Prof. Dr. Petra Böhnke

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Professor

Address

University of Hamburg

Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Socioeconomics

Sociology

Welckerstraße 8

20354 Hamburg

Office

Room: 2.15

Office hours

During the summer break 2026 from 10:30 - 12:00 h:
20 August / 03 September / 17 September / 08 October.

During the winter semester 2026/27 from 10:30 - 12:00 h:
13 October / 27 October / 10 November / 24 November / 08 December / 05 January / 19 January.

For appointments, please contact ana.preuss"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Please note: all consultation hours will take place via zoom

Contact

Tel: +49 40 2395-28637

Email: petra.boehnke"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Curriculum Vitae

April 2011 - present
Professor für Sociology, in particular Sociology of Social Change, Universität Hamburg

2010 - 2015
Head of an independent research group "Social Capital in the Life Course" (Schumpeter-Fellowship der VolkswagenStiftung) located at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung and at Universität Hamburg

2009 - 2010
John F. Kennedy Fellow at Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA

2004
Ph.D., Freie Universität Berlin

2002 - 2009
Research Assistant, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Department "Inequality and Social Integration" (Prof. Dr. Jens Alber)

1998 - 2002
Research Asisstant, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Department "Social Structure and Social Reporting" (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zapf)

1998
Freelance work, German Trade Union Federation (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund)

Main areas of research: social inequality and social structure in comparative welfare states with emphasis on poverty and integration, consequences of social mobility, social capaital in the life course, life satisfaction in Europe, education and employment history