Susanne Schmid

E-Mail: susanne.schmid(at)uni-bamberg.de / susanne.schmid(at)uni-oldenburg.de

Phone: +49 441 798-4567
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Pillar 2: Educational and Socail Inequality Across the Entire Life Course

Field: Sociology

Research Interests: Social Inequality, Family Research, Compatibility of Work and Family, Gender Inequality, Gender Roles, Maternal Employment, Social and Family Policies, Education over the Life Course, Early Childhood Education and Care, Child Development, Quantitative Methods, Causal Data Analysis, Sequence Analysis
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Visit Susanne's Website at the University of Oldenburg here.

Find Susanne's full CV here(228.8 KB, 8 pages).

// DISSERTATION PROJECT

Heterogeneities in Child Development; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. C. Kleinert, Prof. Dr. G. Zoch, Prof. Dr. M. Gebel

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// ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

10/2021 - ongoing

Doctoral Researcher, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences at the Otto-Friedrich-University, Bamberg

10/2018 - 03/2021

M.A. Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich

10/2015 - 09/2018

B.A. Sociology and Communication Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich

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// EXPERIENCE

10/2022 - 09/2025

Research Associate at the DFG-Project “Work Mum” of the Chair of Sociology of Social Inequality, University of Oldenburg (Prof Dr G. Zoch), Oldenburg

12/2020 - 11/2021

Doctoral Associate at the Department of Families and Family Policies of the German Youth Institute (Dr C Boll, DIJ), Munich

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// PUBLICATIONS

Schmid, Susanne; Huebener, Mathias; Mahlbacher, Malin; Zoch, Gundula (2024): Begünstigt eine spätere Elternschaft die kindliche Entwicklung? Der familiale Hintergrund ist
entscheidend. Bevölkerungsforschung Aktuell, 3/2024, p. 3–8.
Huebener, Mathias; Mahlbacher, Malin; Schmid, Susanne; Zoch, Gundula (2024): Entwickeln sich Kinder älterer Mütter besser? Bestehende Unterschiede vor allem aufgrund familialer
Merkmale. Beziehungsweise, p. 6–7.

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// CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

WS 2024/2025

Presentation: Beruf und Betreuung: Das Zusammenspiel mütterlicher Erwerbs- und kindlicher Betreuungsverläufe. Familie am Mittag. DJI (German Youth Institute). (Presenter: Susanne Schmid & Hannah Steinberg) [forthcoming]

Presentation: Maternal Work Trajectories and Childcare Histories - An In-Depth Exploration of the Interplay and its Consequences for Child Development. 9^th International NEPS Conference, LIfBi, Bamberg. [forthcoming]

Presentation: Maternal Work Trajectories and Childcare Histories - An In-Depth Exploration of the Interplay and its Consequences for Child Development. DGSHerbsttagung Sektion Familiensoziologie. Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.

Presentation: Maternal Job Skills and Cognitive and Non-/Cognitive Child Development: Evidence From Germany. Herbsttagung Sektion Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse. University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. (Presenter Prof. Dr. G. Zoch)

SS 2024

Poster: Maternal Age and Non-/Cognitive Child Development: New Evidence from Germany. ECSR 2024 Conference “Addressing Inequalities in Incomplete Revolutions”. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Bacelona, Spain.

Presentation: From Workplace to Home: Investigating How Maternal Job Demands Affect Child Development. ECSR 2024 Conference “Addressing Inequalities in Incomplete Revolutions”. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Bacelona, Spain. (Presenter Prof. Dr. G. Zoch)

Presentation: Maternal Age and Non-/Cognitive Child Development: New Evidence from Germany. Colloquium of Educational Decisions and Processes, Migration, Educational Returns. LIfBi, Bamberg, Germany

Presentation: Maternal Age and Non-/Cognitive Child Development: New Evidence from Germany. Centre for DemoSoc Colloquium (Early Career Day). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Bacelona, Spain.

Presentation: Maternal Age and Non-/Cognitive Child Development: New Evidence from Germany. Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) Semestre Colloquium. CED, Barcelona, Spain.

Presentation: From Workplace to Home: Investigating How Maternal Job Demands Affect Child Development. DGS Frühjahrstagung Sektion Familiensoziologie, LIfBi, Bamberg, Germany. (Presenter Dr. A.-C. Bächmann)

Presentation: From Workplace to Home: Investigating How Maternal Job Demands Affect Child Development. IAB Conference 2024 “Investigating social inequalities using survey and register data”. IAB, Nuremberg, Germany.

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// SCHOLARSHIPS

10/2025 - 09/2026

Completion Scholarship awarded by the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS)

10/2021 - 09/2022

Starter Scholarship awarded by the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS)

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