Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Mikrosoziologie

Im aktuellen Semester

Der Fachbereich Mikrosoziologie freut sich folgende Wissenschaftler*innen im Team begrüßen zu dürfen:

 



Nhat An Trinh

@University of Oxford [Link]

Zeitraum: Juli 2021 - Juli 2022


Atypical employment and the Intergenerational Transmission of disadvantage: Britain and Germany in Comparative Perspective [Link]

Since the early 1990s, the incidence of atypical employment – fixed-term, part-time, low paid or flexible shift work – has increased markedly in many advanced economies. This includes but is not limited to the rise of the ‘gig economy’, i.e. the growing share of the economy that relies on work being performed through short-term contracts or freelancing. We currently lack a good understanding of whether, how and to what extent the negative consequences of atypical employment that are known to affect individuals in these kinds of employment conditions are further transmitted to the next generation, thus entrenching social disadvantage amongst this group and hampering social mobility. Our project aims to shed light on this question by bringing together two bodies of inquiry — research on social consequences of atypical employment and research on the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. Building on the theoretical and empirical advances in these two fields of research, we aim to establish the empirical associations between different types of atypical employment in the parental generation and the development and life chances of children.

 

Kurzbiografie
Positionen und Gastaufenthalte
2019 - present

Research Officer, Oxford Institute of Social Policy, University of Oxford

2018

Conference Assistant, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

2017 - 2018

Tutor in Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford

2017 - 2018

Research Assistant, Oxford Institute of Social Policy, University of Oxford

 

Ausbildung
2016 - present

DPhil Social Policy, University of Oxford

2016

MSc Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford

2015

BA Philosophy and Economics, University of Bayreuth 

 
Forschungsinteressen
  • Historical and regional variation in intergenerational inequalities
  • The relationship between inter- and intragenerational social mobility
  • Causes and consequences of social mobility
 
 

Bastian Betthäuser

@Nuffield College [Link]

Zeitraum: August 2019 - Juli 2022


Atypical employment and the Intergenerational Transmission of disadvantage: Britain and Germany in Comparative Perspective [Link]

Since the early 1990s, the incidence of atypical employment – fixed-term, part-time, low paid or flexible shift work – has increased markedly in many advanced economies. This includes but is not limited to the rise of the ‘gig economy’, i.e. the growing share of the economy that relies on work being performed through short-term contracts or freelancing. We currently lack a good understanding of whether, how and to what extent the negative consequences of atypical employment that are known to affect individuals in these kinds of employment conditions are further transmitted to the next generation, thus entrenching social disadvantage amongst this group and hampering social mobility. Our project aims to shed light on this question by bringing together two bodies of inquiry — research on social consequences of atypical employment and research on the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. Building on the theoretical and empirical advances in these two fields of research, we aim to establish the empirical associations between different types of atypical employment in the parental generation and the development and life chances of children.


Kurzbiografie
Positionen und Gastaufenthalte
2018 - present

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College (University of Oxford)

2018 - present

Associate Member, Department of Social Policy & Intervention (University of Oxford)

2016 - 2017

The Oxford Student Think Tank (OxPolicy) – Research Director

2014 - 2016

Oxford Institute of Social Policy (OISP), University of Oxford – Research Assistant

 

Ausbildung
2017

DPhil Social Policy, University of Oxford

2012

MSc Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford

2010

BA Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley

 
Forschungsinteressen
  • Social mobility of disadvantaged youth in Germany
  • Social origins, cognitive ability and educational attainment in Britain
  • Youth unemployment and social participation in Europe

 


Postanschrift

 

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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin

 

 

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