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Recent studies using comparative panel data analyzing what matters for subjective well-being (SWB) show that preferences and choices relating to life goals and values, partner’s personality, hours of work and care, social participation and healthy lifestyle have substantial long-term effects on life satisfaction. These results have implications for a widely accepted theory of SWB, the set-point theory. This theory holds that adult SWB is stable in the medium and long term, although temporary fluctuations occur due to life events like marriage, divorce or job loss.

Soziale Sicherheit gilt als wichtige gesellschaftspolitische Zielstellung. Prozesse wie Globalisierung, wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Wandel, die Zunahme von Ungleichheit, Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung, die Verbreitung neuer sozialer Risiken und nicht zuletzt die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise haben neue Unsicherheitslagen hervorgebracht. Auf diese können Gesellschaften mit Wohlstandssorgen reagieren oder aber sich langfristig anpassen. Der Vortrag interessiert sich für das Zusammenspiel von objektiven Sicherungsleistungen und subjektiven Sicherheitsgefühlen.

This lecture examines how the conceptual debate on gender equality has moved from a perspective of equal opportunities to the concept of intersectionality and inclusion. It will look at how and why this debate has changed its terms of reference to address multi-dimensional inequalities and the ubiquitous concept of “fairness”. This discussion will include both an analysis of conceptual debates as well as a review of how this has impacted on political institutions at the national and supra-national level in Europe.

Achieving a satisfactory fit between employment and other activities in personal life – so-called ‚work-life balance’ – is an important aspect of job quality. So what can be done to enhance work-life balance? It is essential that this question is approached with a gender perspective given the persistent gender differences in employed working hours and gender inequalities in family care and other unpaid work. We assess the impact of “time demands” and “job strain demands” on work-life balance.