Dr. Nicole Kapelle

Biography

I am a quantitative Sociologist and Social Demographer based at Trinity College Dublin where I work as an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Sociology of Inequality and Life Course in the Department of Sociology. I am also an affiliated Research Fellow at Humboldt-Universität (HU) zu Berlin within the team of Prof. Anette Fasang at her chair of Microsociology and at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. I obtained my PhD in Sociology, Demography, and Statistics at the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland, Australia, on 9th November 2020. Prior to joining Trinity College Dublin in September 2024, I also held positions as Lecturer at Humboldt-Universität (HU) zu Berlin (2022-2024) within the team of Prof. Anette Fasang, as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford (2021-2022) under Prof. Christiaan Monden and as Predoctoral Research Fellow within the MyWealth project of Prof. Philipp Lersch at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2018-2021) and at University of Cologne (2017-2018). Using predominantly household panel survey data and longitudinal data analysis methods, my research focuses on the causes and consequences of social inequalities over and between life courses of individuals with a particular focus on subjective and economic well-being, gender, work, and the family. My research has been published in journals such as the European Sociological Review, Journal of Marriage and Family, European Journal of Population, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, The Journals of Gerontology, European Societies and International Journal of Social Research Methodology.