Lea Kröner is a postdoctoral researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI). Her current research focuses on (future) labor shortages, understaffing in organizations, (work-related) mental health, and absenteeism. She uses Dutch register data, employer–employee survey data, and advanced quantitative methods in her research.
Within the AB2050 project, she is responsible for external relations (including contacts with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, government agencies and ministerial institutes) and communications.
She submitted her PhD dissertation, Contemporary Homemakers, at Utrecht University in 2026 and will defend it in April 2027. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Cologne and a Research Master’s degree in Sociology from Utrecht University.
Lea is also a member of the editorial team responsible for NIDI’s LinkedIn channel.
Expertise
Labor market participation, gender, work-family balance, mental health, contemporary homemakers, population and health register data
