Lonneke van den Berg works as a researcher (assistant professor/UD) at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI). She studies young adult life courses, singlehood, and intergenerational support. She works with longitudinal register and panel data, applying advanced quantitative methods. In 2023, she received a VENI-grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for a project (2024-2028) on the relation between uncertainty in young adult life courses and well-being, dependent on parental support. She is also the recipient of a GAK-KNAW award for a project (2023-2026) on the role of temporary employment for young adult life courses.
Lonneke holds a PhD degree in Sociology (2020) at the University of Amsterdam. In her PhD research, she examined contextual and individual explanations for the timing of leaving home. Following her PhD research, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Radboud University on young adult life courses (in particular: singlehood in young adulthood).
Lonneke is an editor of Mens & Maatschappij.
Expertise
Young adulthood, life course research, family research, singlehood, social inequality
