Prof. Dr. Katharina Zimmermann

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Assistant professor
Assistant professor of Economic Sociology
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Curriculum vitae
Professional experience
Since 06/2019:
Junior Professor of Sociology, especially Economic Sociology (Department of Socioeconomics)
10/2015 – 05/2019:
Ressearch associate at Chair of Macrosociology (Prof. Steffen Mau) at Humboldt University of Berlin
- Collaboration in DFG research group Europäische Vergesellschaftung
- Collaboration in NORFACE project Welfare State Futures – Our Children’s Europe
07/2011 – 03/2015:
Research assistant at Chair of Social Structure Analysis (Prof. Martin Heidenreich) at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
- Scientific project manager at EU-funded project COPE - Combating Poverty in Europe (01/2014 – 03/2015)
- Ressearch associate at EU-funded project LOCALISE - Local Worlds of Integrated Social and Employment Policies (7/2011-12/2013)
Education
2011-2017:
PhD candidate at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Dr. rer. pol)
- Dissertation title: Local Europeanisation by cohesion policy. The European Social Fund in local labour market policies (Summa cum laude)
- Supervisor: Prof. Martin Heidenreich, university of Oldenburg, Prof. Paolo R. Graziano, University of Padua (Italy)
04/2004 – 06/2009:
Diploma in Political Science from the University of Bremen
- Thesis title: Europäisierung der Arbeitsmarktintegration von Migranten am Beispiel Bremens (Sehr gut (1,3))
Publications
Books and Editorships
Zimmermann, Katharina; Gengnagel, Vincent (2023, forthcoming): Global moonshots, European responsibilities: Governance and Contestation of Ecosocial Transformation. Special Issue for Culture, Practice & Europeanization (Nomos).
Zimmermann, Katharina; Kaasch, Alexander; Gengnagel, Vincent; Schulze-Waltrup, Robin (2023, forthcoming): European eco-social policies. Special Issue for Global Social Policy (SAGE).
Zimmermann, Katharina; Heuer, Jan-Ocko (Eds., 2019): Einstellungen von Bürger_innen zum Fördern und Fordern in der Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Ergebnisse eines deliberativen Bürgerforums. Opladen: Barbara Budrich Verlag.
Zimmermann, Katharina (2019): Local labour market policies and the European Social Fund. Bristol: Policy Press.
Journal articles (peer reviewed)
Gengnagel, Vincent; Zimmermann, Katharina; Büttner, Sebastian (2022): “Closer to the Market“: EU Research Governance and Symbolic Power. Journal of Common Market Studies. [DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13326]
Rakar, Tatjana; Chung, Heejung; Zimmermann, Katharina; Schøyen, Mi Ah; Hrast, Maša Filipovič (2022): What and whom are family policies for? Unpacking the meaning of citizens’ support for family policy across Europe. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. [DOI: 10.1017/ics.2021.16]
Peukert; Almut; Beblo, Miriam; Lüth, Laura; Zimmermann, Katharina (2021): Erwerbs- und Familienarbeit im Homeoffice? Innerfamiliale Arbeitsteilung in der Corona-Krise auf dem Prüfstand. In: Sozialer Fortschritt.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Boljka, Urban; Rakar, Tatjana; Hrast, Maša Filipovič (2020): The social legitimacy of the universal basic income from a social justice perspective: a comparative analysis of Germany and Slovenia. In: Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. 36(3): 301-331
Heuer, Jan-Ocko; Lux, Thomas; Mau, Steffen; Zimmermann, Katharina (2020): Legitimizing Inequality. The Moral Repertoires of Meritocracy in Four Countries. In: Comparative Sociology. 19(4-5): 542-584.
Heuer, Jan-Ocko; Zimmermann, Katharina (2020): Unravelling deservingness: Which criteria do people use to judge the relative deservingness of welfare target groups? – A vignette-based focus group study. In: Journal of European Social Policy. 30(4): 389-403.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Graziano, Paolo R. (2020): Mapping Different Worlds of Eco-Welfare States. In: Sustainability. 12: 1819.
Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Chung, Heejung; Heuer, Jan-Ocko; Leruth, Benjamin; Mau, Steffen; Zimmermann, Katharina (2019): Regimes, Social Risks and the Welfare Mix Unpacking Attitudes to Pensions and Childcare in Germany and the UK through Deliberative Forums. In: Journal of Social Policy. 49(1): 61-79.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Heuer, Jan-Ocko; Mau, Steffen (2018): Changing preferences towards redistribution: How deliberation shapes welfare attitudes. Social Policy & Administration. 52(5): 969-982.
Büttner, Sebastian M.; Mau, Steffen Mau; Zimmermann, Katharina; Oeltjen, Ole (2018): Die Benennungsmacht und das Vokabular der EU-Governance. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 43 (S1), 37-63.
Aurich-Beerheide, Patrizia; Zimmermann, Katharina (2017): Soziale Dienstleistungen für Arbeitslose. In: ZSR-Zeitschrift für Sozialreform. 36(2), 247-274.
Zimmermann, Katharina (2016): Local Responses to the European Social Fund: A Cross-City Comparison of Usage and Change. In: Journal of Common Market Studies. 54 (6), 1465-1484.
Aurich-Beerheide, Patrizia; Catalano, Serida; Graziano, Paolo; Zimmermann, Katharina (2015): Stakeholder Participation and Policy Integration in Local Social and Employment Policies: Germany and Italy compared. In: Journal of European Social Policy. 25 (4), 379-392.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Graziano, Paolo; Aurich, Patrizia Fuertes, Vanesa (2014): Local Worlds of Marketization. Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom compared. In: Social Policy & Administration. 48 (2), 127–148.
Contributions to Edited Volumes
Büttner, Sebastian M.; Mau, Steffen; Leopold, Lucia; Zimmermann, Katharina (2019): Europeanisation at home? Features and obstacles of domestic EU professionalism. In: Heidenreich, Martin (Ed.): Horizontal Europanisation. The Transnationalisation of Daily Life and Social Fields in Europe. London/New York: Routledge, 175-197.
Heuer, Jan-Ocko; Mau, Steffen; Zimmermann, Katharina (2018): Attitudes towards Inequalities: Citizen Deliberation About the (Re-)Distribution of Income and Wealth in Four Welfare State Regimes. In: Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Leruth, Benjamin (Eds.): Attitudes, aspirations and welfare: Social policy directions in changing times. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 93-135.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Chung, Heejung and Heuer, Jan-Ocko (2018): Labour Market Challenges and the Role of Social Investment. In: Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Leruth, Benjamin (Eds.): Attitudes, aspirations and welfare: Social policy directions in changing times. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 243-272.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Petzold, Norbert (2018): The German Way: Reaffirming Sovereignty, While Accomodating the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy. In: Jessoula, Matteo; Madama, Ilaria (Eds.): Fighting poverty and social exclusion in the EU. A chance in Europe 2020. London/New York: Routledge.
Mau, Steffen; Heuer, Jan-Ocko; Zimmermann, Katharina (2018): Zur Akzeptanz des Wohlfahrtsstaats. Fixe Meinungen oder Willensbildung durch Deliberation? In: Nova Acta Leopoldina, Nr. 417, 203-220.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Rice, Deborah (2016): Organizational barriers to service integration in one-stop shops: The case of Germany. In: Heidenreich, Martin; Rice, Deborah (Eds.): Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe. Active Inclusion and Challenges for Local Welfare Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 162-184.
Zimmermann, Katharina; Fuertes, Vanesa; Aurich-Beerheide, Patrizia (2016): Local Worlds of Coordinated Activation Policy. In: Heidenreich, Martin; Rice, Deborah (Eds.): Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe. Active Inclusion and Challenges for Local Welfare Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 235–264
Other Publications
Zimmermann, Katharina (2020): “Darf ich Ihnen meine Karte geben?“ Review of „Europäisches Lobbying. Ein Berufsfeld zwischen Professionalismus und Aktivismus“ by Christian Lahusen bei Soziopolis.
Heidenreich, Martin; Rice, Deborah; Zimmermann, Katharina (2015): The Europeanisation of Social Integration in the Eurozone Crisis: A Conceptual Framework. Working paper/Oldenburger Studien zur Europäisierung und zur transnationalen Regulierung Nr. 24/2015.
Zimmermann, Katharina and Fuertes, Vanesa (2014): Employment Policy Implementation Mechanisms in the European Union, the United Kingdom and Germany. Working Paper for the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Zimmermann, Katharina (2013, with Patrizia Aurich andMartin Heidenreich): German Report on the Europeanisation of Local Social Cohesion Policies. LOCALISE project report, published at www.localice-research.eu.
Zimmermann, Katharina (2013, zusammen mit Patrizia Aurich): The Governance of Local Social Cohesion Policies in Germany. LOCALISE project report, published at www.localise-research.eu.
Zimmermann, Katharina (2011, zusammen mit Sebastian Künzel und Martin Heidenreich): The National Governance of Activation Policies in Germany. LOCALISE project report, published at www.localice-research.eu.