Dr. Thordis Reimer

Research areas

• Parenting leave policy
• Fathers take-up of parental leave and father's engagement in childcare
• Flexible work arrangements
• Parenting leave policies & children
• Quantitative and qualitative methods

Projects

• COST Action CA21150 'Parental Leave Policies & Social Sustainability' (funded by the EU), Project proposer and Chair 9/22-3/25
• 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, S., & Reimer, T. (2023). Exploring the gender gap in teleworking from home: The roles of worker’s characteristics, occupational positions and gender equality in Europe. Social Indicators Research, 168, 185–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03133-6

• Kurowska, A., Heydari Barardehi, I., Fuller, S., Petts, R. J., Kaufman, G., Doucet, A., Engeman, C., Matysiak, A., Guetto, R., Reimer, T., Kasegn, T. D., Vignoli, D., Duvander, A.-Z., & Gatenio Gabel, S. (2023). Familydemic Cross Country and Gender Dataset on work and family outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01880-8

• Reimer, T., & Pfau-Effinger, B. (2020). Different types of parental leave use by German fathers and their engagement in childcare in subsequent years. Problemy Polityki Społecznej, 48, 7–26. Verfügbar unter: http://www.problemypolitykispolecznej.pl/Different-types-of-parental-leave-use-by-German-fathers-and-their-engagement-in-childcare,125441,0,1.html

• Reimer, T. (2019). Why fathers don’t take more parental leave in Germany: Comparing mechanisms in different work organizations. Community, Work & Family, 36(3), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2019.1608157

• Reimer, T. (2017). Measuring German fathers’ involvement in childcare. Men and Masculinities, 20(5), 588–608. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X17728318

• Oechsle, M., & Reimer, T. (2016). Väter zwischen Beruf und Familie: Handlungskrisen, Bewältigungsstrategien und gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse. In F. Adloff, A. Antony & G. Sebald (Hrsg.), Handlungs- und Interaktionskrisen. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 41(1), 213–237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-016-0215-9

• Reimer, T. (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(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

Open Access, Working Papers, Conference Papers and Country Notes

• Dörfler-Bolt, S., Escobedo, A., & Reimer, T. (2025). Leave terminology provided by international organizations. In G. Meil & P. Romero-Balsas (Hrsg.), Towards a comprehensive terminology on paid parenting leave. COST Action Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability (Sustainability@Leave). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/wkuam_v1

• Dobrotić, I., & Arnalds, Á. A. (Hrsg.). (2023). Available leave policy data. In I. Dobrotić & Á. A. Arnalds (Hrsg.), Parenting leave policy data gaps: A comparative critical analysis. COST Action Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability (Sustainability@Leave). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8g25k

• Blum, S., Reimer, T., & Schober, P. (2022). Germany country note. In A. Koslowski, S. Blum, I. Dobrotić, G. Kaufman & P. Moss (Hrsg.), 18th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2022. https://doi.org/10.18445/20220909-122329-0

• Reimer, T., Blum, S., Erler, D., & Schober, P. (2021). Germany country note. In A. Koslowski, S. Blum, I. Dobrotić, G. Kaufman & P. Moss (Hrsg.), International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2021. Verfügbar unter: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/

• Schober, P., Blum, S., Erler, D., & Reimer, T. (2020). Germany. In A. Koslowski, S. Blum, I. Dobrotić, G. Kaufman & P. Moss (Hrsg.), International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2020. https://doi.org/10.18445/20200915-131331-0

• Reimer, T., Erler, D., & Blum, S. (2019). Germany country note. In A. Koslowski, S. Blum, I. Dobrotić, A. Macht & P. Moss (Hrsg.), 15th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2019.

• Reimer, T., Erler, D., & Blum, S. (2018). Germany country note. In S. Blum, A. Koslowski, A. Macht & P. Moss (Hrsg.), International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2018.

• Reimer, T., Erler, D., & Blum, S. (2017). Germany country note. In S. Blum, A. Koslowski & P. Moss (Hrsg.), International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2017.

• Blum, S., Erler, D., & Reimer, T. (2016). Germany country note. In S. Blum, A. Koslowski & P. Moss (Hrsg.), International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2016.

• Reimer, T., & Andernach, B. (2015). Aktivierte Väter durch Elterngeld? Eine Untersuchung des Zusammenhangs von väterlicher Elterngeldnutzung und ihren Kinderbetreuungszeiten. In S. Lessenich (Hrsg.), Routinen der Krise – Krise der Routinen: Verhandlungen des 37. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Trier 2014. Verfügbar unter: http://publikationen.soziologie.de/index.php/kongressband/article/view/157/pdf_11

• von Alemann, A., Beaufays, S., & Reimer, T. (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, T. (2011). Ökonomische Eliten in Ostdeutschland. WAO Soziologie, 1(1).