Hilke Brockmann

Prof. Hilke Brockmann is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the School of Business, Social & Decision Sciences, Constructor University in Bremen, Germany. Her research focuses on well-being, social data science, and interdisciplinary happiness research. Key interests include healthcare rationing, family dynamics' impact on mortality, gender disparities in managerial roles, and immigration's subjective well-being effects.

Education: PhD in Sociology (magna cum laude) from Philipps University of Marburg (1994–1997), followed by advanced training in quantitative methods at the University of Essex and University of Michigan. Master's degrees in Sociology from the University of Hamburg and Bielefeld University, with minors in Psychology and Public Law.

Research highlights include groundbreaking work on 'The China Puzzle' exploring happiness trends in rising economies, analyses of health care rationing for the elderly in Germany, and studies on marital biography's mortality effects. She has held roles at Jacobs University Bremen, the European University Institute, Harvard University, and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

Notable publications include Happy Taxation (2016), Why Managerial Women Are Less Happy (2018), and Human Happiness and the Pursuit of Maximization (2013). Her work bridges sociology, public health, and policy analysis, addressing societal challenges through empirical rigor.