Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler
Social and behavioural sciences, Simulation of innovation processes in complex social systems
Social and behavioural sciences
International Comparative Sociology, Comparative Welfare State Research, Comparative and Historical Family Policy Research, Family Sociology, Gender Sociology, Labour Market Sociology, Sociology of Work
Theorising the relationship between culture and institutions;
Theorising and research about historical development paths of gender arrangements;
the historical integration of women into capitalism;
Women's employment in cultural and institutional context;
Historical roots and diffusion of the male breadwinner family model;
Cross-national differences in long-term care policies towards family care and extra-familial care;
Development of hybrid forms of work;
Theoretical classifiaction of undeclared work.
Family care regimes in Europe
Change in the institutional and cultural framework of the society-animal relationship
Honorary Professor for Comparative Welfare State Research of the Southern Danish University, appointed for period 2011-2014.
Nominated and Included by the German Research Council (DFG) into the “Online Portal of Outstanding Women Academics and Scientists” "AcademiaNet", since 2010.
Journal article in "Journal of Social Policy" of 2005 among top ten of most cited articles of all articles ever published in the journal, last view 19.10.2016
Journal Article in "European Societies" of 2005 among top ten of most cited articles of all articles ever published in the journal, last view 13.12.2016
The British Sociological Association has 2012 appointed a journal article that I published 1993 in Work, Employment & Society as “favourite WES article from the last 25 years”
Elected Co-Editor of the international journal "Work, Employment and Society" for the period of 1999-2002
Grant of the German Government for the translation of my habilitation thesis into English language, 2002
Habilitation-Stipendium of the University of Bremen, 1991
Grant of the Anglo-German Foundation for a Visiting Fellowship at the Department of Applied Economics of the University of Cambridge/Great Britain 11/1988
English, French, German
2011-2014 Honorary Professor for Comparative Welfare State Research at the University of Southern Denmark
2014-2016 also Professor for Comparative Welfare State Research at the University of Southern Denmark (Research Professorship in part-time)
Frericks, P., Jensen, P. H., Pfau-Effinger, B. (2014), Social rights and employment rights related to family care: Family care regimes in Europe, Journal of Ageing Studies;
Pfau-Effinger, B., Schwindt, N., (2013) Work and Family in the German Welfare State?, Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work, 2013;
Pfau-Effinger, B.(2012) Women's employment in institutional and cultural context", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 32, 9;
Pfau-Effinger, B., Smidt, M. (2011) Differences in Women's Employment Patterns and Family Policies: Eastern and Western Germany, Community, Work & Family 14, 2;
Pfau-Effinger, B. (2009) Varieties of undeclared work in European societies, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 47,1;
Pfau-Effinger, B. (2005): Welfare State Policies and the development of care arrangements. European Societies 7, 2; among top ten of most cited articles of all articles ever published in the journal, last view 13.12.2016
Pfau-Effinger, B. (2005): Culture and Welfare State Policies: Reflections on a Complex Interrelation. Journal of Social Policy 34, 1; among top ten of most cited articles of all articles ever published in the journal, last view 19.10.2016
Pfau-Effinger, B., (2004): Historical paths of the male breadwinner family model ? explanation for cross-national differences. British Journal of Sociology, 55, 3;
Pfau-Effinger, B. (1998): Gender cultures and the gender arrangement – a theoretical framework for cross-national comparisons on gender. Innovation: the European Journal of Social Sciences, 11, 2;
Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (1993): “Modernisation, Culture and Part-Time Employment: The Example of Finland and West Germany”, Work, Employment and Society 7,3). The British Sociological Association has 2012 appointed this article as “favourite WES article from the last 25 years”
International EU project in the Call 2010 of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) "FLOWS. Impact of local welfare systems on female labour force participation and social cohesion" in an international collaboration, funding of 2,7 million Euros, 2011 – 2014 (coordination Per H. Jensen, University of Aalborg); participation in the scientific leadership (leader/co-leader of 3 workpackages and the Hamburg project).
International research project "Tensions related to care work in European welfare states" in an international collaboration, within the framework of the Network of Excellence "Reconciling Work and Welfare" (RECWOWE) within the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), 2006 ? 2011
Research project with funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), "Local restructuring of elder-care", funding of 164,000 Euros, 2006 – 2009
Coordinator of the EU research project "Formal and informal work in Europe" (FIWE) within the EU's Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), 2003 – 2006, funding of 1 million Euros
Management Committee, Chair of Central Stream in COST A13 Action of EU/European Science Foundation "Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship", 1998 – 2003
Member of Board of ESPAnet (Network for European Social Policy Analysis) from 01/2016
Senate commission and grants committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the Collaborative Research Centres 2008-2014,
Advisory Board des Cluster for Research on the Informal Sector and Policy (CRISP) an der University of Sheffield, since 2012
Board of Directors of the Association of the Research Institutes for Social Sciences (ASI), since 2006
Advisory Board of the European Data Centre for Work and Welfare of the EU 6th Framework Programme Network of Excellence "Reconciling Work and Welfare in European Societies" (RECWOWE), since 2006
Governing Committee of the EU 6th Framework Programme Network of Excellence "Reconciling Work and Welfare" (RECWOWE), since 2006
Management Committee of the COST A13 Action Programme "Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship" (2009-2003), Chair of a central working group, 1999 – 2003
Chair of the Working Group "Gender Issues" of the COST A13 Action Programme der EU "Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship?" , 1998 – 2003
Vice Chair of the Scientific Network "Gender Inequality and the European Regions", European Science Foundation (Chair: Prof. Simon Duncan, University of Bradford), 1996-1998
Board of directors of the German Association for Labour Market Research in Social Sciences (SAMF), 1991 – 1998
Scientific Advisory Board Member for the National Research Programme (NFP) "Problems of the welfare state" of the Swiss National Science Foundation
Social and behavioural sciences, Simulation of innovation processes in complex social systems
Languages, Social and behavioural sciences, Modern Chinese Studies / Sinology; Political Science; Political Sociology
Humanities, Social and behavioural sciences
Social and behavioural sciences, Social psychology, industrial and organisational psychology