PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

Martina Brandt
Professor, Social Structure and Sociology of Ageing Societies
Institute for Sociology, TU Dortmund University

Email: martina.brandt@tu-dortmund.de

Martina Brandt is a professor of social structure and ageing societies, and heads the Master program on “Ageing Societies” at TU Dortmund. She also chairs the 9^th commission on Ageing (Growing Old in Germany- Potentials and Opportunities for Participation) and is the area coordinator of the SHARE 50+ project. Her research interest include ageing, life course studies of family, health and well-being as well as social inequalities, support and policy. She is well published in journals such as Ageing & Society, Social Science & Medicine and the European Sociological Review. More information. 

Michał Myck
Director
Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA)

Email: mmyck@cenea.org.pl

Michał Myck is Director of CenEA and an incumbent Privatdozent at the Universität Greifswald. He is also a Research Fellow at IZA Bonn and regularly cooperates with the World Bank. From 2005 to 2017 Michał was the Polish Country Team Leader for the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). His research focuses on modelling of labour market behaviour and the implications of labour market regulations on employment and retirement decisions. He also studies the effectiveness of tax and benefit systems and works on issues related to measurement of poverty and income inequality. Michał is published in journals that include the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Labour Economics and the Journal of Health Economics. More information.

RESEARCH TEAM

Alina Schmitz
Research Associate
Institute for Sociology, TU Dortmund University

Email: alina.schmitz@tu-dortmund.de

Alina Schmitz is a research associate at the chair for Social Structure and Ageing Societies at TU Dortmund and at ISG Institute for Social Research Cologne. She researches links of social inequalities, ageing and critical life events to health and well-being. Alina is published in journals that include the Journal of Affective Disorders, BMC Public Health and Journal of Public Health. More information.

Artur Król
Research Economist
Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA)

Email: akrol@cenea.org.pl

Artur Król is a research economist at CenEA. He has a Masters in Finance and Accounting from the University of Szczecin, and a Bachelor in Dietetics from the Pomeranian Medical University. Artur’s work is centered around the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).  He also analyses gender differences in the labour market. Artur has published both policy briefs and peer-reviewed journal articles. More information. 

Claudius Garten
Research Associate
Institute for Sociology, TU Dortmund University

Email: claudius.garten@tu-dortmund.de

Claudius Garten is a research associate at the chair for Social Structure and Ageing Societies at TU Dortmund. He works on economic sociology, ageing and well-being as well as issues concerning social inequalities and policy. Claudius’ previous work has been disseminated in both academic journals and policy briefs. More information.

Ellam Kulati
Ph.D. Scholar
Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA)

Email: ekulati@cenea.org.pl

Ellam is a Ph.D. researcher at CenEA. He is also an Economics and Finance doctoral candidate at the University of Warsaw. Ellam possesses an MA in Economics from the University of Warsaw, and graduated from University of Nairobi with a Bachelor in Economics. His research focuses on ageing, preferences and well-being. Ellam is also interested in behavioral and labour economics, as well as multidisciplinary life course approaches. More Information.

Monika Oczkowska
Senior Economist
Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA)

Email: moczkowska@cenea.org.pl

Monika Oczkowksa is a research economist at CenEA. She also works at the Institute of Statistics and Demography of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). Monika has, since its inception, been involved in the Polish management of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Her research focuses on ageing, the labour market, social exclusion and gender inequality issues. She is published in leading journals that include the Journal of Happiness Studies, Journal of Aging and Health, and Social Science & Medicine. More information.