Dipl.-Soz. Kathrin Kolb

Kathrin Kolb was born in Schweinfurt, Germany (1981). She studied sociology at the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg where she received her diploma degree in 2007. In her diploma thesis she studied educational aspirations and reproduction of unequal educational opportunities. From October 2002 to May 2007 she was working as a student research assistant. She took part in the GLOBALIFE project, the DFG-project "Flexibility Forms at Labor Market Entry and in the Early Career" (flexCAREER), as well as in the BiKS project (“Bildungsprozesse, Kompetenzentwicklung und Selektionsentscheidungen im Vor- und Grundschulalter”) at the University of Bamberg. Currently she is engaged in the project “Household Wealth Inequality in International Comparison” as well as in the ERC Advanced Grant project "Education as a Lifelong Process - Comparing Educational Trajectories in Modern Societies (eduLIFE)" as a research scientist. Her special interests are in life courses, education, social inequality and wealth inequality.

Contact

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

Dipl.-Soz. Kathrin Kolb
Phone: (+49)-(0)951-863-3148
Mail: kathrin.kolb@uni-bamberg.de

Room: 224 WiPo

Certificates

Zertifikat Hochschullehre Bayern (Bavarian Certificate of University Didactics)

Publications

Books

  • Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe (edited together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz & Dirk Hofäcker), Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2011).

Book Chapters

  • Soziale Ungleichheiten beim Erwerb von Wohneigentum in Ost- und Westdeutschland, in: A. Raev, M. Wagner-Braun, M. Schambeck (Hrsg.) Forschende Frauen in Bamberg. Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press (2010).
  • Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe: Theoretical Framework (together with Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker und Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, D. Hofäcker & K. Kolb: Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2011).
  • The Flexibilization of European Labour Markets and the Development of Social Inequalities: Comparing Evidence from Nine Globalized Countries (together with Dirk Hofäcker, Sandra Buchholz und Hans-Peter Blossfeld), in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, D. Hofäcker & K. Kolb: Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2011).
  • Selective Flexibilization and Deregulation of the Labour Market: The German Answer to Increased Needs for Employment Flexibility and Its Consequences for Social Inequalities (together with Sandra Buchholz), in: H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, D. Hofäcker & K. Kolb: Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2011).

Journal Articles

  • The Development of Social Inequalities in the Globalization Process: A Comparison of Life Courses in Europe and the U.S. (together with Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker & Hans-Peter Blossfeld). In: Estudios Sociológicos XXIX (2011), 85: 3-31.
  • Life Trajectories in the Course of Globalization. On the Change of Social Inequalities in Modern Societies (together with Sandra Buchholz, Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Dirk Hofäcker). In: Soziologische Probleme, 1-2 (2010): 7-31.

Conferences

  • 9-10 May 2008: Jean Monnet and TransEurope Conference 'The Flexibilization of European Labor Markets'. Bamberg, Germany.
  • 9-13 June 2008: ESF-LiU Conference 'The Transfer of Resources across Generations: Family, Income, Human Capital and Children’s Wellbeing'", Vadstena, Sweden. Poster Presentation: "Household Wealth Inequality in International Comparison".
  • 23-25 June 2008: Längsschnittdatenanalyse mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP). Mannheim, Germany.
  • 18-19 October 2008: 'FlexCareer' Workshop. Leipzig, Germany.
  • 23-25 October 2008: QMSS2 Research Seminar 'Labor Market Changes and Social Exclusion in the Life Course'. Discussant. Oslo, Norway.
  • 11-12 December 2008: ESA Workshop 'Aging Societies and the Welfare State'. Presentation: "Household Wealth Inequality in International Comparison". Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • 15-16 May 2009: 'FlexCareer' Workshop, University of Bamberg, Germany.
  • 05-09 July 2009: IAGG Conference 'XIXth IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics'. Presentation: "Reversing early retirment in Germany" (together with Sandra Buchholz). Paris, France.
  • 18-26 August 2009: QMSS2 Summer School 'Introduction to event history analysis with a special focus on cross-national comparisons'. Lecture: "Introduction to Event History Analysis" (together with Sandra Buchholz). Paris, France.
  • 10-11 Dezember 2009: 'Einkommenssicherung im Alter als globale Herausforderung. Problemlagen und Reformmodelle zwischen Solidarität, Fürsorge und Markt', Conference of the FNA, DRV Bund, GTZ, BMZ, HelpAge and University of Bielefeld. Berlin, Germany.
  • 17-18 May 2010: IAB and BIBB Workshop 'T.A.S.K.S (Technology, Assets, Skills, Knowledge, Specialisation)'. Nuremberg, Germany.
  • 02 June 2010: Colloquia 'FORSCHEnde Frauen'. Presentation: "Soziale Ungleichheiten beim Erwerb von Wohneigentum in Ost- und Westdeutschland". Bamberg, Germany.
  • 18-19 June 2010: TransEurope Workshop 'Flexibilization and Changing Life Course Patterns'. Presentation: "Social Inequality regarding Homeownership in East and West Germany". Turin, Italy.
  • 30 September-02 October 2010: ECSR Conference 'Analysing Education, Family, Work and Welfare in Modern Societies: Methodological Approaches and Empirical Evidence'. Presentation: "Social Inequality regarding Homeownership in East and West Germany". Bamberg, Germany.
  • 30 May 2011: SHARE Austria Conference 'Die 50+ Generation in Europa. Erkenntnisse durch SHARE'. Presentation: "Determinanten des Zugangs zu Wohneigentum und des Immobilienwerts von Älteren in Europa" (together with Nora Skopek). Wien, Austria.
  • 07-10 September 2011: ESA 10th Conference 'Social Relations in Turbulent Times'. Presentation: "Determinants of Home-Ownership and the Value of Housing Among Elderly Europeans" (together with Nora Skopek). Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 04 November 2011: 2nd International Workshop on the Socio-Economics of Ageing. Presentation: "Determinants of Home-Ownership and the Value of Housing Among Elderly Europeans" (together with Nora Skopek). Lisboa, Portugal

Teaching

  • Winter Term 2007/08: "Lebensläufe im Globalisierungsprozess: Ein internationaler Vergleich" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Winter Term 2007/08: "Einführung in die international vergleichende Lebensverlaufsforschung: Soziale Ungleichheiten im Lebenslauf-Familie, Bildung und Arbeit"
  • Spring Term 2008: "Einführung in die international vergleichende Lebensverlaufsforschung: Soziale Ungleichheiten im Lebenslauf-Familie, Bildung und Arbeit"
  • Spring Term 2008: "Globalisierung und der Wandel sozialer Ungleichheit" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Spring Term 2008: "Theoretische und methodische Grundlagen des internationalen Vergleichs: Wohlfahrtsregime" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Winter Term 2008/09: "Globalisierung und der Wandel sozialer Ungleichheit" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Winter Term 2008/09: "Theoretische und methodische Grundlagen des internationalen Vergleichs: Wohlfahrtsregime" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Spring Term 2009: "Der Einfluss von Wohlfahrtsregimen auf Lebensläufe im internationalen Vergleich" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • August 2009: "Introduction to Event History Analysis", Summer School des ESF-Program „Quantative Methods in Social Sciences 2“, Paris
  • Winter Term 2009/10: "Entwicklung sozialer Ungleichheit im internationalen Vergleich II" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Spring Term 2010: "Der Einfluss von Wohlfahrtsregimen auf Lebensläufe im internationalen Vergleich" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Winter Term 2010/11: "Der Einfluss von Wohlfahrtsregimen auf Lebensläufe im internationalen Vergleich" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Spring Term 2011: "Lebensläufe im Globalisierungsprozess - ein internationaler Vergleich" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
  • Winter Term 2011/12: "Lebensläufe im Globalisierungsprozess - ein internationaler Vergleich" (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)

Events

  • Organisation of the Conference 'The Flexibilization of European Labor Markets' in Bamberg, Germany (09-10 May, 2008).
  • Organisation of the Event 'Frauen in die Wissenschaft (How to Bring Women into University)' in Bamberg, Germany (14 July, 2010).
  • Organisation of the Event 'Durchblick im Dickicht: Karrierewege in der Wissenschaft (Career Paths in Sciences)' in Bamberg, Germany (14 July, 2011).