Hon.-Soz. Sandra Büchler

Sandra Büchler majored in sociology and German at the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), before completing a first class Honours degree at the same university.  The topic of her honours dissertation was “Casual employment in Australia, the influence of employment contract on financial wellbeing and job satisfaction”.  Upon completing honours, Sandra joined a joint Australian Research Council and FaHCSIA (Federal Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) funded research project.  Her doctoral dissertation, which was undertaken within the frame of this project, conducts a systematic analysis of cohabitation, and explores how the re-organisation of marriage is likely to affect future family formation patterns in Australia. 

Her primary interests include families and households, cohabitation, gender, longitudinal research, life course research and quantitative methods.

 

Contact

Lehrstuhl für Soziologie I
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Postfach 1549
D-96045 Bamberg
Germany

Sandra Buchler
Phone: (+49)-(0)951-863-3119
Mail: sandra.buchler@uni-bamberg.de

Visitors' address:
Wilhelmsplatz 3, 96047 Bamberg
Room: 227 WiPo

 

Research Projects

Publications

  • Buchler, S., Haynes, M., & Baxter, J. (2009). Casual employment in Australia: the influence of employment contract on financial well-being. Journal of Sociology, 45(3), 271-289.
  • Buchler, S., Baxter, J., Haynes, M., & Western, M. (2009). The social and demographic characteristics of cohabiters in Australia: towards a typology of cohabiting couples. Family Matters (82), 22-29.
  • Buchler, S., Smith, K., & Lawrence, G. (2010). Food risks, old and new: Demographic characteristics and perceptions of food additives, regulation and contamination in Australia. Journal of Sociology, 46(4), 353-374.
  • van Egmond, M., Baxter, J., Buchler, S., & Western, M. (2010). A stalled revolution? Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986-2005. Journal of Population Research (DOI: 10.1007/s12546-010-9039-9), 1-22.

Presentations

Papers Presented at Conferences

  • The Social and Demographic Characteristics of Cohabiters in Australia: Towards a Typology of Cohabiting Couples (2008) Paper prepared for the 10th Institute of Family Studies Conference, Families Through Life, 9 – 11 July, Melbourne.
  • Safety, quality and the future of food: Consumer perspectives of traditional and modern food risks (2008) The 2008 Conference of the Agri-Food Research Network, 26th to 28th November, Sydney.
  • Cohabitation Outcomes: The Effect of Fertility Intentions, Relationship Satisfaction and Union Length on Cohabitation Transitions (2009) Paper prepared for the HILDA Survey Research Conference 2009, 16- 17th July, Melbourne.
  • Are Married People Happier than People who Live Together? (2010) Paper prepared for the 11th Institute of Family Studies Conference, Sustaining Families in Challenging Times. 7 - 9 July 2010 Melbourne Convention Centre
  • Are Married People Happier than People who Live Together? (2010) ECSR, QMSS2 AND TRANSEUROPE Joint Conference, Analysing Education, Family, Work and Welfare in Modern Societies: Methodological Approaches and Empirical Evidence, 30 September– 2 October 2010, Bamberg, Germany

Seminar Presentations

  • Cohabitation in Australia: Trends and Implications for Family Outcomes (2008) Seminar given to Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) on 1st October 2008, Canberra
  • Cohabitation in Australia: Trends and Implications for Family Outcomes (2010) Seminar given to Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), 11th June 2010, Canberra.
  • Are Married People Happier than People who Live Together? (2010) Seminar given to the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, on the 28th September, London.

Teaching

  • Summer term 2011: Block Seminar "Patterns of Marriage in Contemporary Society" (1st and 2nd August)
  • Winter Semester 2011/12: Master's Seminar: Patterns of Marriage in Contemporary Society
  • Winter Semester 2011/12: Bachelor's Seminar: Marriage, Family and the Life Course