New LIS working paper (co-authored with Rosa Mulè) is out! Inequality Among Women: Is There Variety? www.lisdatacenter.org/wps/liswps/9...

Young men aren't the whole story. Our new preprint on antifeminist attitudes across Europe by gender and age 👇

Richard Nennstiel@nennstielr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1/4 🗣️ Has feminism gone too far? In a new preprint with @stinasiegert.bsky.social, we analyze how agreement with this statement might vary across genders and age groups in Europe. Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Our new preprint on gender equality attitudes among Gen Z 👇

Richard Nennstiel@nennstielr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Are Gen Z gender gaps in gender equality attitudes really as pronounced as perceived? In a new preprint w/ @stinasiegert.bsky.social , we analyzed 82k+ young adults across 24 European countries. 👉 Read here: osf.io/6h9gd_v1

New in ESR Does educational hypogamy promote gender equality—or does it reflect who selects into these unions? 🌟New #OpenAccess study by @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and #CSiegert constrasts optimistic, pessimistic, and selection-based narratives of hypogamy within couples! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: a review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey

Abstract. This study examines the implications for gender equality of the increasing prevalence of heterosexual couples in which the woman is more highly e

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Last week, I received the Kurt-Rothschild-Prize for Economic Research in the Austrian Parliament for my research on poverty risk within couples and my efforts to make my findings accesible to a broader public. Many thanks to the Karl-Renner-Institut for recognizing my work :-)

Feminicide is reshaping Mexico’s demographic future. Between 2000 and 2019, nearly 50,000 women were murdered. #Feminicide #Mexico #Demography #GenderViolence

📠 New paper out! It explores how gendered career patterns among couples around first birth intersect with changes in individual poverty risk, i.e. under the assumption of no income pooling. Read it OA here: doi.org/10.1016/j.al...

excited to share that I've started a postdoctoral position at the Chair of Family and Work (@katjamoe.bsky.social) at the University of Bamberg this month! I’m looking forward to be a part of the great research community here - and I’ve already become a big fan of the German Mensa system :-)

❓How do mothers’ and fathers’ paid work lives unfold together after the birth of their first child in DE? ✨ This new preprint takes a longitudinal, dynamic, couple-level perspective. ✨ Big differences by East & West German background, periods and couple-level education 🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf...

📣 CfP im Rahmen der 15. Armutskonferenz (27.-29.04.2026, Salzburg) Der Call richtet sich an Nachwuchsforschende aus Armuts- und Ungleichheitsforschung, die ihre Master-, PhD- oder vergleichbaren Projekte in einem offenen Rahmen präsentieren+diskutieren möchten. Deadline für Abstracts: 16.11.2025

Christina Siegert @stinasiegert.bsky.social (Universität Wien) wird für „Armutsgefährdung von Frauen in Paarhaushalten: Ein blinder Fleck der Armutsforschung“ ausgezeichnet. @univie.ac.at

⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at‬ invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

Defended my PhD on Monday and received a prize for it on Wednesday! 🥳🍾 Many thanks to my supervisor @nadiasteiber.bsky.social, examiners Leen Vandecasteele and Wilfred Uunk, and the Theodor Körner Fonds for their support and recognition.

New study from my PhD thesis—supervised by @pablogracia.bsky.social—out in Journal of Marriage and Family! 📝 It examines how changes in paid work and housework following birth shape first-time mothers’ and fathers’ mental health trajectories. Read here (Open access): doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13121

<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

Objective This study examines the role of changes in paid work and housework time on first-time mothers' and fathers' mental health trajectories. Background The transition into parenthood is a key...

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Anomalies & data problems are found in the Hungarian EU SILC income data from around year 2017. It is very likely that the data was manipulated to decrease the poverty rate. Annamaria Tatrai and Andras Gabos conducted a very thorough investigation of the issue: www.valaszonline.hu/2025/04/01/e...

🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025

Ich freue mich sehr, dass meine Dissertation mit dem Theodor Körner Preis 2024 ausgezeichnet wurde! Ein großer Motivationsschub für die letzten Schritte vor der Abgabe 🤠

Can partners sustain a decent living without relying on each other’s income? So happy to see my first phd paper out in European Sociological Review, exploring how child costs shape poverty risk & economic interdependence within couples by gender and education in 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇸🇪. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

🚨 We’re looking for a Full Professor of Sociology to join us! Expertise in the areas of work and social inequality is particularly desirable @univie.ac.at ⏰ Closing date: 15th January 2024 See t.ly/v32Fv for detailed information! #sociology #professorship