Curriculum Vitae

Personal Info

  • Born on November 3, 1972, in Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Married, three children

Career

  • Since August 2014: Professor for Sociology, in particular for Social Stratification, at the University of Bern (Ordentlicher Professor für Soziologie, insbesondere Sozialstrukturanalyse).
  • June 2011 - July 2014: Associate Professor for Sociology, in particular for Social Stratification, at the University of Bern (ausserordendlicher Professor für Soziologie, insbesondere Sozialstrukturanalyse).
  • September 2010 - May 2011: Assistant Professor (with tenure track) for Sociology, in particular for Social Stratification, at the University of Bern.
  • August 2010: Declined offer of a W3 Professorship in Sociology and Methodology at the University of Leipzig, Germany.
  • June 2010: Declined offer of a W2 Professorship in Social Science Research Methods and Social Structure Analysis at the University of Osnabrück, Germany.
  • April 2010 - July 2010: Interim Professor for Sociology and Methodology at the University of Leipzig, Germany.
  • April 2003 - August 2010: Scientific assistant of Prof. Dr. Andreas Diekmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  • September 1998 - March 2003: Scientific assistant of Prof. Dr. Andreas Diekmann, Institute of Sociology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • September 1997 - July 2002: Research assistant in the project "Working conditions, work orientation and labor market participation" (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation as part of the Swiss Priority Program "Switzerland Towards the Future"), Institute of Sociology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • July - Oktober 1996: Student research assistant of Prof. Dr. Ruth Meyer Schweizer, Institute of Sociology, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Education

  • 2006-2008: Doctoral student at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Degree: Doctor of Sciences (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich), June 5, 2008. Title of dissertation: "Erwerbsarbeit, Einkommen und Geschlecht. Studien zum Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt" (Employment, Earnings, and Gender. Studies on the Swiss Labor Market). Committee: Prof. Dr. Andreas Diekmann and Prof. Dr. Josef Brüderl.
  • 1998-2005: Doctoral student at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • 1993-1998: Student at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Major: Sociology. Minors: Economics, General Ecology. Degree: Licentiuatus Rerum Socialium (lic.rer.soc.), September 15, 1998. Title of thesis: "Zur Messung des Umweltverhaltens" (On Measuring Environmental Behavior).
  • 1992-1993: Study visit at the Niagara County Community College, USA.
  • 1979-1991: Elementary school and high school (Gymnasium) in Arisdorf and Liestal, Switzerland.

Award

  • Förderpreis der Schweizer Markt- und Sozialforschung 2008, 1. Rang, vergeben durch den Verband Schweizer Markt- und Sozialforscher (vsms, Cham), für die Arbeit "Überlegungen zum Berner Stichprobenplan" (erschienen 2007 in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziologie 33, S. 307-325).