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Chair of Sociology, especially Family and Work

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Dr. Christina Siegert

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Chair of Sociology, especially Family and Work

Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Feldkirchenstraße 21 / Room 00.19a
96052 Bamberg

E-Mail: christina.siegert(at)uni-bamberg.de

 

short biography

Christina Siegert joined the department as a postdoctoral researcher in October 2025. She completed her PhD on “Poverty risk within couples across the family life course” at the University of Vienna in the same year. Her research has been recognized with the Theodor Körner Prize (2024) and the Kurt Rothschild Prize (2025).

Before joining the department, Christina held research positions at the University of Vienna, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Statistics Austria. She also worked as a social policy expert at Diakonie Austria. She serves on the board of the “Social Inequality” section of the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖGS), co-organizes the Conference for Young Poverty Research as part of the Austrian Poverty Conference, and is a member of the “Income and Wealth” working group within the Austrian Socio-Economic Panel (ASEP).

 

Research areas

  • Life course sociology, esp. family and work
  • Gender inequality and attitudes
  • Poverty and economic inequality
  • Comparative welfare state research