// DISSERTATION PROJECT

What are the Consequences of Structural Differences? Career Dynamics of the Public Sector in Germany and Europe.



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// ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

 
2012 - 2015
Master (M.A.) in in Sociology, University of Bamberg

2009 - 2012
Bachelor (B.A.) in Sociology and Economics, University of Mannheim

Awards and Scholarships

2016
Third place “Best Poster Award” at the 1st  International NEPS User Conference at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Bamberg

2013 - 2015
Student scholarship of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung


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// RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Löwe, P.S. and Unger, S.A. (2022): “Welfare Sanctions and Deprivation in Germany: Do First Sanctions Lead to Higher Levels of Deprivation Among the Long-Term Unemployed and Recipients of Basic Income Support?”. Journal of Social Policy, online first:  doi: 10.1017/S0047279421000994

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// CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

[Jul 15-21, 2018] Vortrag zum Thema "Is it still a lifetime relationship? The job stability of public sector labor market entrants in Germany in times of reforms, privatization and new public management - A cohort perspective" auf dem XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto, Kanada.

[Jul 15-21, 2018] Vortrag zum Theman "The public sector and fertility. Does a public sector job matter? The influence of the job situation on family formation in East and West Germany" auf dem XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto, Kanada.

[Juni 28-29, 2018] Vortrag zum Thema "The public sector and fertility. Does a public sector job matter? The influence of the job situation on family formation in East and West Germany" auf der 6th International pairfam Conference in Panel Data Methods in München.

[Mai 17-19, 2018] Vortrag zum Thema "The public sector and fertility. Does a public sector job matter? The influence of the job situation on family formation in East and West Germany" auf der gemeinsamen Konferenz von RC06 and RC41 zu "Changing Demography, Changing Families" im Mandarin Orchard, Singapur.

[Mär 23, 2018] Vortrag zum Thema "What can we learn from the public sector in Germany regarding fertility? auf der ECSR, Collegio Carlo Alberto und NASP Joint Spring School "Work, Employment and Inequality" am Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italien.

[Mär 19-23, 2018] Teilnahme an der ECSR, Collegio Carlo Alberto und NASP Joint Spring School "Work, Employment and Inequality" am Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italien.

[Jan 26, 2018] Teilnahme am Kurs "Meet the data: Beziehungs- und Familienpanel (pairfam)" am GESIS-Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften in Mannheim, Deutschland.

[Sep 29- 30, 2017] Vortrag zum Thema "Does it really last for a lifetime? - Job stability of public sector labor market entrants in Germany. Transitions out of the first job" auf der 3rd TREE Conference "International Conference on Transitions in Youth, Young Adulthood and Beyond" an der Universität Bern, Schweiz.

[Aug 31- Sep 02, 2017] Vortrag zum Thema "Does it really last for a lifetime? - Job stability of public sector labor market entrants in Germany. Transitions out of the first job" auf der 2017 ECSR Conference "Institutions, inequalities and social dynamics" an der Bocconi Universität in Mailand, Italien.

[Aug 31- Sep 02, 2017] Präsentation zum Thema "Active labour market policies and deprivation in Germany - what are the effects of sanctions on deprivation for the long-term unemployed?" auf der 2017 ECSR Conference "Institutions, inequalities and social dynamics" an der Bocconi Universität in Mailand, Italien.

[Aug 29-31, 2016] Vortrag zum Thema "Active Labour Market Policies and Deprivation in Germany - What are the Effects of Sanctions on Deprivation for the Long-Term Unemployed?" auf dem 2016 Summer Meeting "Economic inequalities, deprivation, and poverty" des Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) an der Universität Bern, Schweiz.

[Jul 20-21, 2016] Vortrag zum Thema "Active Labour Market Policies and Deprivation in Germany - What are the Effects of Sanctions on Deprivation for the Long-Term Unemployed?" auf der Third Annual BAGSS Conference "When the State Intervenes" in Bamberg.

[Jul 07-08, 2016] Präsentation zum Thema "Is it really a lifelong relationship? – Job mobility of public
sector labor market entrants in Germany" auf der 1. International NEPS User Conference am Leibniz Institut für Bildungsverläufe (LIfBi) in Bamberg;  dritter Platz "Best Poster Award".

[Aug 10-14, 2015] Teilnahme an der 4th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology zum Thema "Introduction to Web Surveys" am GESIS-Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften in Köln.

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// EXPERIENCE

Professional Experience

Since 04/15
Research and teaching associate at the Chair of Sociology, especially Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Bamberg

2012 – 2015 
Research assistant at the National Educational Panel Study, Bamberg
Pillar: Returns to Education

2014 – 2015
Research assistant at the chair of Sociology, especially Survey-Methodology, University of Bamberg

2010 – 2011
Research assistant at The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim
Project: YES “Youth in Europe Study”

Internships

2014
Intern at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg
German Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS)

2014
Intern at Rambøll Management Consulting GmbH in Berlindepartment for labour market policies

2010
Intern at Wohlfahrtswerk für Baden-Württemberg in Fellbach
department for organisational development