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Dr. Nicole Kapelle

Assistant Professor (Sociology)
      
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Dr. Nicole Kapelle

Assistant Professor (Sociology)

 NICOLE.KAPELLE@tcd.ie

 


I am a Quantitative Sociologist and Social Demographer based at Trinity College Dublin, where I work as an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Sociology of Inequality and Life Course in the Department of Sociology. I am also an affiliated Research Fellow at Humboldt-Universität (HU) zu Berlin in the field of Microsociology and at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. My research focuses on the causes and consequences of social inequalities across individuals" life courses, with a particular emphasis on subjective and economic well-being, gender, work, health behaviors, and family dynamics. I use household panel survey data and longitudinal analysis methods to explore these issues. My work has been published in journals such as European Sociological Review, Journal of Marriage and Family, European Journal of Population, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, The Journals of Gerontology, European Societies and International Journal of Social Research Methodology. I obtained my PhD in Sociology, Demography, and Statistics from the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland, Australia, on 9th November 2020, supervised by Prof. Janeen Baxter, Prof. Sergi Vidal, and Prof. Philipp Lersch. My thesis, May your wealth be easily divisible by two, examined the association between marital dissolution and personal wealth from a life course perspective. Before joining Trinity College Dublin in September 2024, I was a Lecturer at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2022-2024) within the team of Prof. Anette Fasang, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford (2021-2022) under Prof. Christiaan Monden, and a Predoctoral Research Fellow within the MyWealth project led by Prof. Philipp Lersch at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2018-2021) and the University of Cologne (2017-2018).
  Comparative Sociology   demographic change   Divorce & Separation   Environment & Society   Family structure   Gender and Mental Health   gender and sexuality   Gender Roles   Health status and inequalities   Income distribution   income inequality   MARRIAGE   Quality of Life   Research Methods   social demography   Social Inequalities   Social Policy   Sociology   sociology of gender   Statistical and simulation methodologies   Taxation   Work-life balance
Project Title
 The Economics of Late Life Divorce in High-Income Countries: Causes and consequences of divorce after the age of 50
From
01.09.2025
To
31.08.2029
Summary
Funding Agency
Trinity College Dublin
Programme
Trinity Research Doctorate Award
Project Type
PhD stipend
Project Title
 Understanding Asset Poverty: Laying the Foundations for a Cross-National Comparative Study
From
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Trinity College Dublin
Programme
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund
Project Type
Scoping study
Project Title
 Intra-couple gaps in retirees' financial resources across OECD countries
From
09.06.2025
To
29.06.2025
Summary
Funding Agency
LIS Data Center (LIS) and the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Programme
Research Stay at LIS and LISER
Project Type
Research visit

Details Date
Grant reviewer: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 2024-2025
Member of the selection committee for Research Fellow positions at the chair of "Comparative Social Stratification Analysis" led by Prof Nora Waitkus at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 21.03.2025
Journal reviewer: Advances in Life Course Research; American Sociological Review; BMC Public Health; Canadian Studies in Population; Community, Work & Family; Demographic Research; Demography; European Journal of Population; European Sociological Review; Feminist Economics; Humanities & Social Sciences Communications; Journal of Marriage and Family (4x); Longitudinal and Life Course Studies; Review of Economics of the Household; Social Forces; Social Science Research ongoing
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German Fluent Fluent Fluent
Details Date From Date To
Research Committee 28 (RC28) on Social Stratification and Mobility
German Academy of Sociology
International Sociological Association (ISA)
Population Association of America (PAA)
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)
Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS)
Section "Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis" of the German Sociological Association
Money, work, and wealth in partnerships in, editor(s)D. Mortelmans, L. Bernardi & B. Perelli-Harris , Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, [Kapelle, N.], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Panel Data Analysis in, editor(s)U. Liebe , Handbook of Quantitative Methods in Sociology, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, [Rüttenauer, T., & Kapelle, N.], Book Chapter, ACCEPTED  DOI
Kapelle, N. & Weiland, A., Intra-couple gaps in retirees' financial resources: Their extent and predictors across Eastern and Western Germany, European Societies, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Tilstra, A., & Kapelle, N., Breaking bonds, changing habits: Understanding health behaviours during and after marital dissolution, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kapelle, N., & Rowold, C., Uncovering what matters: Family life course aspects and personal wealth in late working age, Demographic Research, 52, 2025, p689 - 740, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Zoch, G. & Kapelle, N., From parenthood to planet care? The evolution of environmental and climate concerns during family formation, Population and Environment, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Kapelle, N., Frémeaux, N., Lersch, P. M., & Leturcq, M., A cohabitation wealth premium for women and men: Considering the regulatory framework and normative acceptance in France and Germany, Socio-Economic Review, 2025, pmwaf013 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Schechtl, M., & Kapelle, N., The male marital earnings premium contextualized: Longitudinal evidence from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, Journal of Marriage and Family, 86, (1), 2024, p176-198 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kapelle, N., & Monden, C., Transitory or chronic? Gendered loneliness trajectories over widowhood and separation in older age, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 65, (2), 2024, p292-308 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kapelle, N., & Van Winkle, Z., Changes in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across European Countries, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 79, (10), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Gruijters, R. J., Kapelle, N., Van Winkle, Z., & Fasang, A., Millennials' Wealth Is Finally Growing: But So Is Inequality, Inequality.org, 2024, Report, PUBLISHED
Kapelle, N., Frémeaux, N., Leturcq, M., & Lersch, P. M., The cohabitation wealth premium: Comparing France, and East and West Germany, 2024, Working Paper, PUBLISHED
Kapelle, N., & Rowold, C., Uncovering what matters: Family life course aspects and personal wealth in late working age, 2024, Working Paper, PUBLISHED
Tilstra, A., & Kapelle, N., Breaking bonds, changing habits: Understanding health behaviours during and after marital dissolution, 2024, Working Paper, PUBLISHED
Zoch, G., & Kapelle, N., From parenthood to planet care? The evolution of environmental and climate concerns during family formation, 2023, Working Paper, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Early Career Fellowship 2024-2025
Nuffield College Associate Membership 2023-present
Nuffield College Non-Stipendiary Research Fellowship 2021-2022
Winner of the inaugural Life Course Centre Working Paper Series Award in the category of best student contribution to scholarship on children and families over the life course 2020