Dr. Hequn Wang

• Soziale Ungleichheit und Wahrnehmungen
• Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden
• Übergänge ins Erwachsenalter
• Europäische Wohlfahrtsstaaten
• Quantitative Methoden

Seit Oktober 2026

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc) im Arbeitsbereich Soziologie - Sozialer Wandel, Fachbereich Sozialökonomie, Universität Hamburg

August 2024 – September 2026

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc), Center for Demographic Research (DEMO), UCLouvain (Belgien)

Oktober 2024

Promotion zum Dr. rer. pol. in Soziologie, Universität Hamburg

Titel der Dissertation: “Understanding Socioeconomic Perceptions and Expectations for European Social Policy” 

Juni 2019 – Juni 2024

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Professur für Soziologie, insbesondere Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, Fachbereich Sozialökonomie, Universität Hamburg

Februar 2019

M.A. in Soziologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Januar 2016

B.A. in Soziologie, Technische Universität Chemnitz

Juli 2012

B.A. in Journalism, Shanghai International Studies University

• Wang, Hequn & Rizzi, Ester L. ‘Who feels more insecure about their future during periods of crisis? A MAIHDA analysis of intersectional inequalities in subjective socio-economic insecurity, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Annual Conference, 2026, Bordeaux.

• Wang, Hequn, Rizzi, Ester L., Menashe-Oren, Ashira, & Leist, Anja. ‘Family ties and healthcare disruption among older adults with mental disorders and other chronic diseases during COVID-19: Evidence from 26 European countries’, SASE Annual Conference, 2026, Bordeaux.

• Wang, Hequn, Rizzi, Ester L., Menashe-Oren, Ashira, & Leist, Anja. ‘Mental disease and healthcare disruption in older ages during COVID-19: Do family ties play a cushioning role?’ European Population Conference (EPC), 2026, Bologna.

• Rizzi, Ester L., Wang, Hequn, Batur, Zeynep Z., & Mortelmans, Dimitri. ‘Life satisfaction among young adults in Europe over the past 20 years Decreases, rebounds and moderators’, Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), 2026, St. Louis.

• Wang, Hequn, Rizzi, Ester L., & Leist, Anja. ‘Mental disease and healthcare disruption in old age during COVID-19: Do family ties play a cushioning role?’, Annual Meeting of PAA, 2026, St. Louis.

• Wang, Hequn & Rizzi, Ester L. ‘Unmet healthcare needs in older age during and after COVID-19: The cushioning effect of social networks across European welfare regimes’, 1st International Conference of the Sustainable Ageing EAPS Working Group, 2025, Padua.

• Wang, Hequn & Rizzi, Ester L. ‘Do younger adults feel more insecure in times of crisis? Age differences in subjective socio-economic insecurity across European welfare regimes’, SASE Annual Conference, 2025, Montreal.

• Wang, Hequn & Rizzi, Ester L. ‘Do younger adults feel more insecure in times of crisis? Age differences in subjective socio-economic insecurity across European welfare regimes’, 5th Belgian Demography Day, 2025, Leuven.

• Wang, Hequn & Rizzi, Ester L. ‘Do younger adults feel more insecure in times of crisis? The moderating role of European welfare regimes’, Joint conference of the DGS (German Sociological Association) Sections “Social Policy” and “Social Inequality and Social Stratification”, 2025, Bamberg.

• Wang, Hequn. ‘Navigating subjective socioeconomic insecurity in times of crises. An interplay of social status, crisis experiences and perceptions’, SASE Annual Conference, 2024, Limerick.

• Wang, Hequn. ‘Unequal subjective insecurity in times of crises? A panel analysis of social status and crisis perceptions’, 16th European Network for Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) Italy Conference, 2023, Milan.

• Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn ‘How strongly did the COVID-19 pandemic affect you economically? Objective changes, subjective evaluation and social comparisons’, European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) Thematic Conference, 2023, Bamberg.

• Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn. ‚Wirtschaftliche Betroffenheit durch die COVID-19 Pandemie: Objektive Veränderungen und subjektive Bewertung im Vergleich zu Referenzgruppen‘, Spring Conference of the DGS (German Sociological Association) Section ‘Social Inequality and Social Stratification’, 2023, Mannheim.

• Wang, Hequn. ‘How do Germans perceive their economic situation in times of crises?’, ESPAnet Germany PhD Workshop, 2023, Berlin.

• Bublitz, Elisabeth, Jäger, Julian, Wang, Hequn, Beblo, Miriam, & Lohmann, Henning. ‘Where do I stand in the EU? Income comparisons and perceptions’, 34th European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Conference, 2022, Padua.

• Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn. ‘How did welfare attitudes change during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany? An empirical analysis using panel data’, International Sociological Association (ISA) RC19 Conference, 2022, Vilnius.

• Wang, Hequn. ‘(Perceived) welfare state performances and attitudes towards European social policy’, 8th Rhine-Ruhr PhD Symposium, 2021, Duisburg.

• Wang, Hequn. ‘(Perceived) welfare state performances and attitudes towards European social policy’, ESPAnet Annual Conference, 2021, Leuven (online).

• Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn. ‘How does the COVID-19 pandemic change welfare attitudes in Germany? An empirical analysis using panel data’, IAB (Institute for Employment Research) Seminar Series ‘Corona - leveler or amplifier of social and economic inequality?’, 2021, online.

• Lohmann, Henning & Wang, Hequn. ‚Wie wirkt die Corona Pandemie auf sozialpolitische Einstellungen in Deutschland? Eine Analyse mit Paneldaten‘, SAMF (German Association for Social Science Labor Market Research) Annual Conference, 2021, online.