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Primary fields of research

The Life Course Perspective, Social Demography, Family Studies, Disability and Health, Ageing, and Longitudinal Methods

CV

Current Position

• Asst. Professor

Current Affiliation

• Columbia University in the CIty of New York
• Copenhagen University, Department of Sociology

Education

• 2014    Postdoc, Princeton University, USA & University of Copenhagen, Denmark 
• 2013    PhD in Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2011    PhD in Sociology, Brown University, USA
• 2008    MA in Sociology Brown University, USA
• 2005    Visiting graduate student, Department of Sociology, Yale University, USA
• 2004    BA in Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Theses

• Dissertation: "Four Essays on Family Life Events",Committee: Peter Gundelach, Heather Joshi, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Peter Abrahamsen

• Dissertation: "Young Pioneers: Cohabitation and Family Life Pathways in Denmark", Committee: Dennis Hogan, Carrie Spearin, Margot Jackson

• MA thesis: "A somewhat Different Journey: The Transition to Adulthood for Young Adults with Down Syndrome", Advisor: Dennis Hogan; Reader: Nancy Luke, (Awarded the Alden Speare, Jr. Memorial Award)

Scientific Focus Areas

• Social Demography
• The Life Course Perspective
• Family Studies
• Health and Disability
• Methods of Longitudinal Data Analysis

Awards Honors and Scholarships

• The Carlsberg Foundation post-doctoral research grant (2014)
• Aalborg University, Forskeruddannelsesprogram Velfærdsstat og Forskellighed, travel and research grant (2012)
• University of Copenhagen, Department of Sociology, travel grant (2012)
• University of Copenhagen Research Training Council, travel grant (2011)
• Knud Højgaards Fond, graduate studies and dissertation grant (2005, 2009)
• East–West Center 40^th Summer Seminar on Population, Research and travel grant (2009)
• Brown University Alden Speare, Jr. Memorial Award for a Distinguished Master's Thesis (2008)
• Brown University, graduate student fellowship (2006-2007)
• Kai Houmanns Fond, graduate studies and research grant (2007),
• Rebild Fonden, graduate studies grant (2006)
• Oticon Fonden, graduate studies grant (2004, 2005, 2006)
• Jorks Fond, graduate studies grant (2005)
• Müllers Fond, graduate studies (2004)

Research Fellowships, Visits, and Previous Affiliations

• 01.03.14 - 29.08.14     Princeton University, USA
• 01.02.12 – 31.03.12    Stockholm University, Sweden
• 21.11.11 – 30.11.11    Australian National University, Australia
• 01.06.09 – 01.07.09    East–West Center, University of Hawaii Manoa, USA
• 26.02.09 – 05.03.09    University of Birzeit, Palestine. Health under Occupation Conference II.
• 2008    NSF Successful Transitions Project.
• 2006    Brown University and Ethiopia Partnership Project.
• 2006 – 2011   Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, USA

Conference Presentations (selected)

• Loft, Lisbeth Trille G. 2014. “Multigenerational Perspectives on Pathways of Family Formation” Paper presented at Association of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA.
• Loft, Lisbeth Trille G. 2011. “Young Pioneers: Cohabitation and Family Life Pathways in Denmark” Paper presented at Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA.
• Loft, Lisbeth Trille G. and Dennis Hogan. 2011 "Because Care Matter; Examining how the availability of childcare accelerates mothers time to labor force entry.” Paper presented at European Population Conference.
• Loft, Lisbeth Trille G., Carrie Spearin, and Dennis Hogan 2010. "Not just Luck; The Emergence of a Merit-based System of Stratification in Rural Ethiopia" Paper presented at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Dallas TX, USA.
• Loft, Lisbeth Trille G., Carrie Spearin, and Dennis Hogan 2009. "Not just Luck; The Emergence of a Merit-based System of Stratification in Rural Ethiopia.” Poster presented at the XXVI International Population Conference of the IUSSP  - Marakech, Morroco.
• Loft, Lisbeth Trille G. and Dennis Hogan. 2009. "Does Care Matter; Care Capital and the Work/Family Dilemma.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Population Association of America - Detroit, MI.
• Loft, Lisbeth Trille G. and Dennis Hogan. 2008. "A Somewhat Different Journey; The Transition to Adulthood for Young Adults with Down Syndrome" Paper presented at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.

Teaching and Instruction

• 2010    Brown University, Department of Sociology, Teaching Assistant: The Family
• 2009     Brown University, Department of Sociology, Teaching Assistant: Introductory Statistics for Social research
• 2008 – 2009   Brown University, Department of Sociology, Primary instructor for: Introduction to STATA I, Introduction to STATA II and Introduction to SAS
• 2008  Brown University, Department of Sociology, Teaching Assistant: Marketing Research in Private and Public Sectors
• 2007  Brown University, Department of Sociology, Teaching Assistant: Methods of social Research
• 2005  University of Copenhagen, Department of Sociology, Teaching Assistant: Qualitative Methods
• 2005  University of Copenhagen, Department of Sociology, Teaching Assistant: Cultural Sociology

Professional Memberships and Activities

• 2008  Member: Dansk Sociologi [Danish Sociology]
• 2008  Member: Nordic Network on Disability research
• 2007  Member: Population Association of America
• 2007  Member: American Sociological Association, Sections: Aging and the life course, Disability and Society, Sociology of Population, and Theory
• 2007   Member: European Population Council
• 2008  2010   Graduate student council representative, Brown University, Department of Sociology
• 2008  Departmental representative at American Sociological Association's annual meeting on behalf of Brown University’s Department of Sociology
• 2004  Member (2004), ‘Sociologisk Udsyn' - Copenhagen University

Language

• Danish: Native speaker.
• Danish Sign Language: Intermediate
• English: Fluent
• Swedish, Norwegian, and German: Good comprehension