Caroline Berghammer
Info
Research Group: Comparative European Demography
Job Title: Junior Researcher
Phone: +43 1 515 81 7727
Fax: +43 1 515 81 7730
E-mail: caroline.berghammer@oeaw.ac.at
Education
- Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Vienna, Austria (2007-2010)
- Masters in Sociology at the University of Vienna, Austria (1999-2003)
- Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, UK (2010)
- International Max Planck Research School for Demography, Rostock, Germany (2008, 2011)
- European Doctoral School of Demography, Rostock, Germany (2006-2007)
Research stay
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley-Austrian-Exchange-Program, Marshall Plan Foundation (2012)
Professional Career
- Researcher at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since 2005)
- Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna (since 2011)
Research Interests
- Religion and Fertility
- Work-Family
Projects and Collaborations
- Past, Present and Future Religious Prospects in Vienna 1950-2050 (WIREL), Vienna Science and Technology Fund, 2011-2014
- Research Platform Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society, University of Vienna, since 2011
- Nonmarital Childbearing Network, University of Southampton, since 2010
- Austrian Generations and Gender Survey, since 2007
- Reproductive Decision Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective (REPRO), 7th EU Framework Programme, 2008-2011
- Needs for Female Immigrants and their Integration in Ageing Societies (FEMAGE), 6th EU Framework Programme, 2005-2006
Publications
Journal articles (refereed journals)
Berghammer, C. (2012). Church attendance and childbearing: evidence from a Dutch panel study. Population Studies 66(2). [Abstract]
Perelli-Harris, B., M. Kreyenfeld, W. Sigle-Rushton, R. Keizer, T. Lappegård, A. Jasilioniene, C. Berghammer and P. Di Giulio (2012). Changes in union status during the transition to parenthood in eleven European countries, 1970s to early 2000s. Population Studies 66(2). [Abstract]
Berghammer, C. (2012). Family life trajectories and religiosity in Austria. European Sociological Review 28(1), pp. 127-144. [Abstract]
Perelli-Harris, B., W. Sigle-Rushton, M. Kreyenfeld, T. Lappegård, R. Keizer and C. Berghammer (2010). The educational gradient of childbearing within cohabitation in Europe. Population and Development Review 36(4), pp. 775-801. [Abstract]
Berghammer, C. (2009). Religious socialisation and fertility: transition to third birth in the Netherlands. European Journal of Population 25(3), pp. 297-324. [Abstract]
Philipov, D. and C. Berghammer (2007). Religion and fertility ideals, intentions and behaviour: a comparative study of European countries. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, pp. 271-305. [pdf]
Book chapters
Berghammer, C. and J. Schuster (2010). Alles hat seine Stunde? Religiosität und die Zeitpunkte von Ereignissen im Familienverlauf. In: Mazal, W. (Ed.). Familie und Religion. Aktuelle Beiträge aus der interdisziplinären Familienforschung. ÖIF Schriftenreihe, Band 22. Opladen, Budrich, pp. 11-38. [pdf]
Doblhammer, G., C. Berghammer and R. Jonassen. (2009). Demographie: Trends und Muster im Europäischen Kontext und der Einfluss von Religion auf das demographische Verhalten. In: Klie, T., M. Kumlehn and R. Kunz (Eds.). Praktische Theologie des Alterns. Berlin/New York, de Gruyter, pp. 7-34. [pdf]
Others publications, working papers
Berghammer, C. (2011). Wie viel Zeit haben Mütter für ihre Kinder? beziehungsweise (Austrian Institute for Family Studies), December 2011, pp. 5-7. [pdf]
Berghammer, C. (2011). Kindersegen. 6 Thesen zu Religion und Geburtenverhalten. beziehungsweise (Austrian Institute for Family Studies), May 2011, pp. 1-4. [pdf]
Berghammer, C. (2011). Religiosität und direkte Heirat noch immer verbunden. Demographische Forschung aus erster Hand 1, p. 3. [pdf]
Buber, I., C. Berghammer and A. Prskawetz (2011). Doing science, forgoing childbearing? Evidence from a sample of female scientists in Austria. VID Working Paper 1. [pdf]
Perelli-Harris, B., W. Sigle-Rushton, M. Kreyenfeld, T. Lappegård, C. Berghammer and R. Keizer (2010). The educational gradient of nonmarital childbearing in Europe: emergence of a pattern of disadvantage? MPIDR Working Paper 4. [pdf]
Berghammer, C. (2009). Uneheliche Geburten – eine vergleichende Analyse von neun europäischen Ländern. In: Buber-Ennser, I. and N. Neuwirth (Eds.). Familienentwicklung in Österreich. Erste Ergebnisse des „Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)“ 2008/09. Vienna, p. 14. [pdf]
Berghammer, C. (2009). Religion, ideale Kinderzahl und Geburtenverhalten. In: Buber-Ennser, I. and N. Neuwirth (Eds.). Familienentwicklung in Österreich. Erste Ergebnisse des „Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)“ 2008/09. Vienna, p. 30. [pdf]
Perelli-Harris, B., M. Kreyenfeld, W. Sigle-Rushton, R. Keizer, T. Lappegård, A. Jasilioniene, C. Berghammer, P. Di Giulio and K. Köppen (2009). The increase in fertility in cohabitation across Europe: examining the intersection between union status and childbearing. MPIDR Working Paper 21. [pdf]
Berghammer, C. (2008). Mehr Nachwuchs für religiöse Mütter in Europa. Demographische Forschung aus erster Hand 1, p. 3. [pdf]
Berghammer, C. (2007). Book review of “Kinder kriegen – Kinder haben. Analysen im Spannungsfeld zwischen staatlichen Politiken und privaten Lebensentwürfen“ by Wolfgruber, G., H. Niederkofler, M. Niederhuber and M. Mesner (Eds.) (2006). SWS-Rundschau 47(1), pp. 126-129. [pdf]
VID (team of authors). (2006). European Demographic Data Sheet 2006. Vienna Institute of Demography, IIASA and PRB. [pdf]