C. Katharina Spieß

Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spieß serves as Director at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden, Germany. Her leadership oversees major demographic studies including the Family Demographic Panel (FReDA) and German Generations and Gender Survey (GGS-II).

• Primary research focus on migration and integration
• Key contributions to family policy analysis
• Expert in population aging and life course transitions

Recent publications examine:

• Refugee social network formation
• Ethnic diversity in partnerships
• Single-parent households among migrants

BiB initiatives under her directorship include:

• Transitions and Old Age Potential (TOP)
• German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS)
• Bremen Initiative to Strengthen Early Childhood Development (BRISE)