Wolfgang Keck

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Portrait Foto Wolfgang Keck (Foto: David Ausserhofer)
Foto: David Ausserhofer

Contact

Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin

Research fields

Comparative welfare state research | Intergenerational relations | Social consequences of demographic change | Caregiving and long-term care policy | Triangulation - mixed methods

CV

since 06/2007 Researcher at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) at the research professorship "‘Demografische Entwicklung, sozialer Wandel und Sozialkapital"’, conducted by Prof. Chiara Saraceno.

10/2002 06/2007  Researcher at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) at the Department "‘Ungleichheit und soziale Integration"’, conducted by Prof. Jens Alber.

04/2002 –09/2002    Researcher at the Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW).

07/2001 – 12/2001 Research assistance at the Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Work task: Simulation of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) for Germany based on the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP) 05/1999 – 06/2001 Student assistant at the Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) in the department "‘Sozio-ökonomisches Panel"’.

Education

since 2008 PhD student at the Freie Universität Berlin. Theme of the dissertation: Reconciliation of caregiving of adult persons and employment. Supervisor: Prof. Jürgen Schupp. 06/2001 Master (Diploma) in Sociology Theme of the master thesis: Patterns of integration of different migrant groups in Germany 04/1999 06/2001 Studies in sociology, Freie Universität Berlin, minor subjects: psychology and philosophy. 10/1996 – 09/1998 Studies in sociology, Philipps Universität Marburg, minor subjects: psychology and philosophy.

Dissertation project

Reconciliation of caregiving of adult persons and employment. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schupp.

Selected Publications

2010
with Chiara Saraceno, Caring for a parent while working for pay in the German welfare regime. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life 5: 107-138.

with Chiara Saraceno, Can we identify intergenerational policy regimes in Europe? In: European Societies, 5: 675-696.

2009
with Agnes Blome and Jens Alber, ¬ Family And The Welfare State In Europe. Intergenerational Relations in Ageing Societies. Cheltenham, UK and Northhampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 341 pages.

2008
The relationship between children and their frail elderly parents in different care regimes, in: Chiara Saraceno (Ed.), ¬ Families, Ageing and Social Policy. Intergenerational Solidarity in European Welfare States, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 147-169.

with Chiara Saraceno, Grandchildhood in Germany and Italy: an exploration, in: Leira, Arnlaug and Chiara Saraceno (Eds.),  ¬Childhood: Changing Contexts. Comparative Social Research, Vol. 25, Bingley: Emerald 2008, pp. 135-166.

with Agnes Blome, Is There a Generational Cleavage in Europe? Age-Specific Perceptions of Elderly Care and of the Pension System, in: Jens Alber, Tony Fahey und Chiara Saraceno (Eds.), Handbook of Quality of Life in the Enlarged European Union. London: Routledge. pp. 73-99.


 

Projects

How demographic changes shape intergenerational solidarity, well-being, and social integration: A multilinks framework – MULTILINKS
Main professional activities:

  • Development of an indicator database on generational policies in Europe within the EU-Project

Working and Caring in Europe. Working women facing the dependency of their frail elderly parents.

  • Collaboration in the German sub-study on the reconciliation of elderly care and employment within the project Workers under Pressure and Social Care (WOUPS).

EQUALSOC – Networks of Excellence

Generational Relations in the Welfare State

  • Collaboration in the project