Research focuses

Social demography, family relations, quantitative methods, life course, inequality, health, comparative research

Curriculum vitae

Academic Positions:         

• 2020 Full Professor (W3), Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne
• 2016–2020 Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam
• 2014–2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam
• 2012–2013 Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute
• 2009–2014 Research and Teaching Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Bamberg
• 2008–2011 Research Assistant, National Educational Panel Study, University of Bamberg

Education:       

• 2012 PhD (Dr. rer. pol.), , University of Bamberg
• 2002–2008 MA in Sociology, University of Bamberg

Current research projects:

• 2020–2025 Principal Investigator: Uncovering the Kinship Matrix: A New Study of Solidarity and Transmission in European Families (KINMATRIX). ERC Starting Grant 2019, 1.487.000 €
• 2017–2020 Principal Investigator: Critical Life Events and the Dynamics of Inequality:Risk, Vulnerability and Cumulative Disadvantage (CRITEVENTS). NORFACE ERA-NET Cofund Grant, 1.500.000 €
• 2018–2021 Co-Applicant: Inequality, Early Adult Life Courses and Economic Outcomes at Mid-Life in Comparative Context (EQUALLIVES) PI: S. Harkness. NORFACE ERA-NET Cofund Grant, 1.430.000 €

Selected publications

• Skopek, J, & Leopold, T. (2020): Educational Reproduction in Germany: A Prospective Study Based on Retrospective Data. Demography.
• Büyükkeçeci, Z., Leopold, T., van Gaalen, R., & Engelhardt, H. (2020): Family, Firms, and Fertility A Study of Social Interaction Effects. Demography.
• Van Scheppingen, M., & Leopold, T. (2019): Trajectories of Life Satisfaction Before, Upon, and After Divorce: Evidence From a New Matching Approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [download replication files]
• Hogendoorn, B., Leopold, T., & Bol, T. (2019): Divorce and Diverging Poverty Rates: A Risk and Vulnerability Approach. Journal of Marriage and Family.
• Leopold, T. (2019): Diverging Trends in Satisfaction With Housework:  Declines in Women, Increases in Men. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 133–144. [download replication files]
• Stojmenovska, D., Bol, T., & Leopold, T. (2019) : Teaching Replication to Graduate Students. Teaching Sociology, 47, 303-313.
• Van den Berg, L., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2019): Leaving and Returning Home: A New Approach to Off-Time Transitions. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 679–695. [download replication files]
• Skopek, J., & Leopold, T. (2018): Explaining Gender Convergence in Housework Time: Evidence From a Cohort Sequence Design. Social Forces. [download replication files]
• Leopold, T. (2018): Gender Differences in the Consequences of Divorce: A Study of Multiple Outcomes. Demography, 55, 781–797. [download replication files]
• Leopold, T., Skopek, J., & Schulz, F. (2018): Gender Convergence in Housework Time: A Life Course and Cohort Perspective. Sociological Science, 5, 281–303. [download replication files]
• Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2018): Changing Sibling Relationships After Parents’ Death: The Role of Solidarity and Kinkeeping. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 99–114.
• Leopold, L., & Leopold, T. (2018): Education and Health Across Lives and Cohorts: A Study of Cumulative (Dis)Advantage and Its Rising Importance in Germany. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 59, 94–112. [download replication files]
• Leopold, T., & Schulz, F. (2018): Health and Housework in Later Life: A Longitudinal Study of Retired Couples. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. [download replication files]
• Van den Berg, L., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2018): Family Structure and Early Home Leaving: A Mediation Analysis. European Journal of Population 34: 873-900. [download replication files]
• Leopold, L., & Leopold, T. (2018): Education and Health Across Lives and Cohorts: A Study of Cumulative (Dis)Advantage and Its Rising Importance in Germany. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 59: 94-112. [download replication files]

Selected media publications

• Büyükkeçeci, Z., Leopold, T., van Gaalen, R., & Engelhardt, H. (2020): Family, Firms, and Fertility A Study of Social Interaction Effects. Demography
• Covered in several major German and international media. Examples:
  • https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/studie-in-deutschland-schwangerschaften-sind-ansteckend-a-869621.html
  • https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/familie-kinder-studien-1.4799965
  • https://www.bild.de/ratgeber/2020/ratgeber/familienforschung-kinderwunsch-schwangerschaften-sind-ansteckend-68769756.bild.html