Miriam Laschinski, M.A.

Since September 2020
Research Assistant, Department of Socioeconomics, Universität Hamburg
Chair for Sociology of Social Change (Prof. Petra Böhnke)

July 2018 – August 2020
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Research Assistant: Wuppertal Institut in der Abteilung Energie-, Verkehrs- und Klimapolitik, Forschungsbereich Mobilität und Verkehrspolitik 

September 2013 - June 2018
Foerster & Thelen Marktforschung Feldservice GmbH, Bochum
Student Asisstant: Foerster & Thelen, Department „Random“ und „Produkttest“

October 2016 - November 2019
Technische Universität Dortmund 
Studiengang: Alternde Gesellschaften, Abschluss: Master of Arts 
Masterarbeit: „Wohnen im Alter – Einfluss verschiedener Lebenslagedimensionen. Eine Betrachtung im Zeitverlauf (1996-2014)“

October 2011 – June 2016 
Universität-Duisburg Essen (Campus Duisburg)
Studiengang: Soziologie, Abschluss: Bachelor of Arts 
Bachelorarbeit: “Inwiefern ist die Mehrkindfamilie ein Phänomen der Vergangenheit? Ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und Schweden“ 

My dissertation project focuses on the relationship between intergenerational solidarity and old age poverty in European welfare states in the context of demographic change. In doing so, I examine (a) the influence of career breaks due to domestic care work on old age poverty as well as (b) the changed conditions and potentials for intergenerational solidarity. Using representative longitudinal and cross-sectional data, the aim is to identify differences and similarities between European welfare states and to shed light on the influence of social policy measures. 

Prof. Dr. Petra Böhnke and Prof. Dr. Henning Lohmann supervise the dissertation project. Moreover, it is part of the collaborative research project “Sorgetransformationen”.

• Demographic Change (Ageing Societies)
• Intergenerational Relations
• Old Age Poverty
• Quantitative Methods

“The bad or the good? The link between later life Informal caregiving and wellbeing between gender and employment situations”; ECSR Network Workshop: “Social Institutions and Cognitive Health in Older Age”, European Consortium for Sociological Research; 14.-15. Februar 2024; Hamburg (mit Giulia Tattarini).

"Old-age poverty of informal caregivers in Germany – Does Care make you poor?"; 6. Transforming Care Conference; Thematic Panel: "Pathways into and across care"; 26.-28. Juni 2023; Sheffield.

„Defamilisierung? Nicht für alle! Ungleiche Erwerbsbeteiligung pflegender Angehöriger“; 41. DGS-Kongress; Ad-Hoc-Gruppe: „Polarisierte Sorgewelten. Gesellschaftliche Aushandlungen von Sorgelücken“; 26.-30. September 2022; Bielefeld. 

„Defamilization? Not for everyone! Unequal labour market participation among informal caregivers“; 20. ESPAnet Konferenz; Track: “Policies aimed at informal carers: novel policy developments, persisting gaps and accumulated evidence 30 years after the first cash-for-care benefits”; 14.-16. September 2022; Wien.

“The care risk – late career interruptions in ageing Europe. How does the welfare state matter?”; 9. Sozialwissenschaftlichen Promotionswerkstatt Rhein-Ruhr; 10.-11. März 2022; Duisburg.