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Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D.
 Professor of Sociology with the specialty Gender and Life Course Research at RWTH Aachen University
 
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Conferences and Symposia (organized)

 
  • “Persistence and Change: Globalization Forces and their Impact on Life Course Trajectories in Cross-National Comparative Perspective: Youth, Men, Women, and Late Careers.” Thematic Session on Public Sociologies for the American Sociological Association Meetings, 14.-17. August 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • “What Can We Learn from Europe? Evolution of European Family Policies, Gender Attitudes, and Implications in a Globalizing World.” Symposium for the National Council on Family Relations’ 65th Annual Conference, 17.-22. November 2003, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • “Globalization and the Work-Family Linkage: How does Globalization affect Women’s Relationship to the Labor Force?” Two-Day International Invited Conference for the GLOBALIFE Project, 21.-22. March 2003, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany.
Scientific Presentations

  • “Inequality in Science: Gendered Resource Allocation at RWTH Aachen University.” With Michaela Jüttemann and Julia Hahmann. 2nd ‘Equal is not Enough’ Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 1.-3. December 2010.
  • “The patterns of job-related spatial mobility within family life stages for German and Polish men and women.” With Celina Proch and Lena Hünefeld. Fifth ESFR Congress, Milan, Italy, 29. September - 02. October 2010.
  • “The Relation of Mobility to Technology Acceptance.” With Nadine Witt. “European Association for the Study of Science and Technology Conference 2010 - Practicing science and technology, performing the social,” Trento, Italy. 2.-4. September 2010.
  • “The promises, challenges and best practices associated with a large scale, multidisciplinary, longitudinal study: Lessons learned from the Cornell Couples and Careers Study.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 5.-10. August 2010.
  • “The Role of Mobility on Technology Acceptance.” With Nadine Witt. “5th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences,” Cambridge, England, 2.-5. August 2010.
  • “Gender Inequality in Academia: Resource Allocation at RWTH Aachen University.“ With Julia Hahmann. Gender, Work and Organization Conference, Keele, England, 21.-23. June 2010.
  • “Gendered composition and gendered practice of university search committees: No gender-equality without selective political action? Case Study of RWTH Aachen University.“ With Michaela Jüttemann. Gender, Work and Organization Conference, Keele, England, 21.-23. June 2010.
  • “Gender and Acceptance as integral elements of the development and extension of innovations. Using the mobile communication system as an example.” Mit Nadine Witt. “Gender, Work and Organization,” Keele, England, 21.-23. June 2010.
  • “Abstufungen der Zugehörigkeit: Fortschreiten von Frauen in hohen akademischen Laufbahnen an der RWTH”.  Vortrag bei der Veranstaltung, “100 Jahre Frauenstudium an der RWTH Aachen.” 20. November 2009.
  • Poster “City 2020+” - an assessment of risks, challenges and opportunities for the City of Aachen resulting from demographic and climate change.” With Christoph Schneider (Geography), Marten F. Brunk (Civil Engineering), Wolfgang Dott (Medicine), Carmella Pfaffenbach (Geography), Christine Roll (History), Klaus Selle (Architecture), Kunibert Wachten (Architecture), Mareike Buttstädt (Geography), Katja Esser (History), Julia Hahmann (Sociology), Marion Klemme (Architecture), Antje Kröpelin (Civil Engineering), Hendrik Merbitz (Geography), Sabrina Michael (Medicine), Timo Sachsen (Geography), Agata Siuda (Geography). Annual Conference of working committee “climate” of the German Association of Geography. 30. October - 01. November 2009. Hamburg, Germany.
  • “She gets less: gender differences in resource allocation to to new professors at RWTH Aachen University.” With Julia Hahmann. International Conference on „Going Diverse: Innovative Answers to Future Challenges – International Conference on Gender and Diversity in Science, Technology and Business.“ 29.-30. October 2009. Aachen, Germany.
  • “Berufsbedingte räumliche Mobilität im europäischen Kontext. Deutschland und Frankreich im Vergleich“ With Beate Collet. Intercultural Conference on „1. Unbekannter Frankreich? Interkulturelle Kompetenz im bilateralen Austausch.“ 14. October 2009. Aachen, Germany.
  • “Berufliche Mobilität: Ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und Polen. Der Einfluss beruflicher Mobilität auf die Konstruktion von Geschlechterverhältnissen in der Gesellschaft sowie in Partnerschaften.“ With Lena Hünefeld, Celina Proch. Herbsttagung der Sektion Familiensoziologie der DGS zu „Doing Work, Doing Family, Doing Gender.“ 07. October 2009. Mannheim, Germany
  • “Explaining gender inequalities in organizations: Where does the inequality creep in? Comparing chances of obtaining a professorship, from application to top-list-management at RWTH Aachen University .”  Heather Hofmeister and Julia Hahmann. Internationale Konferenz zu "Gender and Diversity in Organizations," 15. January, 2009. Paris, France.
  • “Ein Blick auf die wesentlichen Hindernisse für den Zugang und den Erfolg von Frauen in Wissenschaft und Technik.” Workshop: “Exzellente Kooperation von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft für den weiblichen Fachkräftenachwuchs” of the Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit. 05. December, 2008. Aachen, Germany. 
  • “Age Stratification and Gender roles in the fertility crises.” Alexander Röhler and Heather Hofmeister. Talk at the international symposium of the DJI (Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien / German Institute for Japanese Studies) “Fertility and Social Stratification – Germany and Japan in Comparison,” 6.-7. November 2008. Tokyo, Japan.
  • “Warum verzichten wir auf 40% unserer Kreativen?” Invited Presentation for Conference: Zukunft Ingenieurwissenschaften, Zukunft Deutschland. 4ING - Fakultätentage der Ingenieurwissenschaften und der Informatik an Universitäten. 14. July 2008. Aachen, Germany.
  • “Integration von Frauen- und Männerforschung in der Familienforschung.” 3. Europäischer Fachkongress für Familienforschung. 12.-14. June 2008. Vienna, Austria.
  • “Wie Frauen und Männer gemacht werden.”  33. Westdeutsche Psychotherapieseminar Aachen zum Thema: „Frauen und Männer im Spannungsfeld zwischen Biologie und Gesellschaft“. 15.-17. February 2008. Aachen, Germany.
  • “Perspectives on Women's Careers.” 1. Treffen des Frauennetzwerkes für Frauen in Führungspositionen des Universitätsklinikums Aachen. 15. January 2008. Aachen, Germany.
  • “Lebensverläufe im Zeitalter der Transnationalisierung: Women's Careers under Globalization. Evidence from a 13-country comparison.” 24. October 2007. Cologne, Germany.
  • “Versorgen oder Fürsorgen? Vorstellungen der Deutschen von den Aufgaben eines guten Vaters (Providing or Caring? Germans’ Expectations of a Good Father’s Duties).” With Nina Baur. Mütter/Väter. Elternschaft zwischen medialen Inszenierungen und alltäglichen Praxen, Internationale Konferenz an der Leibniz Universität Hannover in Kooperation mit dem DJI. 4.-6. October 2007. Hannover, Germany.
  • “Globalization's Implications for Gender Relations.” TransEurope and ECSR Conference, Globalization, Social Inequality and the Life Course. 1.-2. September 2007. Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • “Globalization, Life Course Inequality, and the Role of Institutional Filters – A conceptual framework.” With Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Melinda Mills, Dirk Hofäcker & Sandra Buchholz. TransEurope and ECSR Conference, Globalization, Social Inequality and the Life Course. 1.-2. September 2007. Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • “Some like them hot: How Germans construct male attractiveness.” With Nina Baur. American Sociological Association Meetings. 11.-14. August 2007. New York, New York, USA.
  • “Spatial Job Mobility in Europe: Who is Highly Mobile, and Why?” With Detlev Lück. American Sociological Association Meetings. 11.-14. August 2007. New York, New York, USA.
  • “Are women in Eastern Europe and Western Europe experiencing dramatically different effects of globalization? Evidence from a 13-country comparison.” With Hans-Peter Blossfeld. 2007 Spring Meeting of RC-28: Social Inequality and Mobility in the Process of Social Transformation. 24.-27. May 2007. Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Invited Presentation/Workshop: “Life course pathways and their long-term consequences: concepts, models, and methods.” Doctoral school of Sociology (l’ecole doctorale de sociologie) and Doctoral school of Life Course Studies (l’ecole doctorale des parcours de vie). 18.-19. January 2007. Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Invited Presentation: “Employment Careers of Women in an Era of Rising Uncertainty: A 13-country comparison.” 16. November 2006. RWTH-Aachen, Germany.
  • “Eastern Europe and Western Europe under Globalization.” DAAD-Conference “Transformation of Social Inequalities and Welfare Development in Central and Eastern Europe.“ 21.-23. September 2006. State University of St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • “Comparing the Meaning of Fatherhood in Germany and the United States.” American Sociological Association Meetings, 11.-14. August 2006. Montreal, Canada.
  • Invited Teaching Workshop: “Teaching about the Life Course: Incorporating Place with Time, including International Comparison.” American Sociological Association Meetings, 11.-14. August 2006. Montreal, Canada.
  • Invited Presentation: “Position of Women in the Labor Market in the US,” Policy Workshop “Family and Social Policy in Germany and the U.S.” Humboldt Institution on Transatlantic Issues (HITI), 25.-26. June 2006. Berlin, Germany. (www.transatlantic-issues.org)
  • “Berufliche Karrieren von Frauen unter Flexibilisierungsbedingungen,” Tagung: Flexibilisierung – Folgen für Familie und Sozialstruktur, 12.-13. May 2006. Zurich, Switzerland.
  • “Late career transitions among men and women in the United States,” Research Committee on Population and Demography (RC–41) Conference, 15.-16. September 2005. Sliema, Malta.
  • “Teaching about International Comparative Research,” American Sociological Association Meetings, August 2005. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • “Changing Gender Relations in the ‘New Economies’ of Germany and the US: Comparing Women’s Work and Family Careers.” The 37th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, 5.-9. July 2005. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • “Women’s Careers Under Globalization: a 14–Country International Comparison.” The 37th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, 5.-9. July 2005. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Invited Presentation: “Sozialstruktur und weibliche Berufskarrieren im Zeichen der Globalisierung: Drei methodologische Ebenen des internationalen Vergleichs.” 4. February 2005. University of Tübingen, Germany.
  • “Mobility in the USA.” ifb  (State Institute for Family Research at the University of Bamberg) Symposium, 20. November 2004. Bamberg, Germany.
  • “Fertility in the U.S.A.” Demography Symposium of the ifb (State Institute for Family Research at the University of Bamberg) and AFG Bayern, 16. October 2004. Nuremberg, Germany.
  • “Case Study United States: Men and Women in Retirement.” ISA Sociology of Aging Conference, 7.-9. September 2004. University of Surrey Roehampton, UK.
  • “Introduction to Life Courses in the Globalization Process: The International Comparative Globalife Project.” 99th Annual American Sociological Association Meetings, 14.-17. August 2004. San Francisco, California, USA.
  • “Youth’s Transition to Adulthood: The Losers of Globalization.” 99th Annual American Sociological Association Meetings, 14.-17. August 2004. San Francisco, California, USA.
  • “Women’s Employment in an Era of Globalization: the U.S. Case.” Invited Lecture for the GSSS Faculty Workshop, 12. May 2004, University of Bremen, Germany.
  • “Retirement in the United States: Differences by Gender and Age Cohort.” With David Warner. Fourth Annual GLOBALIFE Workshop, 19.-20. March 2004. University of Bamberg, Germany.
  • “The Policy Implications of International Differences in Attitudes about Women’s Roles in the Family and Workplace over Time.” With Detlev Lück. Eastern Sociological Association Meetings, 19.-22. February 2004. New York City, New York, USA.
  • “Is Education the Same Kind of Ticket to Upward Job Mobility for Women in the Czech Republic and the United States?” With Dana Hamplová. International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Education and Social Inequality Meetings, 22.-24. August 2003. New York, New York, USA.
  • “Changing Female Careers? Implications of Globalization Processes and Country–Specific Institutions for Women’s Labor Force Participation in West Germany Compared to the U.S.” With Daniela Grunow. EURESCO Conference on the Second Demographic Transition in Europe, 19.-24. June 2003. Spa, Belgium.
  • “Women’s Labor Force Participation in the United States, 1968–2000.” Third Annual GLOBALIFE Workshop, 21.-22. March 2003. Bamberg, Germany.
  • “Working at Home, at Work, and from the Road: Dual-Earner Couples’ Commuting Types as Family Adaptive (or Family-Reflective) Strategies.” Business and Professional Women Academic Conference, 28. February - 1. March 2003. Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • “Use of, and Access to, Places and Spaces as Allocation Processes with Implications for Race, Class, and Gender Inequality over the Life Course.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2002. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • “Gender and Retirement in Life Course Perspective.” Invited Presentation at University of Bielefeld, 16. April 2002. Bielefeld, Germany.
  • “Dual Earner Couples: Commuting in their Community Context.” Business and Professional Women/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Conference: “Persons, Processes, and Places: Research on Families, Workplaces, and Communities,” 7.-9. February 2002. San Francisco, California, USA.
  • “What Predicts Dual-Earner Couples’ Commutes to Work? Evidence from Urban Upstate New York.” Invited Guest Lecture at Rice University, 2. November 2001. Houston, Texas, USA.
  • “Work, Family, and Community Predictors of Couples’ Commuting Patterns.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 18.-21. August 2001. Anaheim, California, USA.
  • “Life Course Perspectives on Couple-Level Data.” Research Committee on the Life Course Roundtable, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 18.-21. August 2001. Anaheim, California, USA.
  • “A talk on retirement expectations to Schuyler County's Cooperative Extension Program.” 26. March 2001. Montour Falls, NY, USA.
  • “Work Hours and Community Involvement of Dual-Earner Couples: Building Social Capital or Competing for Time?” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 12.-16. August 2000. Washington, D.C, USA.
  • “Sunday Morning Rush Hour: Dual-Earner Couples’ Religious Involvement.” BPW/Center for Working Families at the University of California, Berkeley/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation conference, “Work and Family: Expanding the Horizons.” 3.-4. March 2000. San Francisco, California, USA.
  • “Couples, Commuting, and Community.” Research Committee on the Life Course Roundtable, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 10. August 1999. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • “The Religious and Community Involvement of Dual-Earner Couples: Is there a ‘Time Bind’?” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 1999. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • “Communities and Commuting Among Dual-Earner Couples.” Sloan Network Conference, 5.-7. May 1999. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • “How Changes in Work and Family Affect Dual-Earner Families’ Community Involvement.” BPW Conference “Work and Family: Today’s Realities and Tomorrow’s Visions,” 6.-7. November 1998. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • “Life Course Pathways between Couples’ Gender Role Ideology and Marital Quality in Retirement.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 1998. San Francisco, California, USA.
  • “Long Term Employment and Marital Quality of Retirees.” International Symposium “Restructuring Work and the Life Course” 7. May 1998. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • “His and Her Retirement and Marital Quality.” New York State Society on Aging Annual Conference, 22. October 1997. Albany, New York, USA.
  • “Marital Quality and the Retirement Transition: Does Couple Congruence Matter?” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 9. August 1997. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • “Belief and Action, Family and Work Roles, and Marital Quality in Late Mid-Life.” National Conference on the “Duality of Work and Family Roles,” sponsored by the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation, 16. July 1997. Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
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