Our Biological Age: How Work and Workload Affect Health
Research on how our environment and everyday life influence our genes offers new perspectives for the social sciences. By measuring biological age, we are able to identify …
Welcome!
I am a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Cluster of Excellence
“The Politics of Inequality” at the University of Konstanz. I conduct
quantitative research on workplace inequality. My work examines how gender,
age, migration background, and occupational background shape everyday work
experiences, career outcomes, and health, and what organizations and
policymakers can do to reduce these disparities.
Education
PhD Social and Behavioral Sciences (summa cum laude)
2022-10-01
2026-04-30
University of Konstanz
MA Politics and Management (with distinction)
2020-10-01
2022-09-30
University of Konstanz
BA Politics and Public Administration (with distinction)
2016-10-01
2020-03-31
University of Konstanz
Interests
Inequality at Work
Gender Dissimilarity
Intersectionality
Compensation & Careers
Health Inequality
Quantitative Methods & Multilevel Modelling
My Research
I investigate how demographic characteristics — such as gender, age, or occupational background — shape employees’ experiences and outcomes at work. I am especially interested in how workplace processes generate systematic inequalities in compensation, career trajectories, and health.
A central question in my work is what drives or reduces these disparities: how leadership behavior, organizational practices, and legal regulations contribute to — or help reduce — inequality in the workplace. This includes the role of DEI policies, transparency regulations, and managerial decision-making across career stages. I draw on quantitative methods including multilevel modelling, longitudinal panel data analysis, experimental designs, and natural language processing.
My work has been recognized with the William H. Newman Award for the best paper based on a dissertation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting and the Best Student Paper Award from the DEI Division.
If you are interested in collaborating: feel free to reach out!
Featured Publications
Reducing absenteeism, promoting engagement — How can companies effectively support trainees with a migration background?
Do apprentices with a migration background show more absenteeism during their training? And are they less engaged at work? These questions often come up in public debates about …
dr.-anna-apostolidou
From Discrimination to Dominance? How Status Threat is Linked to Male Refugees' Gender Beliefs
Why might experiencing discrimination lead some individuals to adopt more traditional gender norms? Drawing on Social Identity Theory and data from 1,112 young male refugees in …
dr.-benjamin-korman
Still a Divide: Why the Gender Pay Gap Persists – and What to Do about It
In 2023, the gender pay gap in Germany stood at 18 percent — unchanged for the fifth year in a row. Even among full-time workers with the same education, employer, and hierarchical …
Does my leader care about my subgroup? A multilevel model of team faultlines, LMX quality, and employee absenteeism
When teams are divided along demographic lines, does it matter whether leaders invest equally in relationships with all subgroups? This study integrates faultline research with …
Recent Publications
(2026).
Our Biological Age: How Work and Workload Affect Health.
In_equality Magazine.
(2026).
Reducing absenteeism, promoting engagement — How can companies effectively support trainees with a migration background?.
PERSONALquarterly.
(2026).
From Discrimination to Dominance? How Status Threat is Linked to Male Refugees' Gender Beliefs.
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.
(2024).
Parity, transparency, family friendliness - how the gender pay gap could get reduced.
Policy Paper No. 14.
(2024).
Still a Divide: Why the Gender Pay Gap Persists – and What to Do about It.
In_equality Magazine.
Selected Conference Presentations
The Long Shadow of Intersectionality? A Longitudinal Perspective on Migrant Women’s Pay Disadvantage
Winner of the Best Poster Award at the In_equality Conference 2026 voted for by the participants at the conference (500€)
Too Different to Stay? How Gender Misfit Shapes Early Career Outcomes
Presented at the German Scientific Commission for Human Resource Management Conference; Winner of the 2025 Best Paper Award, Category: Strong Scientific Contribution.
Age- and Gender-Related Barriers to Career Advancement and Leader Emergence
Symposium presentation at the 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Copenhagen.
Equal Pay or Empty Promises? How Organizational Diversity Goals Influence Gender Pay Gaps
Nominated for Best Conference Paper Award.
Occupational Devaluation, but Organizational Revaluation? Understanding Gendered Pay Discrimination
Winner of the 2024 William H. Newman Award for the best Academy of Management Annual Meeting paper based on a dissertation.