Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Macrosociology

Publications

 

PUBLICATIONS (* = peer-reviewed)

Books

2015. Public sector employment regimes: Transformations of the state as an employer. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (with Karin Gottschall, Bernhard Kittel, Kendra Briken, Sylvia Hils, Sebastian Streb, Markus Tepe).*

2009. Anwaltliche Schuldner- und Verbraucherinsolvenzberatung: Eine explorative Studie zur Rechts­wirklichkeit anwaltlicher Insolvenzberatung im Rahmen des § 305 InsO [Consumer insolvency counseling by lawyers: An explorative study of the law in action under Section 305 of the German Insolvency Statute]. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač.

2006. Der außergerichtliche Einigungsversuch im Verbraucherinsolvenzverfahren: Inkasso-Unternehmen als Datenquelle für Verschuldungsuntersuchungen [Out-of-court negotiations under German consumer insolvency law: Debt collection agencies as data source for research on consumer debt]. Norderstedt: Books on Demand (with Sylvia Hils, Anika Richter, Brunhild Schröder, Reinhold Sackmann).

Editorships

Accepted. Einstellungen von BürgerInnen zum Fördern und Fordern in der Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Ergebnisse eines deliberativen Bürgerforums [Citizens’ attitudes towards the ‘empower and challenge’-approach in German labor market policy: Results of a deliberative mini-public]. Soziologie­magazin Special Issue (edited with Katharina Zimmermann).

2015. Finanzialisierung des Alltags als Herausforderung für den Sozialstaat [Financialization of daily life as challenge for the welfare state]. Zeitschrift für Sozialreform 61(3) (with Jürgen Schraten).*

Journal Articles

Accepted. Zur Akzeptanz des Wohlfahrtsstaates: Fixe Meinungen oder Willensbildung durch Deliberation? [Acceptance of the welfare state: Fixed opinions, or opinion formation via deliberation?] Nova Acta Leopoldina (with Steffen Mau, Katharina Zimmermann).

2015. Private Überschuldung und Sozialpolitik: Varianten der staatlichen Regulierung von Verbrau­cherinsolvenz und Restschuldbefreiung [Household over-indebtedness and social policy: Regulations on consumer insolvency and debt relief in national varieties of personal bankruptcy law]. Zeitschrift für Sozialreform 61(3): 315-340.*

2015. Editorial: Finanzialisierung des Alltags als Herausforderung für den Sozialstaat [Financialization of daily life as challenge for the welfare state]. Zeitschrift für Sozialreform 61(3): 229-238.

2008. Verbraucherinsolvenzberatung durch Rechtsanwälte: Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie [Consumer insolvency counseling by lawyers: Results of an empirical study]. Zeitschrift für Verbraucher- und Privat-Insolvenzrecht 7(12): 505-513.

Book Chapters

Accepted. Consumer insolvency proceedings in Europe: An introduction to consumer over-indebtedness and debt relief. In: Thomas Kadner Graziano, Juris Bojars (eds.): Consumer insolvency proceedings in the European Union Member States and Switzerland: A comparative study.

Accepted. Ängste in der Bevölkerung bei der sozialpolitischen Integration von Migrant*innen [Fears in the population regarding the integration of migrants into the German welfare state]. Book chapter in: Sigrid Betzelt, Ingo Bode (eds.): Angst im neuen Wohlfahrtsstaat. Wiesbaden: Springer VS (with Steffen Mau).

Accepted. Attitudes towards inequalities: Citizen deliberation about the (re-)distribution of income and wealth in four welfare state regimes. Book chapter in: Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth (eds.): Attitudes, aspirations and welfare: Social policy directions in changing times. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (with Steffen Mau, Katharina Zimmermann).

Accepted. Attitudes towards education, social investment and the labour market. Book chapter in: Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth (eds.): Attitudes, aspirations and welfare: Social policy directions in changing times. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (with Katharina Zimmermann, Heejung Chung).

2017. Stretching the limits of solidarity: The German case. In: Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth, Heejung Chung (eds.): After austerity: Welfare state transformations in Europe after the Great Recession. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 27-47 (with Steffen Mau).

2017. „Effizienz, Kundenorientierung, Flexibilität, Transparenz […] – dadurch verkaufen wir uns ja sozusagen“: Werthaltungen im öffentlichen Dienst in Deutschland in marktnahen und marktfernen Bereichen [“Efficiency, customer orientation, flexibility, transparency [...] – that’s how we sell out, so to say”: Values in the public service in Germany in sectors close to and remote from the market]. In: Patrick Sachweh, Sascha Münnich (eds.): Kapitalismus als Lebensform? Deutungsmuster, Legitimation und Kritik in der Marktgesellschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 81-106 (with Karin Gottschall, Andreas Häberle, Sylvia Hils).*

Expert Reports

2016. Wachsende Ungleichheit als Gefahr für nachhaltiges Wachstum: Wie die Bevölkerung über soziale Unterschiede denkt [Increasing inequality as threat to sustained economic growth: What the population thinks about social inequalities]. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Abteilung Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik (with Steffen Mau).

Book Reviews

2017. Iain Ramsay: Personal insolvency in the 21st century: A comparative analysis of the US and Europe. Oxford and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing 2017. International Insolvency Review 26(3): 354-357.

2017. Daniel Mertens: Erst sparen, dann kaufen? Privatverschuldung in Deutschland. Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus 2015. Politische Vierteljahresschrift 58(1): 162-164.

Working Papers

2015. Weder Staatsdiener noch Dienstleister: Selbstverständnis öffentlich Beschäftigter in Deutschland [Neither public servant nor service provider: Self-images of public employees in Germany]. Bremen: TranState Working Paper 187 (with Karin Gottschall, Andreas Häberle, Sylvia Hils).*

2006. Insolvenzursachen und Insolvenzprophylaxe: Ergebnisse einer Befragung von Geschäftsführern insolventer Unternehmen [Causes and prevention of insolvency: Results of a survey among managers of insolvent companies]. Bremen: Seghorn Forschungsreihe 3 (with Sylvia Hils, Anika Richter).

2006. Überschuldung – Ursachen und Prävention: Ergebnisse einer Befragung von überschuldeten Personen [Over-indebtedness – causes and prevention: Results of a survey among over-indebted households]. Bremen: Seghorn Forschungsreihe 2 (with Sylvia Hils, Anika Richter).

2005. Der außergerichtliche Einigungsversuch im Verbraucherinsolvenzverfahren: Inkasso-Unternehmen als Datenquelle für Verschuldungsuntersuchungen [Out-of-court negotiations under German consumer insolvency law: Debt collection agencies as data source for research on consumer debt]. Halle (Saale): Der Hallesche Graureiher 2005-3 – Forschungsberichte des Instituts für Soziologie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (with Sylvia Hils, Anika Richter, Brunhild Schröder, Reinhold Sackmann).

Qualification Theses

2014. Rules and norms of consumer insolvency and debt relief: A comparison and classification of personal bankruptcy regimes in 15 economically advanced countries. Dissertation thesis, University of Bremen.

2007. Anwaltliche Schuldner- und Verbraucherinsolvenzberatung: Eine explorative Studie zur Rechtswirklichkeit anwaltlicher Insolvenzberatung im Rahmen des § 305 InsO. Diploma thesis, University of Bremen.

Work in Progress

Revised & resubmitted. The four worlds of consumer bankruptcy law: An empirical and theoretical classification of 15 regimes. Socio-Economic Review.

Revised & resubmitted. Changing preferences towards redistribution: How deliberation shapes welfare attitudes. Social Policy & Administration (with Katharina Zimmermann, Steffen Mau).

Revised & resubmitted. Regime, social risks and welfare mix: How citizens in Germany and the United Kingdom attribute responsibilities for pensions and childcare to state, market and family. Journal of European Social Policy (with Peter Taylor-Gooby, Heejung Chung, Benjamin Leruth, Steffen Mau, Katha­rina Zimmermann).

Under review. Rules and norms of consumer insolvency and debt relief: A comparison and classification of personal bankruptcy systems in 15 economically advanced countries. Book proposal, various publishers.

Draft version. Unravelling deservingness: Which criteria do people use to judge the relative deservingness of welfare target groups? Journal article (with Katharina Zimmermann).

Draft version. Civil servant or service provider? Value patterns of public sector employees in different domains of public services in France, Germany and Sweden. Journal article (with Kendra Briken, Karin Gottschall, Andreas Häberle, Sylvia Hils).

Writing draft. Finanzmärkte und Finanzprodukte in der Sozialpolitik(forschung): Konzepte und empirische Befunde [Financial markets and financial products in social policy (research): Concepts and empirical results]. Journal article (with Daniel Mertens).

PRESENTATIONS (since 2012)

Conferences

2018

[accepted] Law and Society Association (LSA), Annual Meeting, Collaborative Research Network on Household Finance, 7-10 June Toronto/ON: The new poor persons’ bankruptcy: A comparative study in precarity (with Iain Ramsay).

[accepted] NORFACE Welfare State Futures (NORFACE WSF), Final Conference, 24-25 May, Florence: Redistribution reinforced: Citizens’ perceptions of welfare conditionality from a multidimensional perspective (with Katharina Zimmermann).

 

2017

Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet), Annual Conference, 14-16 September, Lisbon: Rights and obligations in times of austerity: Citizens’ perceptions of welfare conditionality from a multidimensional perspective (with Katharina Zimmermann).

German Sociological Association (DGS), Section Social Policy, Annual Meeting, 22-23 June, Berlin: Ängste in der Bevölkerung bei der sozialpolitischen Integration von MigrantInnen: Deliberative Foren als Mittel der Sozialpolitikforschung (with Steffen Mau).

German Association for Political Science (DVPW), Working Group Comparative Welfare State Research, 27-28 April, Kassel: Finanzmärkte und Finanzprodukte in der Sozialpolitik(forschung): Konzepte und empirische Befunde (with Daniel Mertens).

 

2016 

German Sociological Association (DGS), 38th Congress, 26-30 September, Bamberg: Panel Finanzialisierung des Alltags als Öffnung und Schließung von Märkten (with Jürgen Schraten).

German Sociological Association (DGS), 38th Congress, Section Social Policy, 26-30 September, Bamberg: Staat, Markt oder Familie: Sozialpolitische Verantwortlichkeiten im Spiegel der Bevölkerungsmeinung im deutschen und britischen Wohlfahrtsstaat (with Steffen Mau, Katharina Zimmermann).

Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet), Annual Conference, 1-3 September, Rotterdam: State, market, or family: Attributions of responsibilities for social policies by the population in the German and British welfare state regime (with Steffen Mau, Katharina Zimmermann).

Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet), Annual Conference, 1-3 September, Rotterdam: Deliberating redistribution: How deliberation shapes welfare attitudes (with Katharina Zimmermann, Steffen Mau).

 

2015         

Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet), Annual Conference, 3-5 September, Odense: Stretching the limits of solidarity: The German case (with Steffen Mau).

 

2014

German Sociological Association (DGS), 37th Congress, 6-10 October, Trier: Panel Krisen durch die Finanzialisierung des Alltagslebens (with Jürgen Schraten).

German Sociological Association (DGS), 37th Congress, Section Social Policy, 6-10 October, Trier: Private Überschuldung und Sozialpolitik: Das Problem der sozialen Exklusion von Schuldnern in den europäischen Verbraucherinsolvenzverfahren.

Competence Center Consumer Research NRW (CECORE), International Conference on Consumer Research, 29-30 September, Bonn: Consumer bankruptcy as new measure of social and consumer policy in Europe: General characteristics, national varieties, and the problem of social exclusion.

European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Annual Conference, Section Political Economy, 3-6 September, Glasgow: The political economy of consumer debt relief: Consumer bankruptcy in comparative perspective.

Law and Society Association (LSA), Annual Meeting, International Research Collaborative on Household Debt and Insolvency, 29 May-1 June, Minneapolis/MN: National differences in the scope of consumer bankruptcy’s financial ‘fresh start’: Testing competing explanations for number and types of discharge exceptions.

 

2013         

Berlin Working Group on Socio-Legal Studies (BAR) & Law and Society Institute Berlin (LSI), Conference ‘Recht und Krise’, 11-12 October, Berlin: Rechtliche Bearbeitung von finanziellen Krisen: Merkmale und Varianz von Verbraucherinsolvenzverfahren.

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Annual Conference, Network Welfare State, 27-29 June, Milan: Consumer bankruptcy as social policy: General characteristics and national diversity.

Nordic Centers of Excellence NordWel and REASSESS, International Conference ‘Shifting to post-crisis welfare states in Europe: Long-term and short-term perspectives’, 4-5 June, Berlin: Social inclusion and exclusion in European consumer bankruptcy systems.

 

2012

Law and Society Association (LSA), Annual Meeting, International Research Collaborative on Household Debt and Insolvency, 5-8 June, Honolulu/HI: Debt discharge for insolvent consumers: A classification of personal bankruptcy laws in 15 economically advanced countries.

 

Invited Talks

2018

[scheduled] International Conference ‘Balance of interests: Restructuring, insolvency and second chance’, 31 May-1 June, INSOL Europe, Eastern European Countries Committee, Riga: Effects of different consumer bankruptcy regimes in Eastern European Countries.

[scheduled] Jour fixe SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, 24 January, University of Bremen: Finanzmärkte und Wohlfahrtsstaaten: Neue Transformationen der Sozialpolitik.

 

2017

International Meeting ‘Armutsbekämpfung durch Schuldenprävention’, 9-10 November, Basel/Olten: Markt – Haftung – Sozialstaat: Modelle der Entschuldung zur Armutsbekämpfung im internationalen Vergleich.

International Workshop ‘Debt and debt relief’, 20 September, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Birmingham: Legal frameworks for debt relief and their impact on low-income debtors.

 

2016

International Symposium ‘Debt and guilt: On the moralization of the economy’, 16-17 July, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Moral economies of consumer insolvency.

International Workshop ‘The new poor persons’ bankruptcy: Regulatory private law, social policy and the market’, 28 April, University of Kent: German perspectives on low-income, low-assets debtors.

 

2014     

International Workshop ‘Consumer insolvency in times of austerity’, 15-16 December, University of Helsinki: Debt relief for individuals and restrictions to the ‘fresh start’.