The Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS) is pleased about the 100th successful disputation. On 22 January 2016 sociologist Juliana Werneburg successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. This makes her the 100th BGHS doctoral researcher who has successfully completed its dissertation project.
Juliana Werneburg submitted a dissertation entitled Entstehen berufliche Ungleichheiten zwischen Geschlechtern in Partnerschaften? - Commitment anstatt Verhandlung und Macht in partnerschaftlichen Tauschbeziehungen [Business and Career Inequalities between Genders Partnership Cohabitation]. The thesis addresses the question what effects the partnership cohabitation of women and men may have on their respective career prospects and career paths. The first- and second supervisors of the doctorate are Prof. Dr. Martin Diewald (Bielefeld University) and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schupp (FU Berlin).

With her defence Juliana Werneburg officially joins the list of the BGHS Alumni. Being a young academic scholar, she has, like the other graduates of the BGHS, a variety of opportunities and possibilities for career paths inside and outside the academic system and thus excellent prospects for her further career.

For an overview of all Alumni of BGHS and descriptions of their dissertation projects, please see: www.uni-bielefeld.de/bghs/Personen/Alumni/