Björn Huss is a research associate at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) and at the Sociology Department of the Leibniz University of Hannover. Previously, he worked in a DFG-funded project on parental life satisfaction at Bielefeld University and the University of Magdeburg. In 2021, he completed his doctorate on the effects of fertility-related life events (e.g., family formation, union dissolution, induced abortion) on subjective well-being.

Dr. Björn Huß
Research Area Educational Careers and Graduate Employment
Researcher
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Academic research fields
Educational Research, Sociology of the Family, Happiness Studies, Quantitative Sociological Methods
List of projects
List of publications
11 Übereinstimmungen gefunden /
Differential updating and morality: Is the way offenders learn from police detection associated with their personal morals?Kaiser, F., Huss, B., & Schaerff, M. (2022).Differential updating and morality: Is the way offenders learn from police detection associated with their personal morals? European Journal of Criminology (online first). https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708221128515 |
Induced Abortion and Life Satisfaction in Germany: The Role of Selection Processes and Short-Term Effects.Huss, B., & Kaiser, F. (2022).Induced Abortion and Life Satisfaction in Germany: The Role of Selection Processes and Short-Term Effects. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 51(4), 404-419. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2022-0022 |
Don’t Blame the Kids: Mothers’ Satisfaction with Different Life Domains After Union Dissolution.Huss, B., & Pollmann-Schult, M. (2022).Don’t Blame the Kids: Mothers’ Satisfaction with Different Life Domains After Union Dissolution. Journal of Family Studies, 28(4), 1272-1286. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2020.1818606 |
Revisiting the Experiential Effect: How Criminal Offending Affects Juveniles’ Perceptions of Detection Risk.Kaiser, F., Huss, B., & Reinecke, J. (2022).Revisiting the Experiential Effect: How Criminal Offending Affects Juveniles’ Perceptions of Detection Risk. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 9(1), 47-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-021-00186-4 |
Parenthood and Life Satisfaction: The Consequences of Childbirth, Alternative Pregnancy Outcomes, and Single Parenting on Well-Being in Several Domains of Life.Huss, B. (2021).Parenthood and Life Satisfaction: The Consequences of Childbirth, Alternative Pregnancy Outcomes, and Single Parenting on Well-Being in Several Domains of Life. (Dissertation). Leibniz Universität Hannover. https://doi.org/10.15488/11131 |
Well-Being Before and After Pregnancy Termination: The Consequences of Abortion and Miscarriage on Satisfaction With Various Domains of Life.Huss, B. (2021).Well-Being Before and After Pregnancy Termination: The Consequences of Abortion and Miscarriage on Satisfaction With Various Domains of Life. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(6), 2803-2828. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00350-5 |
Relationship Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood: The Impact of Conflict Behavior.Huss, B., & Pollmann-Schult, M. (2020).Relationship Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood: The Impact of Conflict Behavior. Journal of Family Issues, 41(3), 383-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19876084 |
What deters students from studying abroad? Evidence from Austria, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands and Poland.Netz, N., Orr, D., Gwosć, C., & Huß, B. (2012).What deters students from studying abroad? Evidence from Austria, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands and Poland. HIS:Discussion Paper. Hannover: HIS. |
List of presentations & conferences
4 Übereinstimmungen gefunden /
Eine erneute Untersuchung des Erfahrungseffekts: Wie kriminelle Handlungen die Wahrnehmung des Entdeckungsrisikos von Jugendlichen beeinflussen.Kaiser, F., Huß, B., & Reinecke, J. (2022, September).Eine erneute Untersuchung des Erfahrungseffekts: Wie kriminelle Handlungen die Wahrnehmung des Entdeckungsrisikos von Jugendlichen beeinflussen. Vortrag auf der Tagung KrimG2022, Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen e.V.; Kriminologische Gesellschaft, Hannover. |
Changing Academic Careers II Lecture Series.
Workshop Changing Academic Careers II Lecture Series, DZHW, Universität Würzburg, LCSS, Universität Hannover, Hannover (online). |
Vertical and Horizontal (Mis)match Among Highly Qualified - Measurement Issues, Determinants and Consequences.
Vertical and Horizontal (Mis)match Among Highly Qualified - Measurement Issues, Determinants and Consequences, DZHW Research Cluster "Returns to Tertiary Education", DZHW Hannover. |
Employment
since 02/2021
Research associate at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
since 10/2019
Research associate at the University of Hannover, Sociology Department, research area 'Empirical Research on Higher Education and Science' (Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans)
07/2016 - 06/2019
Research associate in the DFG-funded project 'Parenthood and Well-Being: Individual, Familial, and Contextual Determinants of Parental Life Satisfaction' (Prof. Dr. Matthias Pollmann-Schult), University of Magdeburg and Bielefeld University
07/2015 - 06/2016
Research associate at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), project 'Foundation of a Research Data Centre for higher education research and science studies'
Education
2021
Dr. phil (summa cum laude), Leibniz University Hannover
2016 - 2020
Sociology (PhD program), Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS), Bielefeld University
2012 - 2015
Sociology (M.A.), Bielefeld University
2009 - 2012
Political Science (B.A.), Leibniz University Hannover