Prof. Dr. Alexandra Scheele

Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Dr Alexandra Scheele

Since 24 May 2023, Associate Professor in the Research Group on Sociology of Work and Economics at the Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University

From 1 October 2021, departmental teaching staff in the Department of Sociology of Work and Economic Sociology, Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University

Winter semester 2019/20 to summer semester 2021: Senior Academic Officer (on secondment) in the Department of Sociology of Work and Economic Sociology, Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University

Winter semester 2017/18 to summer semester 2019: Acting Professor of Sociology of Work and Economics, Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University

Winter semester 2015/16 to summer semester 2017: Acting Professor of Sociology of Gender, Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University

October 2011–November 2017 Academic staff member at the Chair of Economic and Industrial Sociology at the BTU Cottbus Senftenberg (temporarily on leave and on parental leave)

Winter semester 14/15: Acting Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University

Summer semester 2011 Visiting Professor of Sociology of Work and Gender Relations, Institute of
Social Sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin

Winter semester 2010/11 Acting Professor of General Sociology, Faculty of Political Science at the University of Erfurt

April 2007–October 2007 Visiting Fellow as part of the T.H. Marshall Fellowship Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

2006–2011 Academic Co-worker at the Chair of Women’s Studies/Sociology of Gender Relations, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam (on leave of absence and parental leave for part of this period)

06/2002–06/2005 Academic co-worker on the ‘GendA – Network for Feminist Labour Research’ project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Social Science Research Centre (BMBF funding initiative ‘Sustainable Labour Research’)

12/1999–12/2001 Academic co-worker for the project ‘European Industrial Relations Observatory – EIROnline’ at the Institute for Economic and Social Sciences at the Hans Böckler Foundation

10/1995–05/1998 Academic co-worker at the Institute of Political Science, Philipps University of Marburg.

Research
Since April 2024, member of the coordination team for the research focus area “ConGeD – Contestations of Gender and Democracy” and member of the research focus area “FAITH – Foundations and Implications of Human-AI Teamwork”

Principal Investigator (PI) in DFG Research Training Group 2951 “Cross-border Labour Markets: Transnational Market Makers, Infrastructures, Institutions”

2021–2023 Project management for “Double Fragility: The Care Crisis in the Corona Crisis” (Volkswagen Foundation)

2020/2021 Principal Investigator (PI) of the research group “Global Contestations of Women’s and Gender Rights” at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University

2020–2021 Project partner for “Assessing Pay Equality in the Workplace and Digitalisation” (Hans Böckler Foundation)

Since 2016: Expert for “Scientific analysis and advice on gender equality in the EU – SAAGE” for the European Commission, DG Justice

2014–2016: Project work on “Gender Pay Gap: New solutions for an old problem. Developing transnational strategies together with trade unions and gender equality units to tackle the gender pay gap.” (EU PROGRESS)

2012–2015 Expert for the “European Network of Experts on Gender Equality (ENEGE)” of the European Commission, DG Justice

2008–2011 Expert for the European Commission’s DG Employment network of experts on ‘Gender Equality, Social Inclusion, Health Care and Long-term Care’ (EGGSI)

01/1999–03/1999 Researcher on the study “Berlin-specific assessment of the future of work” commissioned by the Enquete Commission “Sustainable Berlin” of the Berlin House of Representatives

01/1997–12/1997 Project implementation: ‘Flexible Working and the Reconciliation of Work and Family’ – Country study on Germany (European Commission DG V/Co-ordination: Dr Diane Perrons, LSE)

02/1996–09/1996 Project work on “Vocational Training in Thuringia” (Hans Böckler Foundation), Erfurt Agency for Structural and Technological Consultancy

"'Qualifications'"
July 2006 Awarded a Dr. phil. from the Faculty of Philosophy at Philipps University of Marburg (magna cum laude)

Editorial roles
Since October 2022, Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Zeitschrift für Soziologie, De Gruyter Oldenburg

Since January 2004 Co-editor of the book series Arbeit, Demokratie und Geschlecht, Westfälisches Dampfboot, Münster

Since June 1998: Co-editor and member of the editorial board of the journal Femina Politica, Barbara Budrich Publishers, Opladen

Academic Qualifications
April 2017: Doctor of Social Sciences with habilitation (Dr. rer. pol. habil.), Faculty of Economics, Law and Society, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

2006: Awarded a Dr. phil. from the Faculty of Philosophy at Philipps University of Marburg (Magna cum laude)

1995: Magistra Artium from the Faculty of Philosophy at Philipps University of Marburg (Very Good)

1990–1995 Studied at Philipps University of Marburg: Political Science, German Language and Literature, and Media Studies

June 1994–August 1994 Summer school at the University of California, Berkeley: Introduction to Women’s Studies

1989–1990 Studied at the University of Dortmund: English and German (teacher training)

Scholarships and awards
02/2009–02/2010 Selected participant in the inter-university ‘ProFiL Programme for Leadership Development in Academia’

04/2007–10/2007 Research fellowship at the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of the Volkswagen Foundation’s “T.H. Marshall Fellowship Programme in European Social Policy”

10/1998–05/2002 PhD fellow of the Hans Böckler Foundation

Memberships, Positions and Reviewer Activities

Liasion Lecturer for the Hans Böckler Foundation

Mentor in the Hessian mentoring programme ProProfessur

Memberships: German Sociological Association (DGS), including the Section for Labour and Industrial Sociology and the Section for Gender Studies within the DGS; German Political Science Association (DVPW); ‘Politics and Gender’ working group within the DVPW; ‘Research and Cooperation Centre for Work, Democracy and Gender – GendA’ at Philipps University of Marburg

Elected member of the Section Council for ‘Gender Studies’ within the DGS (2016–2021)

Elected member of the Advisory Board of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) (2009–2012)

Spokesperson for the ‘Politics and Gender’ Working Group within the German Political Science Association (DVPW) (2006–2008)

Member of the Hans Böckler Foundation’s Academic Project Advisory Board for the project ‘Towards becoming a labour market citizen? New concepts in labour market policy using the example of single mothers’ (2004–2006)

Reviewer for, amongst others, the journals ‘Gender, Work & Organisation’, ‘Gender’, ‘Social Science Research’, ‘Arbeit’ and ‘Industrielle Beziehungen’