Education

2019                Ph.D. in Sociology
                        Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science (University of Bremen and Jacobs University)

2014                M.A. in Economics and Sociological Studies
                        University of Hamburg

2010                B.A. in Sociology
                        University of Mannheim

Current Positions

Since               Senior researcher and lecturer (tenured), University of Flensburg
Jul 2023          Central Methods Department

Academic Positions and Research visits

Mar 2023-       Visiting Fellow, University of Bremen
Oct 2023         Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science

Jan 2022-        Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Flensburg
Jul 2023          Departement of Sociology

Apr 2023-       Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
May 2023       International Inequalities Institute

Sep 2022-       Interim Professor of Quantitative Methods in Empirical Social Research and

Jan 2023         SocialStratification (W3), University of Flensburg, Central Methods Department

Oct 2020-        Scientific Coordinator Social Cohesion Monitor, University of Bremen
Jul 2022          Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC)

Oct 2021         Visiting Researcher, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
                        Survey Methodology and Management Division

Jul 2018-         Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bremen
Oct 2020         Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam)

Jan 2018-        Visiting Researcher, Cornell University
May 2018       Department of Sociology; Center for the Study of Inequality

May 2017-      Research associate, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Jan 2018         Department of Macrosociology, Project: Horizontal Europeanization

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (published and forthcoming

• Minkus, Lara, Nicolai Gröpler and Sonja Drobnič (2022): The significance of occupations, family responsibilities, and gender for working from home: Lessons from COVID-19, PLOSone 17(6): e0266393.
• Minkus, Lara and Sonja Drobnič (2021): Abortion: Life-Course Stages and Disruptive Life Events, Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 50(3–4): 259–273.* Coverage: Weser-Kurier, taz, Bremen Zwei, RND (DE)
• Waitkus, Nora and Lara Minkus (2021): Investigating the Gender Wealth Gap Across Occupational Classes, Feminist Economics, 27(4): 114-147.- Winner: RC28 Travel Award 2018 * Working Paper version available at LSE Research Online
• Gattig, Alexander and Lara Minkus (2021)e: Does Marriage Increase Couples’ Life Satisfaction? Evidence Using Panel Data and Fixed-effects Individual Slopes, Comparative Population Studies, 46: 123-147. - One of the 3 most downloaded articles of CPoS Vol. 45 (2020), Vol. 46 (2021) and Vol. 47 (2022)
• Kuhnt, Anne-Kristin, Lara Minkus and Petra Buhr (2021):Uncertainty in Fertility Intentions from a Life Course Perspective: Which Determinants Matter? Journal of Family Research, 33(1): 184–208. * Coverage: Deutschlandfunk (DE) - Short summary in Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand, 20(1), 2023
• Ehrlich, Ulrike, Lara Minkus and Moritz Hess (2020): Einkommensrisiko Pflege? Der Zusammenhang von familiärer Pflege und Lohn, Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 53(1): 22-28. - Winner: 2020 Best Paper Award of the German Society for Demography * Coverage: Ärzte Zeitung, Wize.life (DE)
• Minkus, Lara and Anne Busch-Heizmann (2020): Gender Wage Inequalities Between Historical Heritage and Structural Adjustments: A German-German Comparison Over Time, Social Politics, 27(1): 156–186. - Winner: BIGSSS Best Paper Award 2018
• Calanca, Federica, Luiza Sayfullina, Lara Minkus, Claudia Wagner and Eric Malmi (2019): Responsible Team Players Wanted: An Analysis of Soft Skill Requirements in Job Advertisements, EPJ Data Science, 8(13): 1-20.
• Minkus, Lara, Emanuel Deutschmann and Jan Delhey (2019): A Trump Effect on the EU’s Popularity? The U.S. Presidential Election as a Natural Experiment, Perspectives on Politics, 17(2): 399-416. - Winner: BIGSSS Best Paper Award 2019, European Studies First Article Prize 2018, selected as one of the American Political Science Association’s "Perspectives Influential Articles 2018" * Coverage: United States Politics and Policy Blog, LSE (UK), Marginal Revolution (USA), Los Angeles Post, Houston Chronicle (USA), jetzt.de (DE) etc.
• Deutschmann, Emanuel and Lara Minkus (2018): Swinging Leftwards: Public Opinion on Economic and Political Integration in Latin America, 1997-2010, Latin American Research Review, 53(1): 38-56.

Books

• Lara Minkus (2023): Disentangling the Components of the Gender Wage Differential, Nomos: Baden-Baden.

Technical Report

• Task Force FGZ-Datenzentrum (2022): Gefährdeter Zusammenhalt? Polarisierungs- und Spaltungstendenzen in Deutschland, Bremen: SOCIUM, Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt. * Coverage: WDR3 ResonanzenDiscussion Paper
• Minkus, Lara (2019): Labor Market Closure and the Stalling of the Gender Pay Gap, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1049, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). - Winner: BAGSS Best Paper Award, RC28 Travel Award 2018

Book chapter

• Deutschmann Emanuel, Lara Minkus and Jan Delhey (2022): European Union: How Trumps’ Presidency Increased Its Popularity in Europe. In: J. Dixon & M. J. Skidmore (Eds.), Donald J. Trump, The 45^th U.S. Presidency and Beyond: International Perspectives. Westphalia Press (pp. 201-220).

Datasets

• Groh-Samberg, Olaf, Carina Cornesse, Jean-Yves Gerlitz, Martin Kroh, Holger Lengfeld, Stefan Liebig, Lara Minkus, Jost Reinecke, David Richter, Richard Traunmüller, & Sabine Zinn (2023): German Social Cohesion Panel 2021 – Anchor Persons. Dataset and Documentation. doi:10.60532/scp.2021.ap.v1
• Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Elisabeth Borschel, Christiane Bozoyan, Madison Garrett, Svenja Geissler, Tita Gonzalez Avilés, Nicolai Gröpler, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Renate Lorenz, Katharina Lutz, Lara Minkus, Timo Peter, Trang Phan, Richard Preetz, Julia Reim, Barbara Sawatzki, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Katharina Timmermann and Martin Wetzel (2021): The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 12.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.12.0.0.
• Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Christiane Bozoyan, Christine Finn, Renate Frister, Madison Garrett, Tita Gonzalez Avilés,Henriette Greischel, Nicolai Gröpler, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Lara Minkus, Timo Peter, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Martin Wetzel & Barbara Wilhelm. 2020. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 11.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.11.0.0.
• Calanca, Federica, Luiza Sayfullina, Lara Minkus, Eric Malmi and Claudia Wagner (2019): Soft Skills list. GESIS - Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Datenfile Version 1.0.0, doi.org/10.7802/1707.

Other Articles

• Minkus, Lara: Schwangerschaftsabbrüche und individuelle Lebensumstände 123, impu!se für Gesundheitsförderung, Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit und Akademie für Sozialmedizin Niedersachsen Bremen e. V. (LVG & AFS), 2. Quartal 2024.
• Minkus, Lara, Emanuel Deutschmann and Jan Delhey: New research shows that Donald Trump’s election spurred European unity, United States Politics and Policy Blog, London School of Economics, 08-24-18.
• Deutschmann, Emanuel and Lara Minkus: How Trump and Brexit united Europe, The Conversation, USA, 12-20-18.

Work in progress

• Minkus, Lara and Kim Weeden: Is there a Female Wage Premium for Licensure? Disentangling Individual Wage Premiums from the Occupational Wage Level.
• Lara Minkus: Power Resources and the Stalled Gender Gap in Wages.