PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
since 2017 Senior Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (MPISOC), Germany
2019 – 2020 Interim Professor for Social Inequality and Social Structural Analysis (W3)
Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
2015 – 2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2011 – 2013 Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany
2008 – 2011 Doctoral Research Fellow
Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
2006 – 2008 Research Assistant
Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
2004 – 2006 Research Assistant
Department of Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
EDUCATION
2014 PhD (doctor phil.), grade: summa cum laude
Program: European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies
Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS)
Humboldt University Berlin, Supervisor: Bernd Wegener
2009 Master of Arts, grade: 1.1 (excellent)
Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
2006 Bachelor of Arts, grade: 1.1 (excellent)
Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
FELLOWSHIPS
2012 Visiting scholar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2011 Visiting scholar, Dep. of Pol. and Soc. Sciences, European University Institute, Italy
2010 Visiting scholar, Department of Regional Studies, University of Tampere, Finland
2009, 2014 Visiting scholar, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Germany
2007 Visiting scholar, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), Brussels office, Belgium
Ad hoc reviewer for the following journals (selection): Acta Sociologica, American Sociological Review, Applied Research of Quality of Life, British Journal of Health Psychology, British Journal of Industrial Relations, European Journal of Personality, European Journal of Social Psychology, European Sociological Review, Health Policy, International Journal of Social Welfare, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Happiness Studies, Journal of European Social Policy, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Migration Studies, Perspectives on Psychological Science, Social Forces, Social Indicators Research, Social Justice Research, Social Psychology Quarterly, Socio Economic Review, Sociological Methodology, The Review of Income and Wealth