- Social structure analysis
- Social network analysis (including method development)
- Microsociology
- Empirical social research
- Gender and family
- Welfare state and social inequality
2014:
Research stay at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Since 2011:
Professor of Social Network Research and Family Sociology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2011:
Guest professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for Social Sciences and guest researcher at the Social Science Research Center Berlin gGmbH
2009 – 2011:
Project leader of the DFG project “Versuch einer empirischen Rekonstruktion der Habitus- und Feldtheorie von Bourdieu durch die Netzwerkanalyse”, Social Science Research Center Berlin gGmbH
2008 – 2009:
Research assistant in a research project with external funding at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute of Social Sciences
2007 – 2008:
Substitute professor of microsociology, Institute of Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin
2006 – 2012:
Private lecturer at the Institute for Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Familie im Fokus der Wissenschaft.
(together with Anja Steinbach and Oliver Arránz Becker) VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Reihe: Familienforschung, Wiesbaden, 2014
Studying Social Networks. A Guide to Empirical Research .
(together with Ulrik Brandes, Jürgen Pfeffer and Ines Mergel) Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/Main, 2012
Welfare State Regulations and Mothers’ Labor Market Participation in an Internationally Comparative Perspective. Special Issue in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.
(ed.) Volume 32, Issue 9/10, 2012
The integration of theory and method in network research.
(Ed. together with Christian Stegbauer) VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Series: Network Research, 2012
The framework and scope of social relationships. The influence of habitus on the formation of network structures.
(together with Steffen Kohl) VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Series: Network Research, 2011
Wasted potential? Life courses of inactive women.
Jutta Allmendinger (in collaboration with Mareike Ebach, Marina Hennig and Stefan Stuth) Campus, Frankfurt/ Main, 2010
Exploring Motives and Strategies in the Production of Knowledge in the University Context by the Example of Academic Career Trajectories.
(together with Omar Shehata, Emre Bilgin, Aimée Tina Booh, Seraphine Domes, Marie Nottebaum) Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 23(C4), 25-41. https://doi.org/10.34257/GJHSSCVOL23IS4PG25
Social resources and life satisfaction: Country-specific effects?
(together with Bastian Laier) International Journal of Sociology, Volume 53 (1 ), pp. 36-5, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2022.2134614
An inductive typology of egocentric networks with data from the Socio-Economic Panel.
(together with Bastian Laier, Stefan Hundsdorfer) Social Networks Volume 71, pp.131-142, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2022.07.005
The Stability and Dynamics of Social Relationships: An Analysis of Factors of Influence on Changes in Ego-Centered Networks.
(together with Steffen Kohl, Aimée Tina Booh) American Journal of Humanities and Social Science (AJHSS) Volume 23, pp.42-62, 2021
Quantitative network analysis in educational research.
(together with Bastain Laier) In: Jule-Marie Lorenze, Lisa-Marian Schmidt and Dariuš Zifonun (eds.) Methodologies and Methods of Educational Research. Quantitative and qualitative procedures and their connections, Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, pp.122-147, 2019
The reconstruction of relationship patterns from problem-centered, biographical interviews using the example of academic careers.
Hennig, Marina & Federmann, Aline. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 19(2), Art. 26, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/fqs-19.2.2850
The development of social networks and the importance of community in Germany. In: Der Kitt der Gesellschaft – Perspektiven auf sozialen Zusammenhalt in Deutschland.
ed. Bertelsmann Stiftung, Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, pp. 37-70, 2016
Pros and Cons of Family Policies for Mothers’ Labor Market Participation.
(together with Dörthe Gatermann and Anna Erika Hägglund) In: Hennig, Marina (ed.): Welfare State Regulations and Mothers’ Labor Market Participation in an Internationally Comparative Perspective. Special Issue in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 32, Issue 9, pp. 502-512, 2012
How do Employed Women Perceive the Reconciliation of Work and Family Life? A Seven-Country Comparison of the Impact of Family Policies on Women’s Employment.
(together with Mareike Ebach, Stefan Stuth and Anna Erika Hägglund) In: Hennig, Marina (ed.): Welfare State Regulations and Mothers’ Labor Market Participation in an Internationally Comparative Perspective. Special Issue in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 32, Issue 9, pp. 513-529, 2012
Women between appointments and family – a European comparison. Analysis of the factors influencing the compatibility of family and appointment.
(together with Mareike Ebach, Stefan Stuth and Anna Erika Hägglund) In: Hans Bertram, Martin Bujard (eds.): Zeit, Geld, Infrastruktur – zur Zukunft der Familienpolitik. Special volume Soziale Welt 19, pp. 291-31, 2012
Social capital and how it works.
In: Stegbauer, Christian/ Häußling, Roger (eds.): Handbuch Netzwerkforschung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaft, pp. 179-191, 2010
The ten most important introductions to network research.
(together with Ines Mergel) In: Stegbauer, Christian/ Häußling, Roger (eds.): Handbuch Netzwerkforschung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaft, pp. 923-931, 2010
Role behavior and social networks in metropolitan families.
In: Journal for Family Research, 3/2009, pp. 311-326
The Influence of Family Networks on the Educational Behavior of Elementary School Students.
(together with Marcel Helbig) In: Schneider, Hanna L. and Lilli M. Huber (eds.): Social Networks: Development, Evaluation and Influence. Nova Science Publishers, Inc, New York, pp. 79-98, 2009
(reprinted also in Journal of Education Research 2008, Volume 2 Issue 2/3, pp. 277-296)
With what goal are existing networks generated?
In: Stegbauer, Christian: Network Analysis and Network Theory: A New Paradigm in the Social Sciences. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden, pp. 295-308, 2008
Social Resources and Parental Well-Being: A Comparison of Japanese and German Parental Ego-Centric Networks.
In: Barbara Holthus and Hans Bertram (eds.) Parental well-being: Satisfaction with work, family life, and family policy in Germany and Japan. Munich: Iudicium, pp. 143-161, 2018
“Fischer 1982. To dwell among Friends: Staff Networks in Town and City ”
In: Holzer, B. and Stegbauer, C. (eds.): Key works of network research, VS Springer, pp. 193-197, 2018
“Wellman 2001. Physical Place and Cyberplace: The Rise of Personalized Networking”.
In: Holzer, B. and Stegbauer, C. (eds.): Key works of network research, VS Springer, pp. 576-570, 2018
The generations stick together.
(together with Karin Jurczyk) In: DJI-Impulse. 04/2014, p. 20-23
Family relationships across household boundaries – family as a network.
In: Anja Steinbach, Oliver Arránz Becker, Marina Hennig (eds.): Familie im Fokus der Wissenschaft, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Reihe: Familienforschung, Wiesbaden, pp. 141-172, 2014
Aspects of sample quality. The recruitability of target groups.
In: Christian König, Matthias Stahl, Erich Wiegand (eds.): Soziale Medien – Gegenstand und Instrumente der Forschung. Publication series of the ASI – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute. VS Verlag for Social Sciences, Wiesbaden, pp. 111-126, 2014
Foundation of the network perspective through the habitus and field theory of Pierre Bourdieu.
(together with Steffen Kohl) In: Marina Hennig and Christian Stegbauer (eds.): Problems of integrating theory and method in network research. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Series: Network Research, Wiesbaden, pp. 13-32, 2012
Women in the job market. Caring, supervising, supporting, assisting.
(together with Stefan Stuth) Published in: Journal of the national action alliance for equal pay day 2011, p. 16-17
Big city families and their social resources.
In: Soeffner, Hans-Georg (ed.): Uncertain times. Challenges of social transformations. Proceedings of the 34th Congress of the German Sociological Association in Jena 2008. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaft 2010 (CD ROM)
Networks of lateral thinkers during the Corona pandemic (together with David Schoch, GESIS), European Social Network Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia September 4-7, 2023
Networks and Knowledge Production, European Social Network Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia September 4-7, 2023
Motives and strategies of actors in the production of knowledge in university context. 6th European Conference on Social Networks, Greenwich, London 12-16.9.2022
Motives and strategies of actors in the production of knowledge in university context. XXXXI Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Cairns (Australia), July 16-19, 2022
Social Resources and Life satisfaction in a cross-country comparison. (together with Bastian Laier) 5th European Conference on Social Networks, Naples (Italy), 07.- 10.9.2021
Family – processes of change and development. Lecture as part of the Reading Association, Mainz 23.06.2021
Dynamics and stability in ego-centered network data. 4th European Conference on Social Networks, Zurich (Switzerland), 09.- 11.9.2019
Dynamics and stability in ego-centered network data. XXXIX Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Montreal (Canada), June 18-23, 2019
Differences in the network structure of female professors from different disciplines. Third European Conference on Social Networks, Mainz, 26-29.9.2017
Family as a network. Summer Academy of the Moreno Institute on the island of Reichenau 2017 “Family ties and sibling love, 31.07.2017
On the influence of social relationships on the career path using the example of professors(together with Aline Federmann) Conference on the state of network research, Schader-Forum, Darmstadt, 05.-06.12.2016
The role of social relationships in career development using the example of female professors. Zonta Club Mainz, 26.10.2016
Social resources and parental well-being: A comparison of Japanese and German parental ego-centric networks. European Population Conference, Mainz, 31.08.-04.09.2016
What online curriculum vitae data say about identities? A relational approach about identity construction in online biographies in Academia. (together with Cathleen Stützer) II. European Conference on Social Networks, Paris (France), 14.-17.06.2016
The story behind the network graph: A mixed-method study on problem-centered interviews about the impact of social relations on career paths. (together with Cathleen Stützer) II. European Conference on Social Networks, Paris (France), 14.-17.06.2016
The story behind the network graph: A mixed-method study on problem-centered interviews about the impact of social relations on career paths. (together with Cathleen Stützer) XXXVI Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Newport Beach (USA), 05.-10.04.2016
Family in the context of social change. Lecture on Pastoral Day: Family between desire and reality, Diocese of Magdeburg, 07.10.2015
Same and yet different? The influence of social relationships on subjective well-being in a cultural comparison. Lecture at the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg, 09.09.2015
The Impact of Social Connectedness on Scientific Careers. (together with Cathleen Stützer) XXXV Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Brigthon (Great Britain), 23-28.06.2015
Ideal failed. Changes in the family and their consequences. Rothenfels Whitsun Conference on the Myth of the Family. The transformation of society and church morals, 22-25.05.2015
The caring community – social networks for inclusive services of general interest. Future Forum for Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Berlin, 22.01.2015
Social network analysis in empirical research. Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz, 15.07.2014
The Influence of social relations on parental, subjective well-being. A Comparison of Japanese and German Ego-Centric Networks. 1st European Conference on Social Networks, Barcelona (UAB) 01.-04.07.2014
Quantitative network analysis. Workshop for young researchers on method triangulation in empirical educational research. 11-12.04.2014, Alice Salomon Higher Education Institution Berlin
Social Resources and Parental Wellbeing: Comparison of Japanese and German Parental Ego-Centric Networks. XXXIV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Tampa (USA), February 18-23, 2014
Aspects of sample quality: The recruitability of target groups. 10th Scientific Conference “Social Media – Object and Instrument of Research” 27-28.06.2013, Federal Statistical Office Wiesbaden
Family relationships across household boundaries – family as a network. 4th European Congress for Family Research. The future of the family – demands on family policy and family science, 06.-08.06.2013, Bamberg
Facebook: Between freedom and coercion. A study on the correlation between network structure and its impact on the members in online groups. XXXIII International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Hamburg, 21-26.05.2013
Facebook – Between freedom and compulsion: A study on the relationship between network structure and its impacts on the members of online work groups. Lecture at NETLAB, University of Toronto, Department of Sociology, 03.04.2013
On the current state of network research. Lecture as part of the (internal) symposium/ lecturer training: Network research in social work. Catholic higher education institution of North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster department, 03.07.2012
The role of habitus in the formation of network structures. Lecture at the Think & Drink colloquium of the Department of Urban and Regional Sociology and the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Research at the Humboldt University of Berlin, 18.06.2012
In search of the ideal solution: welfare state concepts and family policy in a European comparison. HA Gifted Education and Culture, in-depth seminar: Courage for the child – What does the future of the family look like? Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin, 18.05.2012
The Importance of Habitus for the Development of Social Capital. (together with Steffen Kohl) XXXII International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Los Angeles, USA, March 12-18, 2012
Women – job market – consequences for family policy. 11th Open Forum Family. Unbounded Family – Unbounded Work. Challenges for politics, the working world and family education, Nuremberg, 23.01.2012
Socio-ecological multi-level model as a hinge between science and politics. Lecture at the symposium “Dynamik des familialen Wandels und politischer Gestaltung in Deutschland” on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Prof. Dr. Hans Bertram at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 07.07.2011
Family networks and educational success of elementary school students. Lecture at the School of Human and Social Sciences at Chemnitz University of Technology, 30.06.2011
Network analysis in empirical social research. Lecture Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) “Group-specific misanthropy” at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence at Bielefeld University, 08.06.2011
Socialization as an interplay between habitus and interaction. Lecture at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/ Main, 15.02.2011
The Impact of Habitus on Network Structure. (together with Steffen Kohl) XXXI International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, St. Pete Florida, USA, 08.-13.02.2011
On the logic of relations in social fields. (together with Steffen Kohl) at the 35th Congress of the German Sociological Association, Ad hoc Group: Social Space and Social Field – The Logic of Relation in Pierre Bourdieu’s Methodology, Frankfurt/ Main, October 11-15, 2010
Employment histories and further training of inactive women. At the symposium Perspektive Wiedereinstieg: Potenziale nicht erwerbstätiger Frauen für den Arbeitsmarkt, WZB Berlin, 22-23.09.2010
Re-entry today – learning from the daughters. Lecture at the regional focus event for the Vorder- and Südpfalz “Plan W – Wiedereinstieg hat Zukunft”, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, 23.08.2010
Substantiating the Network Perspective based on Bourdieu’s Habitus and Field Theory. (together with Steffen Kohl) XXX. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy, 29.06.-04.07.2010
Inactivity of women. Paths, problems and potentials. Scientific lecture on empirical social research at the School of Social Sciences of the Ruhr University Bochum, 15.01.2010
Challenges of a Sociology of Private Life. Lecture at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Media and Sport at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, January 8, 2010
Childcare in large cities. Practical presentation at the 1st JMP User Conference SAS Heidelberg, 08.-09.10.2009
Re-entry: Empirical findings and development perspectives. (together with Stefan Stuth) Lecture at the conference “Work-Life-Balance” of the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, Rothenburg, 05.09.2009
Relationships. A paradigm shift is imminent. Scientific lecture at the school of philosophy of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 23.07.2009
The importance of the appointment for the duration of career breaks. Scientific lecture on empirical social research at the School of Social Sciences of the Ruhr University Bochum, 03.04.2009
Role Behavior and Social Networks within Urban Families. XXIX. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, San Diego, USA, March 10-15, 2009
- Couple relationships in modern societies
- Individualization
- Migration and integration
- Understanding social relationships
- Family, socialization and demographic development
- Social capital
- Primary and secondary networks
- Social networks and interpersonal relationships
- Structure of social action
- Internet and community life
- Social structure and socialization
- Everyday knowledge, interaction and social reality
- Partnerships in the course of life
- Youth in Germany
- Applied network analysis
- Social networks and interpersonal relationships
- Individualization and social relationships
- Individualization and networks in the age of the Internet
- Family as a network
