About
Melanie holds a degree in psychology from TU Berlin and in social science from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She earned her doctorate in 2018 from TU Dortmund University. Her research focuses on the challenges faced in later life, such as informal caregiving (both co-residential and long-distance), grey divorce, and socio-economic inequalities among older adults. At VID, she works on the CONDIV project, which examines the consequences of divorce in areas such as economic resources and poverty, residential mobility, and re-partnering. This project uses newly accessible Austrian register data, with a special focus on variations by gender, marriage duration, and comparisons between same-sex and opposite-sex couples. From 2013 to 2024, Melanie was part of the Central Coordination team for the SHARE survey, where she worked in the fields of operations, questionnaire development, survey methodology, and scientific dissemination.
Areas of Expertise
- Grey Divorce
- Caregiver Well-Being
- Social integration at older ages
- Survey Methodology
- Questionnaire Development
Research Areas
Contact
Affiliation: VID/ÖAW E-Mail: Melanie.Wagner@oeaw.ac.at
Phone: +43 1 51581 7755
The Wittgenstein Centre aspires to be a world leader in the advancement of demographic methods and their application to the analysis of human capital and population dynamics. In assessing the effects of these forces on long-term human well-being, we combine scientific excellence in a multidisciplinary context with relevance to a global audience. It is a collaboration among the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Vienna.