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. Since September 2007 she is engaged in the project to “Household Wealth Inequality in International Comparison” as a research scientist. Her special interests are in life courses, education, social inequality and wealth inequality.

Since October 2009 she is the women's representative of the faculty of economics and social sciences, Bamberg.

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 der Universitäten Bamberg, Bayreuth,
Erlangen-Nürnberg und Würzburg (Certificate of Teaching on Universities)

Books

  • Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe (edited together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz & Dirk Hofäcker), Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming in 2010).

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.

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)

Events

Organisation of the Conference 'The Flexibilization of European Labor Markets' in Bamberg, Germany (09-10 May, 2008).