dr. (Jennifer) JA Holland

Biography

Jennifer A. Holland is Assistant Professor of Social Science Research Methods at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Jennifer A. Holland joined the Faculty of Social Sciences at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2017. She is an affiliate of the ESRC Research Centre for Population Change (CPC) at the University of Southampton (UK) and an International Collaborator with the Linnaeus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe (Stockholm University) and the Stockholm University SIMSAM Node for Demographic Research.

Previously, Jennifer was a Lecturer in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton (UK) and a researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) in The Hague. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) in 2011.

Jennifer’s research investigates the social and economic consequences of family change for individuals and societies in the Europe and the United States. She is currently involved in two ongoing research projects. The first, “Family Complexity and Cohabitation in Comparative Context,” investigates how the emergence of cohabitation is linked to family complexity and well-being (Swedish Research Council; 2015 – 2018). The second, “The Family Lives of Children of Immigrants in Norway,” explores stability and change in the family life courses of immigrants and their descendants in Norway and Sweden (Research Council of Norway; 2016 – 2019).

Jennifer’s work has been published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, Population Studies, Population and Development Review, European Journal of Population, Demographic Research and Advances in Life Course Research. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Jennifer teaches courses in social science research methods and coordinates the Sociology Bachelor's and Master's Thesis Programs.

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Associate professor | Science Public Issues and Imaginaries
Email
j.a.holland@essb.eur.nl

Work

Holland Performance

Start date approval
August 2022
End date approval
August 2025
Place
2012VB
Description
Podiumkunst (storytelling)

1.4C Research Project

Year
2024
Course Code
ESSB-SPM1011

1.4P SPSS

Year
2024
Course Code
FSWSBC1-045

2.2 Quantitative methods

Year
2024
Course Code
ESSB-SBC2041

3.5C Advanced Quantitative Methods

Year
2024
Course Code
FSWS-3051

News regarding dr. (Jennifer) JA Holland

Demography affects our social lives: “Population decline undermines our welfare state”

Jennifer Holland talks about her ambitions with the 'Population and Society' pillar and explains how demography will shape societies now and in the future.

More money, more meat?

Kuznets curve dictates that more income means more meat consumption. Natasha Ogier-Russell and Jennifer Holland present evidence against this theory.

Women's (In-)Visibility in the 2021 Scottish Elections

Catherine Robertson and Jennifer Holland explore if the recent Scottish elections gave attention to the fact that the impact of Covid-19 is not gender-neutral.

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