Dr. Sandra Buchholz

Sandra Buchholz, Dr. rer. pol., is an assistant professor at Bamberg University. Before, she served as a research scientist in the international comparative projects 'GLOBALIFE: Life Courses in the Globalization Process' (2003–05) and 'flexCAREER: Flexibility Forms on the Labor Market – a Cross-National Comparison of the Development of Social Inequality' (2005–07).
She is interested in the international comparison of education systems as well as employment and welfare regimes, social inequality, life course research, labor market research and quantitative methods. Her research especially addresses the influence of national institutions and cultures on the structure and development of social inequalities and individual life courses.
In her dissertation, she focused on the flexibilization of labor market entry and exit processes in East and West Germany. Her dissertation was honored with the 'Universitätsbund Bamberg' Award 2008.
Contact
Lehrstuhl für Soziologie I
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Postfach 1549
96045 Bamberg
Germany
Dr. Sandra Buchholz
Tel. 00 49 (0)9 51/8 63-31 22
Mail: sandra.buchholz@uni-bamberg.de
Visitors' address:
Wilhelmsplatz 3, 96047 Bamberg
Room: 221 WiPo (2nd floor)
Students' office hours (during the semester):
Tuesday, 12 to 15h and by arrangement
Publications
Books
- Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society (edited together Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Dirk Hofäcker), London/New York: Routledge (2006).
- Die Flexibilisierung des Erwerbsverlaufs. Eine Analyse von Einstiegs- und Ausstiegsprozessen in Ost- und Westdeutschland, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2008).
- Young Workers, Globalization and the Labor Market. Comparing Early Working Life in Eleven Countries (edited together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Erzsébet Bukodi & Karin Kurz), Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar (2008).
- Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe (edited together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dirk Hofäcker & Kathrin Kolb), Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming in 2010).
- Ageing Populations, Globalization and the Labor Market: Comparing Late Working Life and Retirement in Modern Societies (edited together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Karin Kurz), Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar (forthcoming in 2010/11).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Late 20th-century persistence and decline of the female homemaker in Germany and the United States (together with Daniela Grunow and Heather Hofmeister), in: International Sociology 21 (2006): 101-131.
- Globalisierung, struktureller Wandel and die Veränderung später Erwerbskarrieren – Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich (together with Dirk Hofäcker & Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: Deutsche Rentenversicherung 4-5 (2007): 197-215.
- Globalisierung und die Veränderung sozialer Ungleichheiten in modernen Gesellschaften. Eine Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse des GLOBALIFE-Projektes (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dirk Hofäcker, Heather Hofmeister, Karin Kurz & Melinda Mills), in: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 59/4 (2007): 667-691.
- Converging divergence? An international comparison of the impact of globalization on industrial relations and employment careers (together with Melinda Mills, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dirk Hofäcker, Fabrizio Bernardi & Heather Hofmeister), in: International Sociology 23/4 (2008): 563-597.
- GlobalIndex – A sociological approach to globalization measurement (together with Marcel Raab, Michael Ruland, Benno Schönberger, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dirk Hofäcker & Paul Schmelzer), in: International Sociology 23/4 (2008): 599-634.
- Life courses in the globalization process: the development of social inequalities in modern societies (together with Dirk Hofäcker, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Melinda Mills, Karin Kurz & Heather Hofmeister), in: European Sociological Review 25/1 (2009): 53-71.
- GlobalIndex – Ein soziologischer Ansatz zur Messung von Globalisierung (together with Marcel Raab, Michael Ruland, Benno Schöneberger, Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Dirk Hofäcker), in: Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS) Sonderheft 9 (2009): 372-391.
- Increasing resource inequality among families in modern societies (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: Journal of Comparative Family Studies 4 (2009): 601-616.
Book Chapters
- Women’s employment in West Germany (together with Daniela Grunow), in: H.-P. Blossfeld & H. Hofmeister: Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers: An International Comparison, Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar (2006): 61-83.
- Men’s late careers and career exits in West Germany, in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz & D. Hofäcker: Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society, London/New York: Routledge (2006): 55-77.
- Globalization, accelerating economic change and late careers. A theoretical framework (together with Dirk Hofäcker & Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz & D. Hofäcker: Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society, London/New York: Routledge (2006): 1-23.
- Late careers in a globalizing world. A comparison of changes in twelve modern societies (together with Dirk Hofäcker & Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz & D. Hofäcker: Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society, London/New York: Routledge (2006): 353-371.
- Unsicherer Job = keine Kinder. Über die Entwicklung der Arbeitsmarktchancen junger Menschen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Auswirkungen zunehmender Erwerbsunsicherheiten auf die Familienplanung, in: Tagungsband zur gemeinsamen Fachtagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Familie (AGF) und des Staatsinstituts für Familienforschung an der Universität Bamberg, ifb-Materialien 3 (2007): 17-32.
- Older workers under globalisation. A cross-national comparison of late careers and retirement under different institutional conditions (together with Dirk Hofäcker & Štepánka Pollnerová), in: P.A. Kemp, K. van den Bosch & L. Smith: Social Protection in an Ageing World. International Studies on Social Security, Antwerpen: Intersentia (2008): 113- 136.
- A new mobility regime in Germany? Young people’s labour market entry and phase of establishment since the mid-1980s (together with Karin Kurz), in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, E. Bukodi & K. Kurz: Young Workers, Globalization and the Labor Market. Comparing Early Working Life in Eleven Countries, Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar (2008): 51-75.
- Young people’s employment chances on flexible labor markets. A comparison of changes in eleven modern societies (together with Karin Kurz, Paul Schmelzer & Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, E. Bukodi & K. Kurz (eds) Young Workers, Globalization and the Labor Market. Comparing Early Working Life in Eleven Countries, Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar (2008): 337-353.
- Life course inequalities in the globalization process (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Dirk Hofäcker), in: H. Maksim, T. Ohnmacht & M. Bergmann: Mobilities and Inequality, Aldershot/UK: Ashgate (2009): 49-71.
- Beschäftigungsflexibilisierung in Deutschland: Wen betrifft sie und wie hat sie sich auf die Veränderung sozialer Inklusion/Exklusion in Deutschland ausgewirkt? (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: R. Stichweh & P. Windolf: Inklusion und Exklusion. Analysen zur Sozialstruktur und sozialen Ungleichheit, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag (2009): 123-138.
- Globalisierungsprozesse in modernen Gesellschaften. Theoretische Grundlagen, empirische Erfassung und Auswirkungen auf individuelle Lebensverlaufmuster (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dirk Hofäcker, Marcel Raab & Michael Ruland), in: B. Pfau-Effinger, S. Sakac-Magdalenic & C. Wolf: International vergleichende Sozialforschung. Ansätze und Messkonzepte unter den Bedingungen der Globalisierung, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2009).
- Life Courses in the globalization process. A summary of findings from the GLOBALIFE project (together with Dirk Hofäcker & Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: R. Silbereisen & X. Chen: Social Change and Human Development: Concepts and Results, London: Sage (forthcoming in 2009).
- Bildung im Globalisierungsprozess (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Sandra Buchholz), in: T. Mayer, R. Meyer, L. Miliopoulos, P. Ohly & E. Weede: Globalisierung, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (forthcoming in 2009/10).
- Verstärkung sozialer Ungleichheiten im Prozess der Beschäftigungsflexibilisierung in Deutschland (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: H.-G. Soeffner: Unsichere Zeiten. Herausforderungen gesellschaftlicher Transformationen. Verhandlungen des 34. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Jena 2008, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (forthcoming in 2010).
- Social inequality and mobility (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: M. Sasaki, E. Zimmermann and J. Goldstone: Handbook of Comparative Sociology, Leiden/Boston: Brill (forthcoming in 2010).
Working Papers
- Globalization and women’s employment in West Germany (together with Daniela Grunow), GLOBALIFE Working Paper 47 (2003), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Impacts of family formation and education on women’s employment across cohorts in West Germany and the United States (together with Daniela Grunow & Heather Hofmeister), GLOBALIFE Working Paper 61 (2004), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Rising uncertainty and the erosion of the male breadwinner family? Comparing the implications of globalization for women’s employment in (West) Germany and the U.S. (together with Daniela Grunow & Heather Hofmeister), GLOBALIFE Working Paper 43 (2003), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Late careers and career exits in times of accelerating social change: globalization and its impact on late-midlife workers (together with Dirk Hofäcker), GLOBALIFE Working Paper 62 (2004), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Men’s late careers and career exits in West Germany, GLOBALIFE Working Paper 63 (2004), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Increasing employment instability among young people? Labor market entries and early careers in Germany since the mid-1980s (together with Karin Kurz), flexCAREER Working Paper 3 (2005), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Flexibility processes and social inequalities at labor market entry and in the early career. A conceptual paper for the flexCAREER project (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Erzsébet Bukodi, Ellen Ebralidze, Karin Kurz, Ilona Relikowski & Paul Schmelzer), flexCAREER Working Paper (2006), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Labor market flexibility and its effect on the late career and social inequality (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Annika Jabsen, Karin Kurz, Julia Marold & Paul Schmelzer), flexCAREER Working Paper (2008), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
- Increasing trend toward more instable late careers in Germany? The development of late careers and social inequality since the mid-1980s (together with Annika Jabsen), flexCAREER Working Paper (2008), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
Selected Presentations
- 09/2009: Young Workers, Globalization and the Labor Market. Comparing Early Working Life in Eleven Countries (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld), Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Youth Transitions, Basel
- 07/2009: Reversing early retirement in Germany. What could be learned from other countries? (together with Kathrin Kolb), 19th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris
- 05/2009: An international comparison of flexibilization of older employees and the development of social inequality, 2nd flexCAREER Project Workshop, Bamberg
- 05/2009: Early retirement and the development of social inequality in old age in Germany (together with Annika Jabsen), 2nd flexCAREER Project Workshop, Bamberg
- 02/2009: The stepchild of comparative life course research. Pleading for a more holistic view on late careers and retirement in the social sciences (together with Dirk Hofäcker), Kolloquium des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nuremberg
- 10/2008: Globalisierung, Flexibilisierung und die Veränderung sozialer Ungleichheiten in modernen Gesellschaften (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld), 34. Deutschen Soziologenkongress, Ad hoc-Gruppe 21 „Destabilisierung und Unsicherheit in der arbeitsgesellschaftlichen Mitte? Arbeitsmarkunsicherheit, soziale Folgen, Steuerungsansätze“, Jena
- 10/2008: The flexibilization of employment in Germany: Who suffers? And how did it affect the risk of social exclusion in Germany?, QMSS2 Research Seminar: Labor Market Changes and Social Exclusion in the Life Course, Oslo
- 10/2008: Early retirement and the development of social inequality in old age in Germany (together with Annika Jabsen), 1st flexCAREER Project Workshop, Leipzig
- 09/2008: A new mobility regime in Germany? Young people’s labor market entry and phase of establishment since the mid-1980s (together with Karin Kurz), European Research Network on Transitions in Youth Conference, Bamberg
- 07/2008: Globalisation, institutional filters, and changes in social inequality in modern societies (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Dirk Hofäcker), International Workshop: Social Change and Human Development: Concepts and Results, Würzburg
- 06/2008: Life courses in the globalization process (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Dirk Hofäcker), 38th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Budapest
- 05/2008: Employment flexibility and social inequalities in Germany, Jean Monnet und TransEurope Konferenz, Bamberg
- 05/2008: The flexibilization of employment and the development of social inequalities in a globalizing Europe (together with Dirk Hofäcker & Hans-Peter Blossfeld), Jean Monnet und TransEurope Konferenz, Bamberg
- 11/2007: Globalisierung und die Veränderung sozialer Ungleichheitem im Globalisierungsprozess (together with Dirk Hofäcker), Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute and der DGS-Sektion für Methoden und Empirische Forschung, Centre of Globalization and Governance, Hamburg
- 10/2007: Beschäftigungsflexibilisierung in Deutschland: Wen betrifft sie und wie hat sie sich auf die Veränderung sozialer Inklusion/Exklusion in Deutschland ausgewirkt? (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld), Autorentagung „Inklusion und Exklusion. Analysen zur Sozialstruktur und sozialen Ungleichheit“, Berlin
- 11/2006: Beschäftigungsrisiken, Jugend und Familiengründung, Fachtagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Familie (AGF) und des Staatsinstituts für Familienforschung an der Universität Bamberg Nürnberg
- 10/2006: A new mobility regime in Germany? Young people’s labor market entry and phase of establishment since the mid-1980s (together with Karin Kurz), 2nd International Workshop of the flexCAREER Project, Bamberg
- 07/2006: Globalization and late careers in modern societies (together with Dirk Hofäcker), Final Conference of the GLOBALIFE Project, Volkswagen Foundation and Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, Bamberg,
- 03/2006: Labor market entry and early career in Germany (together with Karin Kurz), 1st International Workshop of the flexCAREER Project, Bamberg
- 09/2004: Late careers and career exits under globalization – becoming retired in times of accelerating structural change (together with Dirk Hofäcker), Session, ISA RC-11 Sociology of Ageing Inter-Congress Conference, London, UK
- 03/2004: Late careers and career exits in Germany, 4th International Conference of the GLOBALIFE Project, Bamberg
- 03/2004: Late Careers and career exits under globalization – a conceptual framework for a comparative analysis (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Dirk Hofäcker), 4th International Conference of the GLOBALIFE Project, Bamberg
- 03/2003: Women’s employment in West Germany (together with Daniela Grunow), 3rd International Conference of the GLOBALIFE Project, Bamberg
Teaching
Teaching at Bamberg University
- Summer term 2010:
Introduction to international comparative life course research, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Bildung, Familie und Beruf. Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Deregulisierung von Beschäftigung - Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich?
Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 2 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Summer term 2009:
Introduction to international comparative life course research (lecture in English), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Ereignisanalyse 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Die Flexibilisierung von Beschäftigung in Deutschland und im internationalen Vergleich? Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Winter term 2009/10:
Bildung, Familie und Beruf. Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Beschäftigungsflexibilisierung in Deutschland und im internationalen Vergleich?
Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 2 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Summer term 2009:
Introduction to international comparative life course research (lecture in English), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Ereignisanalyse 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Die Flexibilisierung von Beschäftigung in Deutschland und im internationalen Vergleich? Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Winter term 2008/09:
Bildung, Familie und Beruf. Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 2 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Ereignisanalyse 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Summer term 2008:
Einführung in die international vergleichende Lebensverlaufsforschung (lecture), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Ereignisanalyse 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Auflösung des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses? Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Winter term 2007/08:
Bildung, Familie und Beruf. Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 2 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Auflösung des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses? Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Weibliche Lebensverläufe in Westdeutschland. Eine Sekundäranalyse mit Längsschnittdaten (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Summer term 2007:
Ereignisanalyse 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Einführung in die international vergleichende Lebensverlaufsforschung (lecture), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - Winter term 2006/07:
Auflösung des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses? Fortgeschrittene Themen der Lebensverlaufsforschung 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - WS 2005/06
Ereignisanalyse 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - SoSe 2005
Ereignisanalyse 1 (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg - WS 2004/05
Aufbereitung von Längsschnittdaten (advanced seminar), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Other Teaching
- August 2009:
Introduction to Event History Analysis, Summer School des ESF-Program „Quantative Methods in Social Sciences 2“, Paris
