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Prof. Dr. Oliver Arránz Becker
phone: 0345 - 55 - 24260
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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Soziologie
Emil-Abderhalden-Str. 26–27
06108 Halle (Saale)
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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Soziologie
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Bettina Tuchardt
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Soziologie
06099 Halle (Saale)
Professor O. Arránz Becker
Short CV
| since 2015 | Professorship, Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences at the Institute of Sociology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2014-2015 | Professorship, Empirical Social Research at the University of Cologne and Scientific Director of the Data Archive for the Social Sciences, GESIS – Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences |
| 2013-2014 | Junior professor of education and family sociology (W1), University of Mannheim |
| 2012-2013 | Visiting professorship, General Sociology I, TU Chemnitz |
| 12/2012 | Habilitation at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, TU Chemnitz (venia legendi for sociology); title of cumulative habilitation thesis: “Prozesse sozialer Homogenisierung: Zur Entstehung von Ähnlichkeit in sozialen Aggregaten” |
| 03/2008 | Conferral of PhD from the Institute for Sociology at RWTH Aachen; dissertation title: “Was hält Partnerschaften zusammen? Psychologische und soziologische Erklärungsansätze zum Erfolg von Paarbeziehungen” |
Research Areas
- Health research (medical research, health inequality)
- Social cohesion and attitude research
- Quantitative methods, in particular methods for analysing dyads and panel analyses
- Family research and demographic processes (choice of lifestyles, fertility, separation and divorce, partnerships and inter-generational relationships)
Academic Roles
- Scientific Board Member of the German Youth Institute, Munich
- Scientific Board Member of the Study "Aufwachsen in Deutschland: Alltagswelten" (AID:A), DJI
- Board Chair of Zentrum für Sozialforschung Halle e.V.
- External Fellow at the Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES)
- Committee member in the Section for “Sociology of the Family” at the German Sociological Association (2015-2021)
- Co-editor of the book series “Familienforschung” Springer VS Verlag
- Reviewer for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and for Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO), Belgium
- Reviewer for Advances in Life Course Research, Bundesgesundheitsblatt, CPoS – Comparative Population Studies, Demographic Research, European Journal of Population, European Sociological Review, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch), Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, MDA (methods–data–analysis), Nature Human Behaviour, Population Studies, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Soziale Welt, Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Five Most-Recent Journal Publications
- Kreisler, T., Mayer, I., Hartl, J. & Arránz Becker, O. (2026). Not in my Backyard? Climate Change Denial between Property, Wind Turbines and Populism. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 51, 7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-026-00646-5 (IF: 0.4)
- Cuentas Romero, A.G., Rozario, K., Marselle, M., Ying Oh, R.R., Müller, S., Arránz Becker, O., Schröger, E., Meemken, M.-T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Bonn, A. (2026). When nature sounds like home: Mental wellbeing effects of acoustic diversity differ for local and non-local forest soundscapes . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 103007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.103007 (IF: 7.0)
- Loter, K., Hoffmann-Recksiedler, C. Arránz Becker, O., & Perrig-Chiello, P. (2025). Why Do Couples Split in the Second Half of Life? A Latent Class Analysis of Reasons for Marital Dissolution . Family Transitions. DOI: 10.1080/28375300.2025.2538282 (IF (Scopus): 2.5)
- Kreisler, T. Kambach, S., Arránz Becker, O., & Bruelheide, H. (2025). The Relationship between Greenspace and Physical Activity. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 112, 128971. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128971 (IF: 6.7)
- Mikucka, M., Arránz Becker, O., & Wolf, C. (2025). Short- and Long-Term Health Effects of Job Insecurity . Scandinavian Journal of Work, 51 (2), 68-76, Environment and Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4206 (IF: 4.3)
Publications by O. Arránz-Becker (Date: 08/2026)
2026_08 Arranz-Becker_Publikationen.pdf
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Current Courses
Wintersemester
BA-Vorlesung „Methoden der deskriptiven Datenanalyse" (Mo 16-18 Uhr)
MA-Vorlesung SM1 "Methoden der multivariaten Datenanalyse" (Di 10-12 Uhr)
MA-Seminar SM1 "Methoden der multivariaten Datenanalyse" (Di 12-14 Uhr)
MA-Seminar SM3 „Datenanalyse mit Stata" (Mi 10-12 Uhr)
Sommersemester
BA-Vorlesung „Methoden der Datenerhebung und der qualitativen Datenanalyse" (Mo 16-18 Uhr)
BA-Vorlesung „Einführung in die Inferenzstatistik und Regressionsanalyse" (Di 12-14 Uhr)
MA-Vorlesung SM2 "Spezielle Methoden der multivariaten Datenanalyse" (Di 16-18 Uhr)
MA-Seminar SM2 "Spezielle Methoden der multivariaten Datenanalyse"