Research and Teaching Interests

• Divorce and Remarriage

• Single Parent Families and Stepfamilies

• Intergenerational Relations

• Intergenerational Transmission

• Division of Household Labour

• Demography & Ageing

• Life Course Research

• Migration and Integration

• Interethnic Relations

• Cross-Cultural Comparison

Research Projects

2021 - 2023
Family Models in Germany (FAMOD): The Well-Being of Children and Parents in Joint Physical Custody Arrangements (German Research Foundation (DFG), Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbach, University of Duisburg-Essen, Prof. Dr. Tobias Helms, Marburg University)

2018 - 2021
Family Models in Germany (FAMOD) (German Research Foundation (DFG), Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbach, University of Duisburg-Essen, Prof. Dr. Tobias Helms, Marburg University) 
More information can be found at the project’s homepage.

1998-2000
Contextual and Familial Influences on the Process of Acculturation of Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany and in Israel (Volkswagen-Foundation, Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nauck)

2004-2006
Development of Panel-Suited Instruments to Research the Values of Children as well as Intergenerational Relationships in Germany. A project of the first part of the Priority Program 1161 “The German Family Panel” (pairfam) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nauck, Dr. Anja Steinbach)

2006-2008
Development of Panel-Suited Instruments to Research the Values of Children as well as Intergenerational Relationships in Germany. A project of the second part of the Priority Program 1161 “The German Family Panel” (pairfam) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nauck, Dr. Anja Steinbach, Prof. Dr. Johannes Kopp)

2006-2010
Regulation of Developmental Transitions in Second Generation Immigrants in Germany and Israel im Rahmen des BMBF Research Consortiums ‚Migration and Societal Integration‘ (BMBF, Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nauck, Dr. Anja Steinbach)

2008-2010
Preliminary Study on the Survey among People with Migration Background. A project of the third part of the Priority Program 1161 “The German Family Panel” (pairfam) of the German Research Foundation (DFG), (Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nauck, Dr. Anja Steinbach)