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 – feel free to cite using DOI if deemed useful:
Gendered housework time in Germany: Visualizing the regional convergence over cohorts (SocArXiv, 2024)
“A preschool child is likely to suffer if his/her parents work” (OSF, 2024)
“Too tired to work?” (OSF, 2024)
Recent preprints & poster:
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:
Young adults’ gendered trajectories of routine housework time when leaving home (Journal of Marriage and Family, 2024, open access)
Couples’ money arrangements in Germany: Visualizing cohort, age group, and partnership type variations (Socius, 2024, open access)
When the last child moves out: Continuity and convergence in spouses’ housework time (Journal of Marriage and Family, 2023, open access)
Once upon a time:
Mothers’, fathers’ and siblings’ housework time within family households (Journal of Marriage and Family, 2021, open access)
Gender convergence in housework time: A life course and cohort perspective (Sociological Science, 2018, open access)
What determines change in the division of housework over the course of marriage? (International Sociology, 2012)