CURRICULUM VITAE SONJA DROBNIČ

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CURRICULUM VITAE
SONJA DROBNIČ
University of Hamburg
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Institute of Sociology
Allende-Platz 1
D-20146 Hamburg
Phone: ++ 49 (0)40 42838-4659
Secretary: ++ 49 (0)40 42838-3230
Fax: ++ 49 (0)40 42838-2499
E-mail: sonja.drobnic@uni-hamburg.de
EDUCATION ______________________________________________________
Ph.D. 1992. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
[Dissertation: „Firms and Voluntary Associations: A Study in Organizational
Careers“]
M.A. 1990. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY, USA
B.A. (Diploma in Sociology) 1981. Faculty of Sociology, Political Science and
Journalism, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
MAIN FIELDS OF INTEREST _______________________________________
Research Methods
Globalization and Governance
Social Stratification and Mobility
Life Course Research
Social Network Analysis
APPOINTMENTS __________________________________________________
Professor of Sociology / Social Science Research Methods (C4), University of Hamburg,
2003 – present
Associate Professor of Sociology / Empirical Social Research (C3), University of
Erfurt, 2002-03
Visiting Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, 2001-02
Senior Researcher, Sonderforschungsbereich 186, and “Wissenschaftliche Assistentin“
in FB 8 (Lehrstuhl für Statistik und Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung),

Drobnič curriculum vitae
University of Bremen, 1995-2001
Researcher, Sonderforschungsbereich 186, University of Bremen, 1994-95.
Post-Doc, Graduate College "Life Course and Social Policy“, University of Bremen,
1992-93
Research Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 1991-92
Teaching and Research Assistant, Cornell University, 1988-91
Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University, 1987-88
Assist. Researcher, Institute for Sociology, University of Ljubljana, 1986-87
Guest Researcher, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University,
1985-86, and Summer 1987
Assist. Researcher, Institute for Sociology, University of Ljubljana, 1982-85
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS __________________________________________
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship. Harvard University, 2001-02.
German Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Graduate College "Life Course
and Social Policy", University of Bremen, 1992-93.
The EC Commission, PHARE program Fellowship. The Leuven Institute for Central and
East European Studies, Leuven, Belgium, May-July 1992.
Graduate School Fellowship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1988-89, and Summer
1991.
Slovenian National Science Association Fellowship, 1987-88.
The Swedish Institute Fellowship. Stockholm, 1985-86.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ________________
American Sociological Association
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie
- Sektion Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung der DGS
European Sociological Association
International Network for Social Network Analysis
International Sociological Association, RC28
Slovenian Sociological Association
PUBLICATIONS ___________________________________________________
Books, Monographs:
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) (2001): Careers of Couples in
Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. 396 pages.
Drobnič, Sonja (1990): Immigrants in a Welfare State. Living Conditions of Yugoslav
Immigrants in Sweden. Stockholm: Institutet för social forskning. 126 pages.
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Drobnič curriculum vitae
Antončič, Vojko, Sonja Drobnič, Veljko Rus, Ivan Svetlik (1984): Tokovi Zaposlovanja.
[Flows of Employment]. Kranj: Moderna Organizacija. 269 pages.
Articles, Book Chapters:
Gross, Mechthild M., Sonja Drobnič, and Marc JNC Keirse (2005): “Influence of fixed
and time-dependent factors on the duration of normal first stage labor.” Birth, 31,1
27-33.
Drobnič, Sonja and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2004): “Career Patterns over the Life Course:
Gender, Class, and Linked Lives.” In: Arne L. Kalleberg, Stephen L. Morgan, John
Myles, Rachel A. Rosenfeld (eds.): Inequality: Structures, Dynamics and
Mechanisms. Essays in Honor of Aage B. Sørensen. Research in Social Stratification
and Mobility, Volume 21. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 139-164.
Drobnič, Sonja (2003): “Ties Between Lives: Dynamics of Employment Patterns of
Spouses.” In: Walter R. Heinz and Victor W. Marshall (eds.): The Life Course:
Sequences, Institutions, Interrelations. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, pp. 259-278.
Drobnič, Sonja and Nevenka Černigoj Sadar (2003): “Who Marries Whom in Slovenia?”
In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Andreas Timm (eds.): Who Marries Whom?
Educational Systems as Marriage Markets in Modern Societies. Dordrecht: Kluwer,
pp. 295-314.
Drobnič, Sonja (2003): “Men’s Transition to Retirement: Does the Wife Matter?”
Schmollers Jahrbuch – Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 123, 1: 177-188.
Drobnič, Sonja (2002): “Guest Editor’s Introduction: Retirement Timing in a Household
Context.” International Journal of Sociology, 32, 3: 3-10.
Drobnič, Sonja (2002): „Retirement Timing in Germany: The Impact of Household
Characteristics.” International Journal of Sociology, 32, 3:75-102.
Drobnič Sonja (2001): „Sequencing Motherhood and First Employment: Early Life
Course Differences Between American and (West) German Women.“ In: Claudia
Born, Helga Krüger (2001) (eds.): Individualisierung und Verflechtung. Geschlecht
und Generation im Lebenslaufregime. München: Juventa, pp. 211-233.
Drobnič, Sonja and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2001): „Careers of Couples and Trends in
Inequality“. In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples
in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 371-386.
Drobnič, Sonja and Ewa Frątczak (2001): „Employment Patterns of Married Women in
Poland.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples in
Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, pp. 283-306.
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič (2001): „A Cross-National Comparative
Approach to Couples’ Careers.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.)
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Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-
Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-15
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič (2001): „Theoretical Perspectives on Couples’
Careers.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.) Careers of Couples in
Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, pp. 16-50.
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sonja Drobnič and Götz Rohwer (2001): „Spouses’ Employment
Careers in (West) Germany.“ In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič (eds.)
Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-
Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 53-76.
Schneider, Thorsten, Sonja Drobnič and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2001): „Pflegebedürftige
Personen im Haushalt und das Erwerbsverhalten verheirateter Frauen.“ Zeitschrift
für Soziologie 30, 5: 362-383.
Drobnič, Sonja (2000): „Effects of Children On Married and Lone Mothers' Employment
in the United States and (West) Germany“. European Sociological Review, 6, 2:
137-157.
Drobnič, Sonja and Thorsten Schneider (2000): „Der Übergang erwerbstätiger
Ehepartner in den Ruhestand aus der Lebenslaufsperspektive.“ Zeitschrift für
Sozialisationsforschung und Erziehungssoziologie, Beiheft 2000, pp. 205-220.
Černigoj Sadar, Nevenka and Sonja Drobnič (2000): „Poročna homogamija in
(re)produkcija socialnih neenakosti“ [Marriage Homogamy and the (Re-
)Production of Social Inequalities]. In: Srna Mandič (ed.): Kakovost življenja.
Stanja in spremembe. Ljubljana: Založba Fakultete za družbene vede, pp. 1-28.
Drobnič, Sonja, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Götz Rohwer (1999): "Dynamics of Women's
Employment Patterns Over the Family Life Course: A Comparison of the USA and
Germany". Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61, 1: 133-146.
Cramm, Cathleen, Hans-Peter Blossfeld und Sonja Drobnič (1998): "Die Auswirkungen
der Doppelbelastung durch Familie und Beruf auf das Krankheitsrisiko von
Frauen." Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 27, 5: 341-357
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sonja Drobnič et Götz Rohwer (1998): "Les trajectoires
professionnelles des couples mariés en Allemagne. Une étude longitudinale de long
terme de carrières des époux en Allemagne de l'Ouest." Revue française de
sociologie, 39, 2: 305-351.
Drobnič, Sonja (1997): "Generational Differences in Married Women's Employment
Careers: The Impact of Household Characteristics" In: Rolf Becker (ed.)
Generationen und sozialer Wandel. Generationsdynamik,
Generationenbeziehungen und Differenzierung von Generationen. Opladen: Leske
+ Budrich, pp. 65-87.
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Drobnič, Sonja (1997): "Part-time Work in Central and East European Countries." In:
Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Catherine Hakim (eds.) Between Equalization and
Marginalization. Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the United States of
America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 71-89.
Drobnič, Sonja (1997): "Employment Policies and Programmes in Slovenia." In: Martin
Godfrey and Peter Richards (eds.) Employment Policies and Programmes in
Central and Eastern Europe. Geneva: International Labour Office, pp. 157-181.
Drobnič, Sonja and Immo Wittig (1997): "Part-time Work in the United States of
America." In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Catherine Hakim (eds.) Between
Equalization and Marginalization. Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the
United States of America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 289-314.
Drobnič, Sonja (1996): "Labor Market Dynamics in Slovenia: Transitions from
Unemployment." Družboslovne razprave, Vol. XII, No.22-23 (1996): 151-168.
Frątczak, Ewa and Irena Kowalska in cooperation with Götz Rohwer, Sonja Drobnič,
Hans-Peter Blossfeld (1996): Polish Family and Fertility Survey. A User's Guide.
Warsaw and Bremen. 126 pages.
Drobnič, Sonja (1996): "Metodološki vidiki proučevanja kvalitete življenja."
[Methodological Approaches in the Quality of Life Research] In: Ivan Svetlik (ed.)
Kakovost življenja v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Knjižna zbirka Teorija in praksa, pp. 25-
44.
Drobnič, Sonja (1996): "Dinamika na trgu delovne sile: Dejavniki prehoda iz stanja
brezposelnosti." [Labor Market Dynamics: Exits from Unemployment] In: Ivan
Svetlik (ed.) Kakovost življenja v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Knjižna zbirka Teorija in
praksa, pp. 121-142.
Drobnič, Sonja and Immo Wittig (1995): "Vollzeit- und Teilzeiterwerbstätigkeit im
Familienzyklus US-amerikanischer Frauen - Eine Längschnittanalyse." Zeitschrift
für Soziologie, 24, 5: 374-389.
Drobnič, Sonja and Veljko Rus (1995): "Unemployment in Transition Economies: The
Case of Slovenia." In: Marvin Jackson, Jeno Koltay and Wouter Biesbrouck (eds.).
Unemployment and Evolving Labor Markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
LICOS Studies on the Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe, Volume 4.
Aldershot: Avebury, pp. 93-122.
Drobnič, Sonja (1995): "Nestandardne oblike zaposlovanja v Srednji in Vzhodni
Evropi." (Non-standard Forms of Employment in Central and Eastern Europe).
Teorija in praksa, Vol. XXXII, No. 9-10: 796-811.
Drobnič, Sonja (1994): " Foglalkoztatáspolitika és munkaeröpiaci programok
Szlovéniában." (in Hungarian) In: György Lázár (ed.) Employment Policy and
Labour Market Programmes in Central and Eastern Europe. Budapest. Pp. 287-
321.
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Drobnič, Sonja (1992): "Dinamična sociološka analiza: metode in podatki". [Dynamic
Sociological Analysis: Methods and Data]. Družboslovne razprave, Vol.9, No.14.:
9-32.
McPherson, Miller J., Pamela Popielarz, and Sonja Drobnič (1992): "Social Networks
and Organizational Dynamics." American Sociological Review. Vol.57
(April):153-170.
Drobnič, Sonja (1992): "Evalvacijske študije zaposlitvenih programov." [Evaluation
Studies of Employment Programs]. In: Branka Preželj and Ivan Svetlik (eds.).
Zaposlovanje - perspektive, priložnosti, tveganja. Ljubljana: Znanstveno in
publicistično središče. pp.227-254.
Drobnič, Sonja, Jürgen Hartmann, Veljko Rus, and Matti Vesa Volanen (1989):
"Transition from School to Work and the Employment System. A Comparison of
Experiences in Czechoslovakia, Finland, Sweden, and Yugoslavia." In: Wladyslaw
Adamski and Peter Grootings (eds.). Youth, Education and Work in Europe.
London and New York: Routledge. pp. 124-151.
Drobnič, Sonja (1988): "Political Participation of Yugoslav Immigrants in Sweden."
European Journal of Political Research, 16: 645-658.
Drobnič, Sonja (1987): "Radni uslovi radnika iz drugih republika u SR Sloveniji."
[Working Conditions of Immigrant Workers from other Yugoslav Republics in
Slovenia]. Sociologija, Vol.29, No.3 (Okt.-Nov.): 453-468.
Drobnič, Sonja (1987): "Zaposlitev in delovni pogoji jugoslovanskih zdomcev na
Švedskem." [Employment and Working Conditions of Yugoslav Immigrants in
Sweden]. Družboslovne razprave, 4: 121-134.
Drobnič, Sonja (1985): "Polna zaposlenost delovne sile." [Full Employment of the Labor
Force]. Družboslovne razprave, 3: 31-42.
Drobnič, Sonja (1985): "Nove strategije za izhod iz krize družbenih dejavnosti in krize
zaposlovanja." [New Strategies for Overcoming the Employment Crisis]. In:
Razvoj in kriza družbenih dejavnosti, Ljubljana. Pp.263-273.
Antončič, Vojko and Sonja Drobnič (1984): "Napovedovanje kadrovskih potreb
slovenske industrije." [Manpower Forecasting in Slovenian Manufacturing
Industry]. Družboslovne razprave, 1: 107-113.
Drobnič, Sonja (1984): "Strukturne spremembe v brezposelnosti." [Strucutral Changes in
Unemployment]. In: Vojko Antončič, Sonja Drobnič, Veljko Rus, Ivan Svetlik.
Tokovi Zaposlovanja. Kranj: Moderna Organizacija. Pp. 188-219.
Drobnič, Sonja (1984): "Razvoj informacijskega sistema kot osnova proučevanja
socialnega razvoja in kvalitete življenja." [Development of the Information System
for the Quality of Life Research]. In: Ptujsko sociološko srečanje 1984. Kvaliteta
življenja / Družboslovno raziskovanje v gospodarskih OZD, Ljubljana, pp.174-184.
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Drobnič, Sonja (1984): "Analiza vrst brezposelnosti po regijah SR Slovenije." [Types of
Unemployment in Slovenian Regions]. In: Vloga regij v razvoju slovenske družbe.
Murska Sobota, pp.37-51.
Drobnič, Sonja and Ivan Svetlik (1984): "Vrste odkrite brezposelnosti v Sloveniji.
[Types of Open Unemployment in Slovenia]. In: Antončič, Vojko, Sonja Drobnič,
Veljko Rus, Ivan Svetlik. Tokovi Zaposlovanja. Kranj: Moderna Organizacija. Pp.
159-187.
Drobnič, Sonja (1982): "Nezaposlenost - mednarodni pregled, SFRJ in regije v
Sloveniji." [Unemployment in International, Yugoslav and Slovenian Perspective].
Ljubljana: IB revija zaplaniranje, 14.
Svetlik, Ivan and Sonja Drobnič (1982): "Prezaposlovanje - primer 'C'". [Re-employment
after a Closing-Down -- The Case of 'C']. Migracije, bilten 29. FSPN, Ljubljana. 86
pages.
Rus, Veljko, Vojko Antončič, Ivan Svetlik, and Sonja Drobnič (1982): "Delo v
dolgoročnem razvoju Slovenije." [Work in the Long-term Perspective in Slovenia].
Ljubljana: IB Revija za planiranje, 14.
Selected Working Papers:
Drobnič, Sonja, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Götz Rohwer, and Immo Wittig (1996): "Women's
Part-Time Work: Reconciliation Between Family and Employment?" Sfb 186
Arbeitspapier Nr. 32, University of Bremen.
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sonja Drobnič, and Götz Rohwer (1996): "Employment Patterns:
A Crossroad Between Class and Gender. A Long-term Longitudinal Study of
Spouses' Careers in West Germany." Sfb 186 Arbeitspapier Nr. 33, University of
Bremen. 44 pages.
Drobnič, Sonja (1992): "Rigidities in the Labor Markets of Transition Economies and
New Organizational Forms." The Leuven Institute for Central and East European
Studies, Leuven. Discussion Papers on the Economic Transformation: Policy,
Institutions and Structure. Working Paper 7/1992.
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