013): Elterngeld. Analyse der Wirkungen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-01620-3

Journals (peer reviewed)

• Kley, Stefanie & Thordis Reimer (2023): Exploring the gender gap in teleworking from home. The roles of worker’s characteristics, occupational positions and gender equality in Europe. In: Social Indicators Research 168, 185–206.
  DOI: 10.1007/s11205-023-03133-6
• Kurowska, Anna, Ilyar Heydari Barardehi, Sylvia Fuller,  Richard J. Petts, Gayle Kaufman, Andrea Doucet, Cassandra Engeman, Anna Matysiak, Raffaele Guetto, Thordis Reimer, Tsegachew Degu Kasegn, Daniele Vignoli, Ann-Zofie Duvander & Shirley Gatenio Gabel (2023): Familydemic Cross Country and Gender Dataset on work and family outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data 10, 2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01880-8
• Reimer, Thordis & Birgit Pfau-Effinger (2020): Different types of parental leave use by German fathers and their engagement in childcare in subsequent years. In: Problemy Polityki Spolecznej 48, 7–26. Available at: http://www.problemypolitykispolecznej.pl/Different-types-of-parental-leave-use-by-German-fathers-and-their-engagement-in-childcare,125441,0,1.html
• Reimer, Thordis (2019): Why fathers don’t take more parental leave in Germany: comparing mechanisms in different work organizations. In: Community, Work & Family 36 (3), 1–20. DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2019.1608157
• Reimer, Thordis (2017): Measuring German Fathers’ Involvement in Childcare. In: Men and Masculinities 20 (5), 588–608. DOI: 10.1177/1097184X17728318
• Oechsle, Mechtild & Thordis Reimer (2016): Väter zwischen Beruf und Familie. Handlungskrisen, Bewältigungsstrategien und gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse. In: Frank Adloff, Alexander Antony, Gerd Sebald (Hg.): Handlungs- und Interaktionskrisen. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 41, issue 1, 213-237. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11614-016-0215-9/fulltext.html
• Reimer, Thordis (2015): Working time arrangements and family time of fathers: How work organizations shape fathers’ opportunities to engage in childcare. management revue. Socio-economic Studies, 26, issue 3, 227-252. http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rai:mamere:mrev-2015-03-reimer

Book Chapters

• Pfau-Effinger, Birgit & Thordis Reimer (2019): The interplay of welfare state policies with supply-and demand side factors in the production of marginalised part-time employment among women in Germany. In: Nicolaisen, Heidi, Kavli, Hanne C. & Jensen, Ragnhild S. (Eds.): Dualisation of Part-Time Work: The Development of Labour Market Insiders and Outsiders.  Bristol University Press (pp. 245-264). DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvjnrth2.16

Working Papers, Conference Papers and Country Notes

• Blum, Sonja, Thordis Reimer & Pia Schober (2022): Germany country note. In: Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (2022) 18th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2022. DOI: 10.18445/20220909-122329-0. Available at: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/review-2022/.
• Reimer, Thordis, Sonja Blum, Daniel Erler & Pia Schober (2021): Germany country note. In: Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2021. Available at: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/
• Schober, Pis, Sonja Blum, Daniel Erler & Thordis Reimer, (2020): Germany. In: Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (2020) International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2020. DOI: 10.18445/20200915-131331-0
• Reimer, Thordis; Erler, Daniel & Sonja Blum (2019): Germany country note. In: Koslowski, Alison; Blum, Sonja; Dobrotic, Ivana, Macht, Alexandra & Peter Moss (eds.) 15th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2019.
• Reimer, Thordis, Daniel Erler & Sonja Blum (2018): Germany country note. In: Sonja Blum, Alison Koslowski, Alexandra Macht and Peter Moss (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2018.
• Reimer, Thordis, Daniel Erler, Sonja Blum (2017): Germany country note. In: Sonja Blum, Alison Koslowski and Peter Moss (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2017.
• Blum, Sonja, Daniel Erler & Thordis Reimer (2016): Germany country note. In: Sonja Blum, Alison Koslowski and Peter Moss (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2016.
• Reimer, Thordis & Björn Andernach (2015): Aktivierte Väter durch Elterngeld? Eine Untersuchung des Zusammenhangs von väterlicher Elterngeldnutzung und ihren Kinderbetreuungszeiten. In: Stephan Lessenich (Hg.): Routinen der Krise - Krise der Routinen. Verhandlungen des 37. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Trier 2014. http://publikationen.soziologie.de/index.php/kongressband/article/view/157/pdf_11
• Alemann, Annette von, Sandra Beaufays & Thordis Reimer (2012): Gaining Access to the Field of Work Organizations with the Issue of ‘Work-Family-Life Balance’ for Fathers. SFB 882 Working Paper Series (7).
• Reimer, Thordis (2011): Ökonomische Eliten in Ostdeutschland. WAO Soziologie 1 (1).

Third-party funding

• COST Action CA21150 Parental Leave Policies & Social Sustainability (November 2022 - Oktober 2026), funded by the EU
• Women's Promotion Fund of the University of Hamburg 2022 (1,973.- EUR): Funding for support by the WiSo Research Laboratory in conducting a survey among students at the University of Hamburg as part of the course "Collection, Processing and Analysis of Quantitative Data" (Topic: Attitudes toward gender-sensitive language)
• Covid-19 Funds, Universität Hamburg (3.197,08 Euro): Conduction of a survey in Germany to explore the consequences of Covid-19 for the gender division of labour
• Center for Sustainable Society Research (CSS) (1.503,18 EUR): Conduction of a survey in Germany to explore the consequences of Covid-19 for the gender division of labour
• Genderförderfonds, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Universität Hamburg (5,000 Euro): Conduction of a survey in Germany to explore the consequences of Covid-19 for the gender division of labour
• Funding by Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (15,000 Euro) for the conference 'Who gets what, how much and why? Inclusion and exclusion in access to paid leave within and between countries' (39/30 August 2019)
• Newton International Fellowship (British Academy), declined

Prizes

• Gender-Award of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (University of Hamburg) (Title: Factors of fathers' engagement in childcare)
• Remission of study fees due to excellent university entrance certificate (Grade: 1.2)

• 'Parental Leave and Fathers: Experiences from Germany', 16. Treffen EKFF – kantonale Ansprechpersonen für Familienfragen, 29. Oktober 2018, Frauenfeld (Kanton Thurgau)
• 'Work-Life-Balance and Labour Market Policies for Women in Germany', International Conference on Work-Life-Balance and Labour Market Policies for Women (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung), Seoul, October 10-13, 2018

• Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (University of Hamburg)

• Since 2017: Research associate at the 'Professorship for Ecologization and Quantitative Methods of Social Research' (Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kley), University of Hamburg
• 2017: PhD, Universität Hamburg (summa cum laude)
• 2014–2017: Research assistant (doctoral candidate), Chair of Social Structural Analysis (Prof. Dr. Birgit Pfau-Effinger), University of Hamburg
• 2011–2014: Research assistant in Collaborative Research Project (SFB 882, funded by the German Research Foundation DFG), sub-project B5 'Fathers and work organizations', Bielefeld University
• 2012: Master of Arts in Sociology, University of hamburg Hamburg (passed with distinction)
• 2009: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Minor: Philosophy), University of Hamburg
• 2008–2011: Student associate in research project 'Women in cutting edge research', University of Hamburg
• 1994–2011: Kindergarten teacher & management of a day care center, Hamburg