Gerda Neyer was Senior Research Associate at the Linneus Center of Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe (SPaDE) and is retired Associate Professor of Demography. Her research has been at the intersection of demography and political science with a focus on the role of institutional and political factors, welfare states, gender and social (in) equality in family development in contemporary European countries. She has a PhD in political science and an M.A. in mathematics.

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