Anne Brons

Dr. Anne Brons is an Assistant Professor and Researcher in the Department of Sociology at Utrecht University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Her work focuses on family sociology, social demography, and cross-national comparisons of social stratification patterns.

Brons investigates how parental socioeconomic status influences family formation and dissolution across different countries and cohorts. Her research interests include:

• Family structure dynamics
• Union formation patterns
• Social inequality transmission
• Cross-national comparative methods

Her publications consistently examine demographic transitions through quantitative cross-national analyses, particularly focusing on how economic factors influence partnership decisions. Brons teaches sociology courses and supervises student research projects.