Degrees: Diploma in Sociology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 1996; PHD (Dr. rer. pol.), University of Rostock, 2002; for the Causes and Consequences of Demographic Change, Institute for Sociology and Demography, University of Rostock, 2006.
Current Position: Junior professor at the Institute for Sociology and Demography, University of Rostock and Acting Deputy Head of the Lab at the Laboratory of Economic and Social Demography, Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research.
Past Positions: Research Associate, Chair of Social Policy, Ruhr-University Bochum, 1996-1998; Visiting Fellowship, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, USA, 1996-1997; Visiting Fellowship, European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences, University of Essex, UK, 1997-1998; Grad student, Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock (1998-2002).
Main Areas of Research: Methodology of social research, especially panel methodology, family research, organizational sociology.
Other positions: Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, DIW Berlin), since January 2007.
