Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Anette Eva Fasang
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- Name
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Anette Eva Fasang
- Status
- professor
- anette.fasang (at) sowi.hu-berlin.de
- Institution
- Humboldt-Universität → Präsidium → Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Institut für Sozialwissenschaften → Mikrosoziologie
- Visiting address
- Universitätsstraße 3b , Room 225
- Phone number
- (030) 2093-66522
- Mailing address
- Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin Courses
Current Research Projects
"Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS) - Global Challenges for the Model of Liberal Democracy and Market Economy" [Link]
"High hopes and broken promises: Young adult life courses in Senegal (SCRIPTS)" [Link]
"Household structures and economic risks in East and West Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic: compensation or accumulation? (KOMPAKK)" [Link]
Research Interests
- life course
- stratification
- social demography
- family
- comparative
- welfare state
- quantitative methodology
Short CV
Academic Positions
2023 -
Director (chair) of the Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
2022-2023
Deputy director of the Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
2018-
Academic Director of the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS)
2014-
Full Professor of Microsociology (W3), Humboldt University of Berlin
2011- 2019
Head of the research group Demography and Inequality, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2011-2014
Assistant Professor of Demography (W1), Humboldt University of Berlin
2008-2011
Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE), Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven
2006 - 2007
Postgraduate Fellow, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE), Yale University, New Haven
Awards and Honors
2024
Elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology
2023
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research
2022
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Turku
2018
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research
Visiting Positions
2019-21
Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2019
Stockholm Demography Unit (SUDA) and the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI),University of Stockholm, Sweden
2017
Invited Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2015
Hungarian Demographic Research Institute (HDRI), Budapest, Hungary
2013
Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, German
2012
New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), United Arab Emirates
2010-2011
Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), Columbia University, New York
Education
2005 - 2009
Ph.D. in Sociology, Jacobs University, Bremen (Commitee: Klaus Schömann, Karl Ulrich Mayer, Silke Aisenbrey und Hilke Brockmann)
2006-2007
Postgraduate Fellow, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE), Yale
University, New Haven
1999 - 2004
B.A. and M.A. in Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
Peer Reviewed Publications
Book chapters and invited contributions
Monographs, edited volumes and policy publications
Software and data
Manuscripts in Progress
Fasang, Anette E., Rob Gruiters and Zachary Van Winkle „The Life Course Boadt: A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Variation in Family Lives across Time, Place and Social Location“, Conditionally accepted.
Büyükkececi, Zafer, Anette E. Fasang, Vered Kraus, Asaf Levanon, Evgeny Saburov, “Cumulative (Dis)advantage in Work-Family Life Courses and Earnings at Mid-Life in Israel”, Under review.
Bedük, Selçuk, Anette Eva Fasang, Susan Harkness, Stefan Bastholm Andrade, Zafer Büyükkeçeci, Satu Helske and Aleksi Karhula, “Insurance against risk? Economic cost and compensation of job loss in different welfare regimes.”, Revise & resubmit.
Betthäuser, Bastian, Miriam Sieglreitmaier and Anette E. Fasang, “Change and Inequality in Teenagers Everyday Activity Patterns”, Revise & Resubmit.
Büyükkececi, Zafer, Anette E. Fasang and Antonino Polizzi, “Gender, Family Life Courses and Income at Mid- Life in East and West Germany”, In preparation.
Niati, Binda Noella, Anette E. Fasang and Rob Gruijters: “High Hopes and Broken Promises: Generational Change in Young Adult Life Courses and Political Protest in Senegal”, In preparation.
Fasang, Anette E. and Heike Klüver: „Life Courses and Political Behavior”, In preparation.
Fasang, Anette E. “Generational Change in Life Courses - a Global Perspective”, In preparation.
Work in progress
- Work-family life courses and later life economic outcomes
- Welfare state effects on life courses and social inequality
- Generational Change in Life Courses – a Global Perspective
- Life Courses and Political Processes
Invited Talks (since 2017)
“Prevalence and Poverty Penalties of Working in Non-teleworkable and Non-essential Occupations.”
- ESPANET conference, University of Warsaw (09/23)
- RC 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (08/23)
- Keynote lecture at ECSR thematic workshop, University of Bamberg (08/23)
“Generational Change, Young Adult Life Courses and Political Protest in the Global South”
- RC 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (08/23)
- Invited talk at Science Po, Paris (01/23)
- Keynote lecture at the NCCR LIVES final conference, University of Geneva (11/22)
- Invited talk at University of Copenhagen (11/22)
“Life Courses and Political Behavior”
- Keynote lecture “Life Course Summer School”, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock (10/2021)
- INFER Colloquium, Goethe Universität Frankfurt (05/2022)
“Lives in Welfare States: Life Courses and Social Inequality in four European countries.” (with Zafer Büyükecceci, Selcuk Bedük, Stefan Bastholm Andrade and Aleksi Karhula)
- University of Halle (10/2019)
- European University Institute, Florence (05/2020)
- CREST, Paris (05/2020)
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal (11/2020)
- DSOC, LIS Luxembourg (05/2021)
- DIAL Norface final conference, Brussels (10/2021)
- Poverty Center, University of Haifa (06/2022)
“Apples and oranges? Comparing Life Course Typologies Across Countries” (with Zafer Büyükecceci, Selcuk Bedük, Stefan Bastholm Andrade and Aleksi Karhula)
- SUDA, Stockholm University Demography Unit (05/2019)
“Life course Trajectories and Wealth Accumulation in the United States: Baby Boomers and Millenials compared” (with Rob Gruijters and Zachary Van Winkle)
- ISA Institute for Analytical Sociology, University of Linköping (06/19)
“Family Life Courses, Gender and Mid-Life Earnings” (with Marika Jalovaara)
- Plenary Presentation at ISA RC 28 Social Stratification and Mobility conference in Frankfurt (03/2019)
“Temporal Dynamics and Social Inequality in Work-Family Life Courses.”
- Keynote Lecture, 2017 ECSR Annual conference, Bocconi University, Milan (09/2017)
- Nuffield College, University of Oxford (05/2017)
Conference Presentations (select, since 2017)
“Work Family Life Courses and Cumulative Earnings among Ethno-religious groups in Israel” (with Asaf Levanon, Zafer Büyükkececi, Vered Kraus and Evgeny Saburov)
- 04/22 RC 28, London School of Economics
“How Persistent are Parenthood Wage Gaps across the Life Course? An Intersectional Comparison by Gender and Race” (with Zachary Van Winkle)
- 09/2019 ECSR Annual Conference, Lausanne.
“Similarity in Family Formation of Friends and School Mates” (with Nicola Barban and Nicoletta Balbo)
- 04/2019, PAA Population Association of America, Austin.
“A Medoid-Based Method for Group Comparisons of Life Course Sequence Data” (with Tim F. Liao)
- 08/2017 PAA Population Association of America, Chicago
Grants and research expirience
2022-2025
“Households' labor supply arrangements and in-work poverty: longitudinal dynamics in cross-national comparison“, with Emanuela Struffolino (University of Milan) and Asaf Levanon (University of Haifa) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (EUR 420,000).
2020-2021
“Haushaltsstrukturen und ökonomische Risiken während der COVID-19 Pandemie in Ost- und Westdeutschland: Kompensation oder Akkumulation? (KOMPAKK)”, [Household structures and economic risks during the COVID-19 pandemic in East and West Germany: compensation or accumulation?] BMAS, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales [Federal Ministry for Employment and Social Affairs] with Emanuela Struffolino and Hannah Zagel (EUR 86,000).
2019-2021
“Atypical Employment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage: Britain and Germany in Comparative Perspective”, Oxford-Berlin Strategic Partnership Seed funding with Bastian Betthäuser and Erzsébet Bukodi (EUR 15,000).
2019-2026
Research training group “The Dynamics of Demographic Change, Political Processes and Public Policy (DYNAMICS)”, structured graduate program combining demography and political science funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), spokesperson Heike Klüver, Principal Investigator (PI) (EUR 4 Mio).
2019-2026
Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), spokespersons Tanja Börzel (FU) and Michael Zürn (WZB), Principal Investigator (PI), Member of the steering committee and coordinator of the research unit “Temporality” (EUR 35 Mio).
2019-2024
“High Hopes and Broken Promises: Young Adult Life Courses in Senegal”, Project funded in Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS (see above) with Andreas Eckert (History and Africa Studies HU Berlin) and Babacar Fall (History, Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar) (EUR 475,000).
2018-2021
“Inequality, early adult life courses and economic outcomes at mid-life in comparative context (EQUALLIVES)”, funded in the NORFACE DIAL call (2018-2021), Country PI for Germany, with Susan Harkness (Coordinator), Jani Erola, Mads Meier-Jaeger and Thomas Leopold (EUR 1,5 Mio, German part EUR 221,500).
2014
Offer of a Max-Planck Independent Research Group on “Demography and Inequality”, declined (EUR 1,5 Mio).
2013
Structured Graduate Program “Health and Welfare in the 21st Century”, (with Ellen Immergut and Gabriele Metzler) from Humboldt Initiative Structured Graduate
Programs (EUR 200,000)
2013 - 2017
Conference funding “The Third Decade of Life”, Schloß Herrenhausen Hanover (with Heike Solga and Marlis Buchmann) from Volkswagen Foundation (EUR 30,000).
2013
Grant for six months research visit from the Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock (EUR 25,000).
2011 - 2014
Funding for project group “Demography and Inequality”, WZB Berlin Social Science Center (EUR 120,000).
2005 - 2006
Analysis of the Special Eurobarometer 64.1: Geographic and job mobility in Europe, European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions, Dublin
- Grant development, questionnaire design, data analysis, report writing
2005 - 2006
Qualification Needs in the OECD – Implications for Germany, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Data analysis and writing of government reports
2005
Managing social risks through transitional labour markets “tlm.net”, 5th framework
programme from the European Commission, Directorate General Research
- Research assistance in major international European Union research program
2004
Trainee at the Hungarian National UNESCO Commission, Budapest, Hungary
- Speech writing, research assistance, conference organization
Teaching
Regular Courses (at Humboldt University if not indicated otherwise)
- Family and Demography (BA introductory lecture, ca. 200 students), regular course since 2015
- Methods for Social Research (BA introductory lecture, ca. 300 students), 2011/2012/2013
- Young Adult Life Courses in the Global South (BA, with Noella Binda Niati), 2023
- Normative Foundations of Welfare States (BA, with Stefan Gosepath, FU Berlin), 2022
- Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations of Demography, (MA & PhD), 2020
- Gender Inequality Across the Life Course, (MA & PhD) Corvinus University Budapest, 2020
- The Reproduction of Social Inequality across Generations: Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives (with Stefan Gosepath, Free University of Berlin), 2019/2020/2021
- Families across the Life Course (Project Seminar using Pairfam Data) (MA), 2014/2015/2018/2019
- Designs, Data, Methods: Challenges in Family Research (with Sarah Carol) (MA), 2014, 2015/16
- Demography and Inequality (MA), 2015
- Comparing Societies from a Life-Course Perspective, graduate seminar, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, 2015
- Intergenerational Relations across the Life Course (BA and MA, with Marcel Raab),
2012/2013/2014 - Social Change and Family Formation (MA), 2011/2012
- Survey Methods (with Hannah Brückner) Yale University, (BA, 2009), University of Konstanz, (MA, 2009)
- Life Course Sociology: Theory and Methods, Jacobs University Bremen, 2008
- Quantitative Methods in Demography and Life Course Research (MA), 2013
Advanced Methods Workshops
Sequence Analysis in the Social Sciences (with Silke Aisenbrey, Marcel Raab, Emanuela Struffolino):
- University of Michigan (2022)
- European University Institute, Florence (2020)
- Humboldt University of Berlin (2015)
- ECSR Spring School on “Family Complexity and its Implications for Inequality” Collegio Carlo Alberto,Torino (2014)
- Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nürnberg (2012)
- Berlin Graduate School of Social Science (2012, 2015)
- Turku Center for Welfare Research, University of Turku, Finland (2011)
- Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society scholars Program, Columbia University, New York (2011)
- Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Yale University, New Haven (2009)
Causal Inference in Education Research
- University of Bamberg, Germany (2011)
Visualization in Empirical Social Research.
- Kunsthochschule Weißensee Berlin (Berlin Art School), Workshop in Sauen (2012)
Co-Initiator and Co-organizer of Social Demography Writing Workshop at Humboldt University of Berlin and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (with David Brady, Lena Hipp and Philipp Lersch).
Workshop and conference organization
12/2023
Final workshop EQUALLIVES “Young Adult Life Courses and Economic Inequality at Mid-life”, Humboldt University of Berlin.
12/2019
Final workshop of the Demography and Inequality Research Group at the WZB, WZB Berlin (with Emanuela Struffolino).
10/2018
LACOSA International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Methods, Monte Verita (with Matthias Studer, Raffaella Piccarreta, Tim F Liao).
07/2017
GGP Generations and Gender Programme User Conference, WZB Berlin (with Anne Gauthier, Laura Bernardi, Andreas Edel, Daniela Vono).
12/2016
1st thematic workshop of the ECSR jointly organized with MPIDR on “Demography & Inequality” at Population Europe, Berlin (with Emanuela Struffolino, Miko Myrskylä, Andreas Edel, Merlin Schaeffer, Sarah Carol).
06/2016
Member of the scientific committee of the 2016 SOEP User conference, WZB, Berlin.
09/2014
European Consortium for Social Research (ECSR) Conference “Social Inequality – Are We on the Rise Again?” as a cooperation between Humboldt-University of Berlin and WZB (with Martina Diekhoff, Lena Hipp, and Heike Solga, WZB).
06/2014
“Challenges in the Third Decade of Life”, Conference at Schloß Herrenhausen, funded by the Volkswagenfoundation (with Marlis Buchmann, University of Zürich and Heike Solga, WZB)
05/2014
Section Meeting of the German Sociological Association (DGS) Section on Family Sociology at the WZB (with Matthias Pollman-Schult, WZB).
05/2013
“An Introduction to Quantile Regression”, Tim Liao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. WZB Berlin Social Science Center & Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS).
10/2012
“Combining Descriptive and Causal Methods to Study Inequality”, Christopher Wildeman, Yale University. WZB Berlin Social Science Center & Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS).
05/2012
“Biosociology: From Proteins to People (and Back)”, Dalton Conley, New York University. WZB Berlin Social Science Center & Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS).
Doctoral Thesis Supervision (at Humboldt-University of Berlin if not indicated otherwise)
First supervisor
Completed: Mareike Bünning (2016, winner ECSR best Dissertation prize), Zachary Van Winkle (2018,winner ECSR best Dissertation prize), Zafer Büyükecceci (2021, second place ECSR best Dissertation prize), Claire Samtleben (2022), Alejandra Rodriguez-Sanchez (2022, second place ECSR best Dissertation prize), Daniele Florean (2023), Abiola Oyebanjo (2023), David Kasprowski (2024)
Ongoing: Maria Hornung, Stefanie Jähnen, Carolin Deuflhard, Miriam Siglreitmaier
Second Supervisor (at Humboldt University of Berlin if not indicated otherwise):
Tabea Naujoks (2023, Hertie School of Governance Berlin), Sarah Schmauk (2023, Hertie School of Governance Berlin), Theresa Nutz (2022), Tina Baier (2019, University of Bielefeld), Janna Franke (2019), Fabian Gülzau (2019), Tim Winke (2019), Nadiya Kelle (2017), Rob Gruijters (2017), Anke Radenacker (2015, University of Potsdam), Martin Wetzel (2015), Verena Seibel (2015), Nicolas Legewie (2015), Katharina Mahne (2013), Sylvia Popp (2013), Wiebke Rösler (2012), Nicole Brose (2012)
Dissertation Committee Member (at Humboldt University of Berlin if not indicated otherwise):
Cristina Meija Samper (2022), Lucille Matthijsen (2021, University of Amsterdam), Rona Geffen (2021, Goethe University, Frankfurt), Lea Kröger (2021, European University Institute, Florence), Magdalena Krieger (2021), Luzie Ratnieece (2019, Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Tomas Cano (2019, Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) Bastian Betthäuser (2018, external examiner University of Oxford), Chiara Chomoli (2016, European University Institute, Florence) Stefan Stuth (2015), Manuela Schicka (2015, University of Geneva), Carlos Morales (2014), Gaelle Aeby (2014, University of Lausanne), Sonja Bastin (2014, Rostock University), Hannes Kröger (2013), Sophie Olbrich (2013), Christian Ebner (2012)
Regular supervision of numerous BA and MA theses.
Professional Service
Occasional reviewer journals: Acta Sociologica, Advances in Life Course Research, African Development Review, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, British Journal of Sociology, Comparative Population Studies, Demographic Research,
European Journal of Aging, European Sociological Review, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Journal of European Social Policy, Journal for Labour Market Research, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Happiness Studies, Journal of Politics, Journal of Urban Affairs, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Social Policy, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Oxford University Press, Research on Aging, Social Forces, Social Science Research, Sociological Forum, Sociological Methodology, Sociological Methods & Research, Sociological Science, Sociological Theory, Soziale Welt, Work and Occupations, Zeitschrift für Sozialreform/Journal of Social Policy Research, Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Occasional reviewer research foundations and awards: Austrian Science Foundation (FWF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), German Israeli Foundation (GIF), Minerva Foundation of the Max Planck Society, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin (Wiko), Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work Family Research (since 2017)
Editorial board memberships:
Ongoing: American Sociological Review (2023-), European Sociological Review (2021-)
Past: Acta Sociologica (2014-2020), Social Forces (2015-2021), Sociological Methodology (2012-2015) Zeitschrift für Familienforschung/Journal of Family Research (2015 -2022)
Professional organizations board memberships:
European Consortium of Sociological Research (ECSR), 2015-2021
German Academy for Sociology (Akademie für Soziologie), 2017-2019
Member: Population Association of America (PAA), ISA RC28 on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Work Family Research Network (WFRN)
Advisory board member:
- Rat für Familienfragen (2023-)
- Head of the academic advisory board of the FReDA Panel (German Family Demographic Panel as part of the Generations and Gender Surveys) (2020-)
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst (2022-2024)
- INVEST Flagship Center on Inequality and a New Welfare State, University of Turku, Finland (2019-)
- Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM), University of Bremen (2017-)
- Fachinformationsdienst Soziologie (FID), German Sociological Association (DGS), (2017-2019)
- Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB)/Federal Institute Population Research (2016-)
- DZA eV German Center of Gerontology (2016-2022)
- ERC project INDIRECT (Jani Erola)
- ERC Project NEWFAMSTRAT (Lynn Prince Cooke)
Academic advisor for the special exhibition on “Zukunft Leben: Die demografische Chance”, Naturkundemuseum Berlin. 2013.
Academic committees (at Humboldt University Berlin if not indicated otherwise)
Faculty, council and board of directors of the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) since 2011. Faculty council (Fakultätsrat) Humboldt University Berlin, 2012-2014, 2018 - 2020. Academic council (Konzil) Humboldt University of Berlin, 2015. Curriculum committee (Kommission für Studium und Lehre) Humboldt-University of Berlin, 2015 - ongoing.
Institute council (Institutsrat), Humboldt University of Berlin, 2017-2018, 2022-ongoing