Sociologist and empirical researcher, interested in families, life courses, time use and inequality.
Senior Researcher at the State Institute for Family Research and Private Lecturer for Sociology at the University of Bamberg, Germany, affiliated with the Institute for Sociology, Editor and Managing Director of the Journal of Family Research.
Descriptive findings:
“A preschool child is likely to suffer if his/her parents work” (OSF, 2024)
“Too tired to work?” (OSF, 2024)
Recent preprints & poster:
Young adults’ gendered trajectories of housework time when leaving home (SocArXiv, 2024)
A research note on the union gradient in parents’ childcare time in Germany (SocArXiv, 2023)
Time use for housework and childcare on weekdays and weekend days in Germany (OSF, 2023)
Recent publications include:
When the last child moves out: Continuity and convergence in spouses’ housework time (Journal of Marriage and Family, 2023, open access)
The family side of work-family conflict: A literature review of antecedents and consequences (Journal of Family Research, 2022, open access)
Parents’ experiences of work-family conflict: Does it matter if coworkers have children? (Journal of Family Research, 2022, open access)
Stability and change in German parents’ childcare patterns across two decades (Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 2022)