Melanie Wagner

Melanie Wagner

Research Group: Fertility and Family

Phone: +43 1 51581 - 7755

E-Mail: melanie.wagner(at)oeaw.ac.at

Melanie Wagner holds a degree in psychology from TU Berlin and in social science from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She earned her doctorate in 2018 from TU Dortmund University.

Her research focuses on the challenges faced in later life, such as informal caregiving (both co-residential and long-distance), grey divorce, and socio-economic inequalities among older adults. At VID, she works on the CONDIV project, which examines the consequences of divorce in areas such as economic resources and poverty, residential mobility, and re-partnering. This project uses newly accessible Austrian register data, with a special focus on variations by gender, marriage duration, and comparisons between same-sex and opposite-sex couples.

From 2013 to 2024, Melanie Wagner was part of the Central Coordination team for the SHARE survey, where she worked in the fields of operations, questionnaire development, survey methodology, and scientific dissemination.

Selected publications:

Brandt, M., Deindl, C., Floridi, G., Heidemann, R., Kaschowitz, J., Quashie, N., Verbakel, E., & Wagner, M. (2023). Social inequalities and the wellbeing of family caregivers across European care regimes. Journal of Family Research, 35, 181-195.

Bergmann, M., & Wagner, M. (2023). Back to Normal? The Health Care Situation of Home Care Receivers across Europe during the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Implications on Health. PLoS ONE 18(10), e0287158.

Wagner, M., & Brandt, M. (2018). Long-term care provision and the well-being of spousal caregivers: An analysis of 138 European regions. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(4), 24–34.

Research Areas

Areas of Expertise

Grey Divorce
Caregiver Well-Being
Social integration at older ages
Survey Methodology
Questionnaire Development

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