Michaela Kreyenfeld - Hertie School of Governance

Curriculum Vitae - Michaela Kreyenfeld
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology (Dr. rer pol.), Rostock University 2002
Diploma in Social Science (Dipl.-Sozialwiss.), Bochum University 1996
Academic Positions
02/2014-today
Professor of Sociology, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
2013-02/2016
Research Group Leader (W2), Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
2009-2013
Deputy Head, Laboratory of Economic and Social Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
2005-2012
Junior-Professor of Demography (W1), Faculty for Social Sciences, Rostock University
2002-2008
Research Scientist, Laboratory of Contemporary European Fertility, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
1999-2002
Doctoral Fellow, Research Group on Social Dynamics and Fertility, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
1996-1998
Research Scientist, Department for Social Policy, Bochum University
Guest Researcher, Center for Policy Research (CPR), Syracuse University (USA)
Guest Researcher, Centre for the Analysis in the Social Sciences (ECASS), Colchester University
(UK)
Advisory Positions
2007-2009 and 2016-present
Member of the Board of the German Society of Demography, (“Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Demographie, DGD”)
2015-present
Scientific Advisory Board for Family Issues (“Wissenschaftlicher Beirat für Familienfragen beim
Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend“)
2015-present
Member of the Advisory Board of the Time Budget Survey (“Auswertungsbeirat Zeitverwendungsstudie”), Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and Federal Statistical Office Germany
2014-present
Expert Commission for Population Projections (“Bevölkerungsvorausberechungen“), Federal Statistical Office Germany
2011-present
Member of the Expert Commission “Demografie”, Federal Ministry of the Interior
2007-present
Editorial Board, Journal of Family Research (Zeitschrift für Familienforschung)
2005-present
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Forschungsdatenzentrums des Statistischen Bundesamts“ and the “Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes und der Länder“
2015-present
Member of the Advisory Board of the Project “Verhaltens- und Verteilungswirkungen von Rentenreformen”, funded by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
2014-2015
Member of the Advisory Board of the Project “Atypische Beschäftigung und zentrale Lebensbereiche“, funded by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
2014-2015
Member of the Advisory Board of the Project “Die Entwicklung der geschlechtsspezifischen
Rentenlücke in Deutschland “, funded by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
2011-2014
Member of the German Data Council, (“Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten, RSWD”)
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Supervised PhD-Projects
Zabel, Cordula (2006): Employment Characteristics and First Birth in Great Britain and Western
Germany. Rostock University.
Milewski, Nadja (2008): Fertility of Immigrants and their Descendants. An Event History Approach.
Rostock University. (third advisor)
Alich, David (2009): Fatherhood in Russia between 1970 and 2004. The Male Perspective of Family
and Fertility Behavior in a Changing Society. Rostock University.
Köppen, Katja (2011): Marriage and Cohabitation in Western Germany and France. Rostock University.
Krapf, Sandra (2013): Childcare Provision, Attitudes and Fertility in Germany and Sweden. Rostock
University.
Geisler, Esther (2013): How Do Welfare State Policies Influence Parental Employment Patterns? - A
Comparison of Great Britain, Eastern and Western Germany. Rostock University.
Kuhnt, Anne-Kristin (2014): Kinderwünsche im Lebenslauf – Analysen auf Basis des Beziehungsund Familienpanels (parifam). Rostock University.
Bastin, Sonja (2014): Mit Kind, ohne Mann. Und dann? Partnerschaftsverläufe alleinerziehender
Mütter in Deutschland. Rostock University.
Schnor, Christine (2014): The contexts of partnership and childbearing as determinants of union stability. A quantitative analysis on western and eastern German partnerships with data from the German Family Panel. Rostock University.
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