Carla Rowold

Carla Rowold

@crowold.bsky.social

#StandWithUkraine Postdoc at Hertie School, previously MPIDR and Nuffield College, Uni Oxford. Interested in gender inequalities over the life course & in old age crowold.github.io #firstgen

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๐Ÿ’ซVery happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with ร‘opo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡

doi.orgFull-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gapsAbstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re

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๐Ÿ“ข Webinar rescheduled Technical issues forced us to cancel today โ€“ so sorry to our speakers & attendees, and thanks for your patience! ๐Ÿ“… New date: 10 Dec 2026, 4pm CET ๐ŸŽค Martin Russell on segregated careers in UK-Defra ๐ŸŽค Nicole Fontana on sequence analysis of drug-utilization in heart failure

๐Ÿ“ข New open-access paper in Social Science Research with @martingaedecke.bsky.social & @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social ! Does It Matter How We Measure Family Complexity? Sequence-Based Indices and Childrenโ€™s Educational Outcomes ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐ŸŽ“ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡

sciencedirect.comDoes it matter how we measure family complexity? Sequence-based indices and children's educational outcomesThe association between a wide range of family complexity indicators and children's educational outcomes was assessed.Previous research documented theโ€ฆ
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Fittingly, our results areโ€ฆ complex ๐Ÿ™‚ In brief: most measures show negative associations with maths and English performance. But measure choice matters. Relying only on the number of transitions can hide gender gaps, and sometimes even reverses their direction.โ˜๏ธ

Our measures adapt easily to other outcomes, contexts, and even entirely different life-course domains. Big thanks to our reviewers and editors for great comments, constructive and refreshingly fast handling! ๐Ÿ™ #SequenceAnalysis #Sociology

๐Ÿ“ข New open-access paper in Social Science Research with @martingaedecke.bsky.social & @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social ! Does It Matter How We Measure Family Complexity? Sequence-Based Indices and Childrenโ€™s Educational Outcomes ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐ŸŽ“ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡

sciencedirect.comDoes it matter how we measure family complexity? Sequence-based indices and children's educational outcomesThe association between a wide range of family complexity indicators and children's educational outcomes was assessed.Previous research documented theโ€ฆ
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Conceptually, we develop theory-driven indicators that combine instability and structure and capture family change cumulatively across childrenโ€™s school careers. They draw on three perspectives: favourable family states, level of disruption, and parental absence. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง

Methodologically, we link family complexity to childrenโ€™s maths & English test scores by combining dynamic sequence indices with individual fixed effects, to our knowledge a first. Data: @usociety.bsky.social partnership histories linked to Englandโ€™s National Pupil Database.

๐Ÿ“ข New open-access paper in Social Science Research with @martingaedecke.bsky.social & @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social ! Does It Matter How We Measure Family Complexity? Sequence-Based Indices and Childrenโ€™s Educational Outcomes ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐ŸŽ“ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡

sciencedirect.comDoes it matter how we measure family complexity? Sequence-based indices and children's educational outcomesThe association between a wide range of family complexity indicators and children's educational outcomes was assessed.Previous research documented theโ€ฆ

Family research is split: one tradition counts how many transitions children experience, the other asks which family structures they live in. But how we measure family complexity is itself a theoretical choice, and it shapes what we conclude.

What a workshop! ๐ŸŽ‰ The 2nd International Workshop on Life Course Analysis has wrapped up โ€” three days at Hertie School in Berlin with outstanding presentations across education, health, family, ageing & more. Huge thanks to all presenters and participants for the engaged discussions ๐Ÿ™

Phenomenal keynote by Ariane Bertogg โ€” seamlessly weaving theory and empirical applications across the life course, totally nailing the workshop's title ๐ŸŒŸ Thanks to Akademie fรผr Soziologie for funding! โ˜บ๏ธ

Co-organised with Michaela Kreyenfeld (Hertie School) & @cdudel.bsky.social (MPIDR) โ€” great collaboration between the two institutions. Can't wait to see these presentations turn into papers ๐ŸŒž See you at the third edition? ๐Ÿ‘€ #LifeCourse #Sociology #Demography

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The Economist coming out in favour of selecting embryos for IQ while dismissing the many extremely good arguments against this - from โ€œit doesnโ€™t workโ€ to โ€œpromoting the idea that a flawed metric is a useful indicator of human worth is not going to go wellโ€ - is disappointing, to say the least

The Economist@economist.com

Progress in embryo screening will raise difficult ethical questions. But there is a big difference between the murderous coercion of early-20th-century eugenics programmes and parents seeking as much knowledge as possible when picking an embryo

๐Ÿ“ข The 2nd International Workshop on Life Course Analysis takes place 17โ€“19 Aug 2026 at Hertie School โ€” and the programme is exciting! Organised with @cdudel.bsky.social (MPIDR Rostock) and Michaela Kreyenfeld (Hertie School), funded by the Akademie fรผr Soziologie. Join us online โ€” see below ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿงต

๐Ÿ”น 17 Aug: multistate life course methods course โ€” estimation and implementation in R ๐Ÿ”น 18โ€“19 Aug: talks across education & health, family & fertility, ageing & retirement, and intergenerational dynamics plus a keynote by Ariane Bertogg on cognitive ageing through a life course lens

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Join us this Thursday, May 14 at 4 pm CET for two exciting methodological presentations on sequence analysis: ๐Ÿ“Š Nika Corradi: Adult Children's Partnership Trajectories and Vulnerability to Employment Shocks ๐Ÿ Thomas Guyet: TanaT: a Python library for Temporal Analysis of Trajectories

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Join us for two work-in-progress applications of sequence analysis in family demography & sociology ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง ๐Ÿ“… Webinar โ€” April 16, 4 pm CET ๐Ÿ’ก We discuss open questions with the SA community after each talk โ€” questions that might be relevant for your research too. Join us: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/

sequenceanalysis.orgWebinar Series of the Sequence Analysis Association โ€“ Sequence Analysis Association

Excited about this program for our "Family Diversity & Health" workshop on register-based research! ๐ŸŽฏ Looking forward to welcoming you to Berlin๐ŸŒž. Want to join? Limited spots available โ€“ register via email to kreyenfeld@hertie-school.org www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

hertie-school.orgWorkshop | Family diversity and health: The potential of register-based research in Germany and EuropeJoin this two-day workshop that aims to bring together scholars working on topics related to family diversity and health.

Honored to receive the Best Dissertation Prize from the German Society for Demography (DGD) for my research on gender pension gaps! ๐ŸŽ“ Thanks for the support!๐Ÿ™ Even more special celebrating alongside @sinalw.bsky.social (master's thesis award) and @philippdierker.bsky.social (best paper award). ๐ŸŽ‰

Hertie School@hertieschool.bsky.social

The German Society for Demography (DGD) awarded two Hertie School researchers! ๐ŸŽ‰ @crowold.bsky.social was honoured for her dissertation on the gender pension gap, and @sinalw.bsky.social for her research on gender inequalities in well-being during the transition to parenthood. Congrats! ๐Ÿ‘

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๐ŸŽฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ โ€“ ๐—™๐—ก๐—”-๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ Fรผr alle, die mehr รผber die preisgekrรถnte Arbeit von Carla Rowold erfahren mรถchten, gibt es ein jetzt Interview auf unserer Website: ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.fna-rv.de/DE/Inhalt/02...

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๐Ÿ“ข Deadline extended! Submit your 250-word abstract for our pre-EPC sequence analysis workshop by March 15th, 2026 โฐ Join us: ๐Ÿ“… June 3rd, 2026 | โฐ 9am-5pm | ๐Ÿ• Bologna Already have a paper accepted to EPC? You can submit that too! ๐ŸŽฏ Don't miss this opportunity! ๐Ÿ‘‡

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๐Ÿ“…Heads up! On February 12th at 4:00pm CET, weโ€™re hosting our next webinarโ€” this time as a work-in-progress edition๐Ÿ› ๏ธ. In these, researchers present ongoing research & discuss sequence analysis related questions with the SA community - questions that might also be relevant for your research๐Ÿ’ก.

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๐ŸŽ‰ Accepted to EPC? ๐ŸŒŸJoin us for our first pre-EPC workshop: Life Course Dynamics: Insights from Sequence Analysis! ๐Ÿ“… June 3, 2026 ๐Ÿ‘‰ Submit a 250-word abstract by Feb 15, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Papers applying sequence analysis or related methods to study life courses are welcome ๐Ÿซถ

docs.google.comSequence Analysis Association pre-EPC meeting - Abstract submissionThe Sequence Analysis Association (https://sequenceanalysis.org/) is organizing a one-day side meeting before the 2026 European Population Conference (EPC) in Bologna, entitled "Life Course Dynamics: ...

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JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

โ„๏ธ Freezing cold outside? Perfect timing to submit your work for our Family Diversity & Health summer workshop in Berlin โ˜€๏ธ ๐Ÿ“… June 29โ€“30, 2026 ๐Ÿ“ Hertie School, Berlin ๐Ÿซถ No participation fees ๐Ÿจ 1 hotel night covered ๐Ÿ“จ 1-page abstracts due: Jan 31, 2026

Freue mich sehr รผber den FNA-Forschungspreis fรผr meine Dissertation zu Gender Pension Gaps โ€“ besonders in Zeiten aktueller Rentenreformdebatten. ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽ„ Very grateful to receive the FNA Research Prize from the Research Network on Old-Age Security for my dissertation. #GenderPensionGap

๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ก๐—”-๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ โ€“ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‡๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—š๐—น๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜„๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต! Auf der Bundesvertreterversammlung am 10. Dezember wรผrdigte der Vorsitzende des Bundesvorstands der DRV Bund, Alexander Gunkel, Carla Rowolds Dissertation. Mehr zum FNA-Forschungspreis hier: ๐Ÿ‘‰ tinyurl.com/ppxdsjtd

Denn gerade in aktuellen Rentenreformdebatten sollten Ungleichheiten zwischen Geschlechtern mitgedacht werden โ€“ insbesondere mit Blick auf Sorgearbeit und Erwerbsverlรคufe. ๐Ÿ”— Dazu und zur Rentenlรผcke in DE eine paar Gedanken [hier](crowold.github.io/posts/2025/1...) #GenderPensionGap #Rentenpolitik

crowold.github.ioRentenreformen sind nรถtig โ€“ Geschlechterungleichheiten dรผrfen aber nicht aus dem Blick geratenRentenreformen sind nรถtig โ€“ Geschlechterungleichheiten dรผrfen aber nicht aus dem Blick geratenCarla Rowold

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โ€ผ๏ธ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑโ€ผ๏ธ Einmal im Jahr vergibt das FNA seinen Forschungspreis. Eingereicht werden kรถnnen Dissertationen zum Thema Alterssicherungsforschung aus den vergangenen eineinhalb Jahren. Mehr Infos hier: ๐Ÿ‘‰ rebrand.ly/lxxslcg

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๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ก๐—”-๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐Ÿ“ฃ Am 16./17.07.2026 findet unser jรคhrliches Graduiertenkolloquium statt. Dort bieten wir Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen die Mรถglichkeit, ihre Arbeiten zu prรคsentieren. Bei Interesse bitten wir um kurze Abstracts bis zum ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ an fna@drv-bund.de.

๐Ÿ“ข Call for Abstracts Join us at the Family Diversity & Health Workshop June 29-30 2026 in Berlin! We welcome submissions on intersections of health & family research, especially using register data. ๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿซถ No participation fees & hotel costs are covered. ๐Ÿ“จ Send us your abstracts by Jan 31 2026

๐Ÿ”ŽHere you find the full call: www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev... ๐Ÿ’ซLooking forward to your submissions!

hertie-school.orgCall for abstracts | Family diversity and health: The potential of register-based research in Germany and Europe<p>Contemporary societies are characterized by growing diversity in family forms and living arrangements, alongside profound demographic shifts, such as aging populations. Understanding the relationship between family diversity and its impact on various health outcomes throughout the life course is crucial for comprehending and addressing social and health disparities. Empirical research at the intersection of health research and family sociology is currently experiencing rapid expansion, partly due to the growing availability of rich register data that enables this type of research. This workshop aims to bring together scholars working on topics related to family diversity and health. Potential topics include, but are not restricted to:</p> <ul> <li>Family transitions (e.g., childbirth, divorce) and how they impact health outcomes</li> <li>Interrelation of health and family transitions across the life course</li> <li>Family transitions in old age (e.g., gray divorce, widowhood) and health</li> <li>Family diversity, health, and labor market transitions</li> <li>Family diversity, health, and retirement transitions</li> <li>Family dynamics and mortality</li> </ul> <p>We seek insights from demography, sociology, epidemiology, psychology, political science, statistics (or related disciplines). Studies applying register data are particularly welcome, but the workshop is open to any data applications. The workshop will feature the presentation of a new register data product from the German Public Pension Insurance, which covers rich economic, family, and health data.</p> <p><strong>Venue and time</strong>: The two-half-day workshop will take place on June 29-30, 2026, at the Hertie School, FriedrichstraรŸe 180, 10117 Berlin. Start: 29-06 (ca. 2 p.m.), End: 30-06 (ca. 1 p.m.)<br /> <br /> <strong>Submissions</strong>: Please send abstract of max. one page to: kreyenfeld@hertie-school.org. Extended abstracts or full papers are, in addition, welcome. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2026. Authors will be notified about the acceptance by March 16, 2026.<br /> <br /> <strong>Participation fee and travel costs</strong>: There will be no participation fee for the event. For presenters, hotel costs (for one night) are covered by the organizers. Travel costs, however, are not reimbursed. For junior participants with limited financial resources, travel costs may be covered upon request. Please state in your application if you require financial support for travel.</p>