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Antje Schwarz is a Researcher at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Sociology, affiliated with the Department of Social Structure and Social Inequality (Research Area 5 - AG Abendroth). She specializes in social structure analysis with a focus on digitalization's impact on work-life dynamics, holding her position since 2024.
Education:
- MA Sociology (Distinction) - Bielefeld University (2019-2023), including International Summer University at Copenhagen Business School
- BA Social Sciences (Distinction) - Osnabrück University (2016-2019)
Research Focus: Her work examines telework, digital communication, and gendered work-family conflicts through comparative European analyses. She investigates how occupational status, organizational norms, and national policies mediate work-life boundaries in digitalized environments, with particular attention to pandemic-era transformations.
Publication Trends: Schwarz's research consistently explores the intersection of technological change and social structures, with recent work focusing on:
- Gendered impacts of remote work
- Cross-national comparisons of labor policies
- Mediating effects of telework on occupational inequalities
- Evolution of work temporal patterns during crises
Awards:
- Predoctoral Bridge Scholarship (2023-2024)
- Deutschlandstipendium for academic excellence (2020-2023)
- Bachelor Thesis Award (2019-2020)
- State Scholarship of Lower Saxony (2017)
Research Projects: Contributed to DFG Priority Program 2267 'Digitalization of Working Worlds' investigating telecommuting implications across Europe. Current work through AG Abendroth examines organizational citizenship behaviors in flexible work arrangements.
