Birgit GeisslerBirgit Pfau-Effinger is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Globalisation and Governance Centre, University of Hamburg. She was working group co-ordinator of the COST A13 Action Programme, Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizensip. Birgit Geissler is Professor of Sociology of Work in the Department of Sociology, University of Bielefeld. Her research interests centre on women's labour market participation, gender specific forms of the life course and life planning, and the interdependence of the welfare state, labour market and family structures. Read More Read Less