Dr. Lara Bister
Lara Bister is a research fellow in the Research Group Health and Social Inequality at the WZB and at the Einstein Center Population Diversity. Her research focuses on health and family from a life course perspective, with a particular focus on contextual stressors, (intergenerational) family dynamics and child disability.
Selected Publications
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Current academic positions
Since 10/2024 Research Fellow | Research Group Health and Social Inequality at the WZB & Einstein Center Population Diversity
Since 10/2024 Affiliated research fellow | Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University
Since 10/2023 Affiliated research fellow | Max Planck-University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel), University of Helsinki & Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Prior academic positions
2023-2024 Post-doctoral researcher | Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University
2020-2024 Ph.D. researcher & teaching assistant | Department of Demography, University of Groningen
2019 Student assistant | Population Research Center, University of Groningen
2016-2018 Teaching assistant | Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne
2018 Research assistant | Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Science of Health (ceres), University of Cologne
Academic education
2024 Ph.D. in Demography | University of Groningen & the International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS) at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2020 European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2020 European Master in Demography | Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2019 M.Sc. in Population Studies | University of Groningen
2019 Honours Master "Leadership: Making the difference" | University of Groningen
2017 B.Sc. in Social Science | University of Cologne