Mine Kühn
@minekuhn.bsky.social
Sociologist | Demographer at Tilburg University, Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Fellow The Einstein Center Population Diversity. Health | Family | Gender | Labor | Social Policy
In "Gender Differences in Health Reporting,” @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social @minekuhn.bsky.social et al. report little evidence of gender diffs, finding that folks tend to evaluate health more optimistically as they age. @mpidr.bsky.social @sociologytiu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
We’re excited to announce this summer semester’s DYNAMICS Lecture Series talks featuring @minekuhn.bsky.social , Aksel Sundström, and Ruth Ditlmann. 🚀 First talk: Monday, March 23, 12:30 @hertieschool.bsky.social Mine Kühn – “From Breakups to New Beginnings: Family Pathways and Health” Join us!
📢 Excited to announce the 8th Joint Doctoral Conference at Tilburg University! 🎓🌍 📅 26–27 Nov 2026 🗓 Submission deadline: May 1st 2026 PhD candidates: present your research, get feedback, and connect internationally! 💡🤝🗣️ More info 👉 www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/even...
Eighth Joint Doctoral Conference | Tilburg University
The Eighth Joint Doctoral Conference invites PhD candidates in sociology to come together for enriching academic dialogue and collaboration. This two-day conference is organised by PhD candidates from...
tilburguniversity.edu
👓🌈Recommended Reading📚🏳️🌈 Married Female Couples at Highest Risk of Divorce https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/recommended_reading_14980 Maria Ponkilainen, Elina Einiö, Mine Kühn Kühn, Mikko Myrskylä #Children #cohabitation #divorce #family #LGBTQ #marriage
📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing Interview with D. Susie Lee 이수지 Leader of the Group: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RGRA Job: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/postdoc_research_scientist_in_the_reproductive_ageing_research_group_14844/
In “Single Parenthood, Gender & Mortality” @minekuhn.bsky.social @angelacar.bsky.social J Caputo, L Ahrenfeldt & @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social examine “variations in mortality by pathway into single p'hood" & other factors. @sociologytiu.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
I’m excited to share our new publication in @readdemography.bsky.social 🥳 written w/ @angelacar.bsky.social, J. Caputo, L. Ahrenfeldt, @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social 👉 Read the full paper here lnkd.in/enf3Duvg @sociologytiu.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/pres...
Study reveals elevated mortality risk for single parents, with single fathers at particularly high risk | Tilburg University
A new study by Tilburg University and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research reveals that single parents in Denmark face significantly higher mortality risks than their partnered counterpar...
tilburguniversity.edu
New paper out in @jmfncfr.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social. We use (weighted) sequence complexity indices to estimate mental + physical health in mid-adulthood. Results (again) highlight the vulnerability of single mothers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examines the association between accumulated family complexity and mental and physical health in mid-adulthood, with a focus on gender differences. Background While research o...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
🎉🎊A week full of celebrations ✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨ We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... #ERCStartingGrant #longevity
🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu! 📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors). 🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last yr.The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include: ✴️ redefining false memories ✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic ✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues ✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood ✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
Excited and grateful to launch my ERC project #SOCIO-CLIMP 🌍🌤️ The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑🤝🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.
European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last yr.📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out! Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025! ➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh #FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
Talked with @ruettenauer.bsky.social about environmental inequality-immigrant minorities face disproportionate exposure to air pollution in 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧. I created this podcast for my Sustainability, Health, and Wellbeing students. Excited to share the discussion with them! 🎧💫 @sociologytiu.bsky.social
Yesterday, our students had the opportunity to attend a Master Orientation Course. 💡 Questions? Feel free to reach out! 📌 For Sociology Master‘s Programs: Dr. Inge Sieben at I.J.P.Sieben@uvt.nl 📌 For the Research Master - Sociology Track: Dr. Mine Kühn at M.Kuhn@uvt.nl. #Sociology #MasterPrograms
📃 Did you see? 👀 We recently published "Selective re-partnering? Mental health and life satisfaction among separated single mothers in Germany and the UK" by @philippdierker.bsky.social, @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä. Open Access 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #sociology
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
Heute ist der 10. Familienbericht des @BMFSFJ erschienen. @minekuhn.bsky.social kommt dazu heute in der @szde.bsky.social zu Wort. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/fami... Mehr Forschung zu Allein- & Getrennterziehenden: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/neuepartner oder www.demogr.mpg.de/go/erwerbstaetige_muetter
New paper just out in @actasociologica.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä, looking at the selective nature of re-partnering among single mothers in terms of their well-being in Germany and the UK. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
@monika-schnitzer.com sieht die Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland nicht auf Vollzeit arbeitende Eltern ausgerichtet. »Die Kitas sind viel zu wenige Stunden am Tag geöffnet, sie sind nicht zuverlässig, schließen zu viele Wochen im Jahr. Man kann sich auf die Kitas nicht verlassen«
Kita-Krise: Wirtschaftsweise kritisiert mangelnde Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland
Viele Frauen arbeiten Teilzeit, weil die Kinderbetreuung schlicht nicht funktioniert, sagt die Wirtschaftsweise Monika Schnitzer. Sie sieht auch Unternehmen in der Verantwortung.
spiegel.de
I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky
Our @sociologytiu.bsky.social community is growing! Feel free to reach out if you’d like me to update the list.
Quantitative approaches for implementing #intersectionality theory in your work: a fantastic video on this by Prof Greta Bauer from a few years ago ⏬ #HealthInequality www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsnq...
Incorporating intersectionality into your quantitative research | Dr. Greta Bauer
YouTube video by CGSHE
youtube.com
Here's a starter pack of researchers at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research: go.bsky.app/4MjXqv8
Aaand this is why we need tractors! After wks of organizing & clearly increasing momentum for a national protest against the billion+ in budget cuts to higher edu & research, the municipality of #Utrecht blocks the protest out of what they state are "safety concerns"... This is heartbreaking. 🟥
Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2y ago
A current paper of @philippdierker.bsky.social & @minekuhn.bsky.social reveals: New partnerships can improve the life satisfaction of single moms,especially through increased financial resources.But a new partner doesn't usually bring relief around household chores. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/repartnering
MPIDR - New Partnerships Improve Life Satisfaction for Single Mothers
Single mothers often experience poorer mental health and lower life satisfaction due to increased stress, financial insecurity, and less support in everyday life. A study by the Max Planck Institute f...
demogr.mpg.de
PhD Alert 📣 We are seeking a PhD candidate to work on our interdisciplinary project focusing on women’s retirement trajectories and their impact on health 👩⚕️🕵️♀️👩💻👩🔧👩🚒 If you have questions or are interested, please reach out to me. Feel free to share this post!
Konrad Turek@kturek.bsky.social · 2y agoPhD vacancy at Tilburg University! Together with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Jeroen Vermunt, we are looking for a talented PhD candidate for the project ‘The Changing Landscape of Women’s Retirement: Physical and Mental Health Consequences of Working Longer’. Apply bf 26.06: tiu.nu/22309
👏
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)@mpidr.bsky.social · 2y agoWelcome Carla Rowold! Carla joins the teams of the Lab of Population Health and the Research Group Labor Demography. She will be working on the accumulation of work and family complexities over the life course. Welcome, we are happy to work with you! www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
Still time to apply to work w/ me & amazing peeps @oxforddemsci.bsky.social as a PostDoc on ERC MORTAL project-deadline Jan 25! We want YOUR unique expertise to help understand the biological & social determinants of #mortality. #Demography #EconSky #EpiSky don't be shy! tinyurl.com/ynnd735h
Out new paper on family structure changes and children’s stress was featured in DER WELT (GER), joint work w/ @minekuhn.bsky.social, @larabister.bsky.social, Tobias Vogt, Sandra Krapf. Check out the corresponding podcast episode www.welt.de/podcasts/aha... 🚨 Paper will be out soon, stay tuned!
Trennung: Wie sich die Erfahrung der Kinder auf das spätere Leben auswirkt - WELT
Kinder leiden lange an den Folgen einer Scheidung oder Trennung. Forscher können nach Experimenten nun ein hohes Stress-Level belegen. Eine der Expertinnen erklärt, was in der Studie gemessen wurde ...
welt.de
This wk, @TilburgU Council discusses employee-proposed initiative urging the Board to champion ius promovendi expansion. We challenge the notion that a scholar's ability to be a PhD promotor is tied to a specific hierarchical rank. Let's recognize & reward skills! @academic-chatter.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Survey Methodology at Utrecht University. Deadline: 3 dec Tenured if successful evaluation after 1year www.academictransfer.com/en/334218/as...
