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Dr. Silke Hans

Department of Sociology

Macrosociology

Research Associate

Garystr. 55 — Room 315
14195 Berlin

Tel.: +49 30 838 57645

E-Mail: silke.hans@fu-berlin.de

Office Hours:

Monday, 2pm - 4pm.

Curriculum Vitae

• born in 1980, 1999-2004 student of Sociology and Political Science at the Universität Potsdam, am Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, and the University of Massachusetts

• Since May 2005 junior researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Macrosociology (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gerhards), Department of Sociology, Free University Berlin

• 2008 Completion of doctoral thesis: Assimilation or Segregation? Processes of Adjustment of Immigrants in Germany.

Research Interests

• Sociology of Migration

• Social Structure and Social Inequality

• Quantitative Methods

Doctoral Thesis

• Assimilation or Segregation? Processes of Adjustment of Immigrants in Germany.

• The thesis addresses the question whether individual immigrants in Germany assimilate with the German population over time. Using a novel, procedural concept of assimilation and a unique method of panel data analysis applied to more than 3000 immigrants from six countries of origin, the study offers many new insights into assimilation processes. The results show that in most domains considered, more than 80 % of immigrants experience assimilation over time. The thesis challenges the results of previous studies as far as group differences are concerned. For instance, Turkish migrants do not assimilate more slowly than other groups.

Publications

• Gerhards, Jürgen und Silke Hans (2011):  Why not Turkey? Attitudes towards Turkish membership in the EU among citizens in 27 European countries. Forthcoming in: Journal of Common Market Studies 4.

• Hans, Silke (2010): Assimilation oder Segregation? Anpassungsprozesse von Einwanderern in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

• Gerhards, Jürgen und Silke Hans (2009): From Hasan to Herbert. Name Giving Patterns of Immigrant Parents between Acculturation and Ethnic Maintenance. In: American Journal of Sociology 114(4), pp. 1102-1128.

• Hans, Silke (2009): Einstellungen zu Familie und Geschlechterrollen im Vergleich: Kontinuität oder Wandel? Forthcoming in Meulemann, Heiner und Renzo Gubert (ed.): Wertewandel in Deutschland und Italien 1981-2000.Vergleichende Untersuchungen des EVS. Annali di Sociologia.

• Gerhards, Jürgen und Silke Hans (2009): Türkei Unerwünscht? Eine Untersuchung der Einstellungen der Bürger in den 27 Mitgliedsländern der EU zum Beitritt der Türkei. In: Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas 18.

• Hans, Silke (2008): Assimilation oder Segregation? Anpassungsprozesse von Einwanderern in Deutschland. Doctoral Thesis.

• Hans, Silke und Christoph Hönnige (2008): Noughts and Crosses. Challenges in Generating Political Positions from CMP Data. Society for Political Methodology Working Paper.

• Gerhards, und Silke Hans (2008): Akkulturation und die Vergabe von Vornamen: Welche Namen wählen Migranten für ihre Kinder und warum? In: Kalter Frank (ed.): Migration und Integration. Sonderheft 48 der Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, S. 465-487.

• Gerhards, Jürgen und Silke Hans (2008): Die Grenzen Europas aus der Perspektive der Bürger. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 35-36: 6-13.

• Gerhards, Jürgen und Silke Hans (2006): Zur Erklärung der Assimilation von Migranten an die Einwanderungsgesellschaft am Beispiel der Vergabe von Vornamen. DIW Diskussionspapier 583.

• Hans, Silke (2006): Die Analyse gepoolter Daten mit Mehrebenenmodellen – Einstellungen zu Zuwanderern im europäischen Vergleich. In: Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas 6.

• Hans, Silke (2004): Migrants in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Patterns of Assimilation and Welfare. In: Potsdamer Beiträge zur Sozialforschung 21.

• Übersetzung von Edenhofer, O. (2003): Energy Policy and Global Responsibility. (Energiepolitik in globaler Verantwortung. Stimmen der Zeit 9, Bd. 22, S. 579-594).

Teaching

• Data analysis for sociologists – descriptive and inferential statistics

• Data analysis for sociologists – multivariate models

• Comparative Research on Democracies (with Prof. Herbert Döring)

• European integration and the institutions of the EU

• Current theories of social inequality

• Environmental sociology

• Sociology of migration – basic concepts and theories

• Migration and integration in Europe

• Integration of migrants in Germany – theories and empirical research

• Research seminar: Comparing European societies using cross-national survey data

• The impact of values on behavior

• Research seminar: Values and their behavioral impact

• Theories of Globalisation

• The EU and its democratic deficit

• Understanding comparative research methods in practice