1997–2003: Master studies in Biological Anthropology, Theater Studies, Art History, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (Magister Artium)
2003–2006: Doctoral studies in Demography, University of Rostock and International Max Planck Research School for Demography
2009: Dr. rer. pol. in Demography, University of Rostock, Germany
Doctoral thesis: Fertility of immigrants and their descendants in West Germany – An event-history approach
Professional Background
1991–1992: Traineeship for the Freie Presse Chemnitz, Germany
1992–1997: Staff editor for the Freie Presse Chemnitz, Germany
1997–2003: Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Freelance work
2003–2007: Doctoral student and staff editor at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
2007–2009: Research Fellow at the Institute National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France
2009–2013: Research Fellow at the University Rostock, Institute for Soziology and Demography, Germany
2013–2020: Junior-Professor of Demography at the University Rostock, Institute for Soziology and Demography, Germany
Since 2020: Senior Researcher at the Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany
Memberships and Activities in Scientific Associations
2009-2020: Researcher at the Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change, Germany
2010-2017: Spokesperson of the working group "Migration, Integration, Minorities" of the German Association for Demography (DGD)
2011-2014: Vice-Rector of Demo-Doc, a multi-national doctoral programme in demography jointly run by the University of Rostock, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Rostock, the University of Lund, the La Sapienza University of Rome and the Autonomous University of Barcelona
2012-2017: Collaboration in the working group “Gender-Forschung“, University of Rostock, Germany
2014-2023: Collaboration in the IMISCOE working group “Aging migrants: demography, welfare and agency”
2017-2018: Spokesperson of the working group “Migration, Integration and World Population” of the German Association for Demography (DGD)
2017-2023: Steering comittee of the DGS section “Migration and ethnic minorities”
2020: Member of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony (WKN), Hannover, Germany
Since 2017: Steering comittee of the EAPS section „Fertility of migrants and minorities“
Since 2024: Member of the Executive Boards of the Research Network 13 Families and Intimate Lives in the European Sociological Association (ESA-RN13)
Reviewing Activities
Scientific Journals: Advances in Life Course Research; American Sociological Review; Central and Eastern European Migration Review; Comparative Population Studies; Continuum – A Journal of Media and Cultural Studies; Demography; Demographic Research; European Journal of Population; European Journal of Population Economics; European Societies; European Sociological Review; International Journal of Comparative Sociology; International Migration Review; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Journal of Family Research; Journal of Marriage and Family; Journal of Population Research; Gerontology; Migration Letters; Population; Population, Space and Place; Population Studies; Societies; Turkish Journal of Population Studies; Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft
Scholarships, Grants and Awards
2009-2012: Marie Curie European Reintegration Grant of the European Commission, Research project "International Migrant Families", University of Rostock, Germany
2010: Joachim-Jungius-Förderpreis for Doctoral thesis: Fertility of immigrants and their descendants in West Germany – an event-history approach, University of Rostock, Germany
2017–2020: THEORIA – Kurt von Fritz-Programm des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Forschungsprojekt „Exogame Partnerschaften mit Zugewanderten in Deutschland: Trends, Determinanten und Auswirkungen“
2018: Association for the Sociology of Religion ‘Distinguished Sociology of Religion Journal Article Award’ 2018
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