❓How do mothers’ and fathers’ paid work lives unfold together after the birth of their first child in DE?

✨ This new preprint takes a longitudinal, dynamic, couple-level perspective.

✨ Big differences by East & West German background, periods and couple-level education

🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf...

📣 CfP im Rahmen der 15. Armutskonferenz (27.-29.04.2026, Salzburg)

Der Call richtet sich an Nachwuchsforschende aus Armuts- und Ungleichheitsforschung, die ihre Master-, PhD- oder vergleichbaren Projekte in einem offenen Rahmen präsentieren+diskutieren möchten.

Deadline für Abstracts: 16.11.2025

Christina Siegert @stinasiegert.bsky.social (Universität Wien) wird für „Armutsgefährdung von Frauen in Paarhaushalten: Ein blinder Fleck der Armutsforschung“ ausgezeichnet. @univie.ac.at

⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at‬ invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods

Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

Danke Julia ☺️

Defended my PhD on Monday and received a prize for it on Wednesday! 🥳🍾 Many thanks to my supervisor @nadiasteiber.bsky.social, examiners Leen Vandecasteele and Wilfred Uunk, and the Theodor Körner Fonds for their support and recognition.

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New study from my PhD thesis—supervised by @pablogracia.bsky.social—out in Journal of Marriage and Family!

📝 It examines how changes in paid work and housework following birth shape first-time mothers’ and fathers’ mental health trajectories.

Read here (Open access): doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13121

Anomalies & data problems are found in the Hungarian EU SILC income data from around year 2017. It is very likely that the data was manipulated to decrease the poverty rate.

Annamaria Tatrai and Andras Gabos conducted a very thorough investigation of the issue: www.valaszonline.hu/2025/04/01/e...

🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025

Ich freue mich sehr, dass meine Dissertation mit dem Theodor Körner Preis 2024 ausgezeichnet wurde! Ein großer Motivationsschub für die letzten Schritte vor der Abgabe 🤠

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Can partners sustain a decent living without relying on each other’s income? So happy to see my first phd paper out in European Sociological Review, exploring how child costs shape poverty risk & economic interdependence within couples by gender and education in 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇸🇪. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

🚨 We’re looking for a Full Professor of Sociology to join us! Expertise in the areas of work and social inequality is particularly desirable @univie.ac.at
⏰ Closing date: 15th January 2024
See t.ly/v32Fv for detailed information!
#sociology #professorship