About me
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I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Gerontology, Department of Ageing and Work at the University of Vechta, Germany. I received my doctorate from the University of Vechta, where I worked in the BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) funded Project "Integrierte Kompetenzentwicklung im Handwerk (In-K-Ha)", which explored competence management within small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the German Craft Sector. In my dissertation I specifically looked at the group of older workers and investigated the strategies and determinants of SMEs in regard to developing the competences of their ageing workforces. Currently I am working on questions in regard to ageism in the labour market, inequalities in retirement pathways, sustainable labour market policies as well as post-retirement employment. Prior to my position in Vechta I worked as a Project Manager/Researcher for the Bertelsmann Foundation out of their Brussels and Gütersloh Offices. Here I was involved in several projects focussing on ageing work forces and extending working lives. I studied Sociology and Media Science at the Universities of Köln and Bochum as well as Sociology/European Societies at the Free University Berlin. |
News
March 2021 Super proud to announce that some of our research on Ageism is featured in the recently published "Global Report on Ageism" by the World Health Organization / United Nations. A new Article on competence management in the german craft sector has been published. Thanks to the editors of the Journal Weiterbildung for inviting me. February 2021 New article on cybergrooming of young adults in Germany. Thank you Sophie Weingraber and Christina Plath for the great collab. November 2020 A new bookchapter on working pensioners and health is out and about, together with Moritz Hess. October 2020 A new article on attitudes towards work in retirement has been published with the European Journal of Ageing. Together with Moritz Hess & Jana Mäcken. Oh and good news: it's open access! A New paper on older womens labour market participation and informal care responsibilities (in German) has been published with Sozialer Fortschritt. Again with the best team Moritz Hess & Wouter De Tavernier. June 2020 Delighted to announce that our article "Do young people stand alone in their demand to live alone? The intergenerational conflict hypothesis put to test in the housing sector" has been published with the Intergenerational Justice Review AND was rewarded with the 7th Demography Prize by the Foundation for the Rights for future Generations, together with Wouter De Tavernier, Moritz Hess and Sebastian Merkel. May 2020 New Bookchapter on Working Pensioners with a focus on self-employment, together with Philip Stiemke, Moritz Hess and Jana Mäcken. April 2020 New systematic review on Determinants of Ageism available open access with the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) February 2020 Studioguest with NDR1 Radio to talk about on how to plan your retirement; Thank you for the invitation! Our ECR Workshop on "Mixed-Methods in Ageing Research" will take place in Halle/Saale, 01.09.2020. Registration is prolonged until the 31th of May My Dissertation "Betriebliches Kompetenzmanagement älterer Arbeitnehmer*innen: Eine betriebssoziologische Analyse im Handwerk" is now published with Springer January 2020 Some of my joint work with Moritz Hess on post-retirement employment was cited in the Süddeutsche Zeitung Dezember 2019 New article on Ageism in labour market integration online at International Journal of Manpower, together with Wouter De Tavernier, Moritz Hess & Frerich Frerichs Happy to announce that my PhD Thesis was awarded with the the Dissertationspreis der Universitätsgesellschaft Vechta November 2019 Honored to have been invited as studio guest with the TV-Show "Planet Wissen" (WDR) to talk about "Ageism and its Consequences" (in German) September 2019 Greatful to co-chair two sessions at the "Gemeinsame Fachtagung der Sektionen III und IV der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie" in Berlin, together with Andrea Teti Happy to present my thesis on comepetence management of older workers in SMEs at the "DGS Herbstkonferenz der Sektion Altern und Gesellschaft" in Vienna, Austria New Publication on sanctioning older unemployed in Europe with data form ESS with Elias Naumann, Wouter De Tavernier and Moritz Hess July 2019 New Publication on a Critical Perspective on Ageism and Modernization Theory together with Wouter De Tavernier and Moritz Hess New Publication on Delaying Retirement together with Wouter De Tavernier, Moritz Hess and Dan Holman June 2019 Happy to announce, that I successfully defended my PhD thesis at the University of Vechta New Ted-Like-Talk on "Altersdiskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz" available on Youtube March 2019 I did an interview with the blog TheAgeBuster.com on ageism in the workplace |