CV

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology (Summa cum laude)
Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
04/2017–07/2021
M.Sc. Sociology and Empirical Social Research
University of Cologne
10/2014–02/2017
Minor: Statistics and Econometrics
B.A. Governance and Public Policy
University of Passau
10/2011–09/2014
Minor: Economic and Social Politics
Political Science and Social Research
Cardiff University
09/2013–01/2014
Erasmus Programme

Referentin
Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik
since 01/2026
Senior Researcher
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Research Group on Wealth and Social Inequality led by Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert
04/2021-12/2025
Research Associate
Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Research Group “Accumulation of Personal Wealth in Couples: Individual Resources and Gender Inequalities in Intimate Relationships (MyWealth)” led by Prof. Dr. Philipp Lersch
08/2018–03/2021
Subproject: Attitudes towards personal wealth in intimate relationships
Research Associate
Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne
MyWealth project
04/2017–08/2018

Wealth Data Science Summer School
“How can the social sciences benefit from knowledge graphs? Using Wikidata to examine the world’s billionaires”
Constructor University, Bremen
07/2024
Research Colloquium “Comparative Stratification Research”
“Preservation of large fortunes over multiple generations in Germany”
LMU, Munich
06/2024
SER Café
Online discussion about research paper
Invited by the editorial board of Socio-Economic Review
06/2023
INEQ Research Seminar
“Implicit Gender Discrimination in Inheritance and Gift Taxation”
Research Institute Economics of Inequality, Wirtschaftsuniversität, Wien
06/2023
DIW Kolloquium
“The Gender (Tax) Gap in Parental Transfers. Evidence from administrative inheritance and gift tax data”
Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
06/2023
ifb-Forschungskolloquium
“Geschlechterunterschiede in der Vererbung und Verschenkung von Vermögen”
Staatsinstitut für Familienforschung an der Universität Bamberg
04/2023
Multidisciplinary Seminar Series
“Gender differences in parental wealth transfers”
Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, The Graduate Center/CUNY
12/2022
Kolloquium Soziologie der Sozialpolitik
“Preservation of large fortunes over multiple generations in Germany”
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
11/2022

ECSR Network Workshop on Wealth Inequalities, Gender, and Family Structures
University of Birmingham
06/2023
Reichtum: Soziologische und historische Perspektiven
MPIfG, Köln
03/2022
ECSR Network Workshop: Understanding Gender in Wealth Inequality
Online event
10/2020
Workshop “Inequality within Couples”
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
10/2018

Fortgeschrittene Methoden (Vorlesung und Übung)
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
2024/2025
Navigating an Academic Project
MPIfG, Talk for PhD students and PostDocs
2024
M.Sc. Sociology: Wealth and Social Inequality
Universität zu Köln
2022/2023
Research Data Management
MPIfG, Course for PhD students and PostDocs
2022
M.Sc. Sociology: Analysis of Longitudinal Data (Exercise)
Universität zu Köln
2020
M.Sc. Sociology: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data (Exercise)
Universität zu Köln
2020/2021
M.Sc. Sociology: Analysis of Longitudinal Data (Exercise)
Universität zu Köln
2019
M.Sc. Sociology: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data (Exercise)
Universität zu Köln
2019/2020
B.A. Staatswissenschaften: Statistik für Sozialwissenschaften (Exercise)
Universität Passau
2014

Spring School on Perceptions of Wealth (Inequality)
University of Bamberg
Organizer
03/2025
Wealth Data Science Summer School
Constructor University, Bremen
Project Leader and Lecturer
07/2024