Dr Britta Matthes

Britta Matthes gained her degree in sociology (Diplom) and biology (Magister artium) from the University of Leipzig prior to undertaking post-graduate studies and acting as a research associate in the research department “Sociology and the Study of the Life Course” of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. In December 2002 Dr Matthes was awarded her PhD in sociology from the Free University of Berlin. She has been working at the IAB since October 2005. She is head of the research group “Occupations in the Transformation” at the IAB.