Dr. Julia Simonson

Interim Director


Address

Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2
12101 Berlin
Deutschland

Contact

Dr. Julia Simonson
+49 30 260 740-27
+49 30 260 740-33
julia.simonson@dza.de
Profilfoto Julia Simonson
 

 

 

Research Interests

  • Social inequality over the life course
  • Volunteering, honorary work and participation
  • Employment histories. retirement and old age provision
  • Social science research methods

 

Research Projects

 

Biography

  • Since October 2023 Interim Director of the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA), Berlin
  • August 2013 – September 2023 Head of Research and Deputy Director of the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA), Berlin
  • Summer semester 2011: Substitute professor of empirical social research at the University of Kassel
  • Since April 2009: Research scientist at the German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin
  • 2006–2009: Research scientist at the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (KFN), Hanover
  • 2000-2006 Research scientist in the field of statistics and empirical social research at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Bremen
  • 2003 Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the University of Bremen
  • 2000 Diploma in Sociology at the University of Bremen


Selected Publications

  • Lozano Alcántara, A., Romeu Gordo, L., Simonson, J., & Vogel, C. (2025). Erwerbsminderungsrente: Reduzieren Partnerschaften das Zugangsrisiko? Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 71(3-4), 233–265. https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2025-0005
  • Simonson, J., Kausmann, C., & Kelle, N. (2025). Perceived social exclusion in middle and later working life: can volunteering mitigate the negative consequences of non-participation in paid work? Voluntary Sector Review. https://doi.org/10.1332/20408056Y2025D000000052
  • Kelle, N., Kausmann, C., & Simonson, J. (2024). Time to Volunteer: Changing Determinants and Correlates for Time Contributions to Voluntary Activities. Voluntas. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-024-00678-z
  • Kelle, N., Simonson, J., & Henning, G. (2024). Baby Boomers and Their Voluntary Engagement: A Cohort Comparison Among the Middle-Aged and Older Population in Germany. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640241240417
  • Hameister, N., Kelle, N., Kausmann, C., Karnick, N., Arriagada, C., & Simonson, J. (2023). Monitoring Civil Society: The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), S. 294-314.
  • Kortmann, L., Stuth, S., & Simonson, J. (2023). Digitalisation, gender and training of employees in the second half of working life in Germany. Soziale Welt, 74(4), S. 589-613. https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2023-4-589
  • Simonson, J., Wünsche, J. & Tesch-Römer, C. (Hrsg.) (2023). Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Kaspar, R., Simonson, J., Tesch-Römer, C. Wagner, M. & Zank, S. (Hrsg.) (2023). Hohes Alter in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Springer VS
  • Simonson, J., Kelle, N., Kausmann, C., & Tesch-Römer, C. (Hrsg.) (2022). Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland – Der Deutsche Freiwilligensurvey 2019. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35317-9
  • Simonson, J., & Vogel, C. (2019). Freiwilliges Engagement im Alter. In: K. R. Schroeter, C. Vogel & H. Künemund (Hrsg.) Handbuch Soziologie des Alter(n)s. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09630-4_29-1
  • Simonson, J. & Vogel, C. (2019). Aspekte sozialer Ungleichheit im Alter. In: K. Hank, F. Schulz-Nieswandt, M. Wagner & S. Zank, (Hrsg.): Handbuch Alternsforschung (S. 171-195). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Franke, J., & Simonson, J. (2018). Social justice beliefs regarding old-age provisions in Germany. A latent profile analysis. Social Justice Research, 182-205. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12644-5
  • Simonson, J., Vogel, C. & Tesch-Römer, C. (Hrsg.) (2017). Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland – Der Deutsche Freiwilligensurvey 2014. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12644-5
  • Mahne, K., Wolff, J., Simonson, J. & Tesch-Römer, C. (Hrsg.) (2017). Altern im Wandel: Zwei Jahrzehnte Deutscher Alterssurvey. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12502-8
  • Simonson, J., Romeu Gordo, L. & Kelle, N. (2015). Separate paths, same direction? De-standardization of male employment biographies in East and West Germany. Current Sociology, 63(3), 387-410.
  • Simonson, J., Romeu Gordo, L., & Kelle, N. (2014). Parenthood and Subsequent Employment: Changes in the Labor Participation of Fathers across Cohorts as Compared to Mothers. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers, 12(3), 320-336.
  • Simonson, J., Hagen, C., Vogel, C., & Motel-Klingebiel, A. (2013). Ungleichheit sozialer Teilhabe im Alter. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 46(5), 410-416. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00391-013-0498-4
  • Simonson, J., Romeu Gordo, L. & Titova, N. (2011). Changing employment patterns of women in Germany: How do baby boomers differ from older cohorts? A comparison using sequence analysis. Advances in Life Course Research 16(2): 65–82.
  • Engel, U., Gattig, A. & Simonson, J. (2007). Longitudinal multi-level modelling: a comparison of growth curve models and structural equation modelling using panel data from Germany. In K. van Montfort, H. Oud & A. Satorra (Hrsg.), Longitudinal models in the behavioural and related sciences (S. 295-314). Mahwah, New Jersey: Erlbaum.
  • Simonson, J. (2004). Individualisierung und soziale Integration. Zur Entwicklung der Sozialstruktur und ihrer Integrationsleistungen Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitätsverlag DUV.

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