Bluesky About
As a social scientist driven by a fascination for data and quantitative methods, I explore how societal structures shape opportunities in work, academia, and family life. My research interests include labor market sociology, gender inequality, higher education research, academic careers, and work-family dynamics.
My work has appeared in leading journals such as PLOS ONE, Research Policy, Higher Education, Scientometrics, Studies in Higher Education, and Frontiers in Sociology, among others. You can explore some of my ongoing work here, and browse my published articles here.
I work at the University of Wuppertal as Akademische Rätin für quantitative Methoden. But I am currently on academic leave until June 2025 as the JFK Memorial Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard University. At CES, I examine the research question: “How do policy regimes foster (wo)men’s work-family preferences as reflected in parental leave decisions?”
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments, or ideas you’d like to share.
Looking forward to connecting with fellow researchers, collaborators, and curious minds.
– Isabel
News
I’m excited to be participating in the upcoming conferences this year to present my current research:
🇩🇪 I’ll be at the 2025 Annual Conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR), taking place from September 3–5, 2025, in Cologne, Germany. I’ll present my poster titled “Gender, Parenthood, and Labor Market Discrimination: A Meta-Analysis”.
🇩🇪 I’ll also take part in the 42nd Congress of the German Sociological Association (DGS), held at the University of Duisburg-Essen from September 22–26, 2025. My presentation is titled “Justice Principles in the Allocation of Parental Leave Within Couples”.
🇭🇺 Looking forward to joining the 7th Workshop on Experiments in Social-Science Research in Budapest, Hungary, from September 18–19, 2025. I’ll present my experimental research design “Parenthood and Gender Bias in Hiring: Experimental Evidence from the German Labor Market”.
🇩🇪 I’m also excited to present at the 5th Conference of the Academy of Sociology (AS), taking place at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) from October 8–10, 2025. My contribution is titled “Gender, Parenthood, and Labor Market Discrimination: A Meta-Analysis”.
If you’re attending, feel free to reach out — I’d love to connect!