Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spieß

Education

• 1986: Economics and Political Science, University of Mannheim, Germany, BA (equivalent)
• 1992: Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany, MA (equivalent)
• 1996: PhD (summa cum laude), Department for Social Sciences, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
• 2005: Habilitation, Department for Economics and Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Professional Background

• 1993: Guest Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
• 1993-1997: Research Scientist, Institute for Public Finance and Social Policy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
• 1994-1995,1997: Visiting Researcher, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, New York, USA
  
• 1997-2000: Senior Project Manager, Prognos AG, Department: Policy and Society, Basel, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany
• 2000-2012: Research Fellow, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany
• 2006-2021: University Professor for "Family and Education Economics", Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
• 2007: Visiting Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management (PAM), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
• 2009: Visiting Scholar, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
• 2009-2011: Research Director, Education Policy, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany
• 2012-2021: Head of the Department “Education and Family”, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany
• 2013-2017: WZB-Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB Berlin), Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany
• Since 2021: University Professor for "Population Economics", Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
• Since 2021: Director of the Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany

Memberships and Activities in Scientific Associations

• 1999-2009: Member, Selection Committee of the Scholarship, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin, Germany
• 2007-2016: Scientific Advisory Board Member, Institute for Labour Research (IAB) Nuremberg, Germany
• Since 2007: Faculty Member, International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE), Berlin, Germany
• Since 2008: Faculty Member, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Graduate Center of Economic and Social Research, Berlin, Germany
• Since 2009: Vertrauensdozent, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin, Germany
• 2010-2018: Scientific Advisory Board Member, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• 2011-2018: Scientific Advisory Board Member, “Little Scientists’ House” – Federal Education Project, Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin, Germany
• Since 2012: Steering Committee Member, College for Interdisciplinary Education Research (CIDER), Berlin, Germany
• Since 2012: Steering Committee Member, Leibniz Education Research Network (LERN), Berlin, Germany
• 2013-2021: Board of Trustees Member, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden, Germany
• 2013-2017: Scientific Advisory Board Member, Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGGS), University of Bamberg, Germany
• 2014-2020: Member of the Jury for the Leibniz Association Award, Berlin, Germany
• 2016-2020: Scientific Advisory Board Member, Gemeinschaftsaufgabe: Feststellung der Leistungsfähigkeit des Bildungswesens, Joint Appointment by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin, Germany
• 2017-2020: Executive Board Member, German Economic Association (VFS), Berlin, Germany
• 2018-2020: Chair of the Project “Gleichstellung”, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Bamberg, Germany
• Since 2020: Faculty Member, “Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science” (BDPEMS), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
• Since 2020: Member, Expert Group “Family Policy”, German Association for Public and Private Welfare, Berlin, Germany

Reviewing Activities

• Scientific Journals: Advances in Life Course Research; Ageing and Society; American Economic Review; American Journal of Sociology; Applied Economics; Bulletin of Economic Research; Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research; Economics of Education Review; Economics and Human Biology; Education Economics; Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training; Feminist Economics; Frühe Bildung; Finanzarchiv; Economic Inquiry; Empirical Economics; Health and Place; Kyklos; International Journal of Time Use Research (eIJTUR); Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Stastistik; Journal of Economic Psychology; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of European Social Policy; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Marriage and the Family; Journal of Population Economics; Journal of Social Policy; Journal for Sociology of Education and Socialisation; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Population Research and Policy Review; Raumforschung und Raumordnung; Schmollers Jahrbuch; Socio-Economic Review; Sozialer Fortschritt; The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy; The Economics of Transition; The History of the Family; The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis; Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung; Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft; Journal of Family Research; Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft; Zeitschrift für Sozialreform

Consulting Experience

• 2003–2005: Member of Expert Committee for the 7th Family Report of the German Federal Government
• Since 2007: Scientific Advisory Board Member for Family Issues of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), Germany, since 2020 Deputy Chairwoman
• 2007-2011: Member of the Berlin Advisory Council for Family Affairs
• 2008-2009: Member of the Agenda Group of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)
• 2009-2011: Member of the Forum "Early Childhood Education" of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)
• 2009-2011: Member of the Academy Group "Fertility and Social Development" of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• 2010-2012: Member of Expert Commission for the "14th Children and Youth Report" of the German Federal Government
• 2011-2013: Member of the Leopoldina Working Group "Neurobiologische und psychologische Faktoren der Sozialisation – Ökonomische und bildungspolitische Konsequenzen"
• 2014-2017: Member of Expert Committee "Demography" of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
• Since 2014: Scientific Advisory Board Member of "Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (Feststellung der Leistungsfähigkeit des Bildungswesens, gemeinsame Berufung des BMBF und KMK)"
• Since 2019: Member of Expert Group "Gute-KiTa-Gesetz", Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)
• 2020: Member of Ad-hoc-Working Group "Corona/Education" of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• 2021: Member of Ad-hoc-Working Group "Corona - Children, youth, young adults" German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Scholarships, Grants and Awards

• 1989–1992: Scholarship Recipient, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin, Germany
• 1999: Klaus-Marquardt-Prize (Prize for the best social sciences dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
• 2006, 2015, 2017: Prize for best DIW Wochenbericht (with coauthors), Society of the Friends of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany

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