Gundula Zoch

Prof. Dr. Gundula Zoch serves as Professor of Sociology at Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg within the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration, holding the Chair of Sociology, especially Family and Work. She actively contributes to the MIG-AGE and AGE-WEALTH research initiatives.

Her research critically examines demographic and socioeconomic transformations, with primary focus areas including:

• Family Sociology: Structural dynamics and evolving roles in contemporary households
• Work Sociology: Labor market participation and work-life integration challenges
• Aging Studies: Societal implications of demographic aging processes
• Migration Studies: Intersections of migratory patterns with family systems
• Wealth Inequality: Economic disparities across demographic cohorts
• Social Inequality: Systemic drivers of stratification in modern societies

Prof. Zoch's work addresses pressing societal challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly investigating how aging populations and migration reshape family-work ecosystems and economic security frameworks. Contact is available via gundula.zoch@uni-bamberg.de at Feldkirchenstraße 21, Room 00.19b, 96052 Bamberg.