Prof. Lena Hipp, Ph.D.
Research fields
CV
since 10/2017 S-/W2 Professor (Social Structure, Work, Organizations) at the University of Potsdam
since 10/2012 Head of the research group "Work and Care"
07/2010 - 9/2012 Researcher in the project "Atypical Employment and Social Inequality in Europe"
2011 PhD in Organizational Behavior at Cornell University (USA)
2003 – 2005 Policy advisor (German parliament)
1997 – 2003 Undergraduate studies at Albert-Ludwigs-Universtität Freiburg, Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris, and Freie Universität Berlin
Selected Publications
Lena Hipp & Mareike Bünning (2021): Parenthood as a driver of increased gender inequality during COVID-19? Exploratory evidence from Germany, European Societies, 23:sup1, 658-673. DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1833229.
Mareike Bünning & Lena Hipp (2021): (How) can we become more equal? Public policies and parents' work-family preferences.Journal of European Social Policy, forthcoming.
Anna Schlomann, Mareike Bünning, Lena Hipp, Hans-Werner Wahl (2021): Aging during COVID-19 in Germany: A Longitudinal Analysis of Psychosocial Adaptation and Attitudes Toward Aging. European Journal of Aging, forthcoming.
Lena Hipp (2019): Do Hiring Practices Penalize Women and Benefit Men for Having Children? Experimental Evidence from Germany. European Sociological Review, DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcz056
Lena Hipp (2019): Feeling secure vs. being secure? Qualitative evidence on the relationship between labour market institutions and employees’ perceived job security from Germany and the U.S.Contemporary Social Science, DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2019.1656816
Lena Hipp, Ulrich Kohler, Sandra Leumann (2019): How to Implement Respondent-Driven Sampling in Practice: Insights from Surveying 24-Hour Migrant Home Care Workers. Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (SMIF), DOI: 10.13094/SMIF-2019-00009
Lena Hipp, Taryn Morrissey, Mildred E. Warner (2017): Who Participates and Who Benefits from Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance? Journal of Marriage and Family, 79 (3): 614–635 .
Lena Hipp (2016): Insecure times? Workers' perceived job and labor market security in 23 OECD countries. Social Science Research, 60: 1-14. (Short version)
Lena Hipp & Rebecca Kolins Givan (2015): What Do Unions Do to Workers’Attitudes and Perceptions? Social Forces 94: 349-377.
Lena Hipp, Janine Bernhardt, Jutta Allmendinger (2015): The Role of Institutions in Comparative Labor Market Research: The Example of Nonstandard Employment. Socio Economic Review 13(29): 351-377.
Current projects
Who cares? Bezahlte und unbezahlte Fürsorgearbeit (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
Doctoral Program "Good Work": Approaches to Shaping Tomorrow's World of Work (Hans Böckler Foundation)
Completed projects
Die Auswirkungen von COVID-19 auf die wirtschaftliche und soziale Situation von Frauen in Berlin (Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung)
Fifty-Fifty? Betriebliche und politische Rahmenbedingungen egalitärer Erwerbsarbeits- und Familienzeiten (Hans Böckler Foundation)
Who's going to take care of grandma? An application of respondent-driven sampling to the home-based elderly care sector (BMAS/German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in cooperation with Potsdam University)
The Social Psychology of Care Work (BMBF/Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
New Frameworks for Societal Policies and Decision Making (BMBF/German Ministry of Education and Research)
Institutionelle Bedingungen des Zusammenhangs von atypischer Beschäftigung und sozialer Ungleichheit in Europa (Hans Böckler Foundation)
Betriebliche Gelingensbedingungen einer partnerschaftlichen Aufteilung von Familien- und Erwerbsarbeit, (BMFSFJ/German Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth)