Walz, Sarah-Lisa

Research associate


Office

Wilhelmstr. 36, room 104
72074 Tübingen
Email: sarah-lisa.walzspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Office hours
by email appointment.

Short biography

since February 2026
Doctoral student with the International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2804

University Hospital Tübingen and Department of Sociology, University of Tübingen
Working title: “Gender (non-)conformity, health behaviors and mental health across the life course”

October 2022 – October 2025
Master of Arts Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Research, University of Tuebingen

Master’s thesis: “Beyond the Binary: Exploring Gender Differences in Health Behaviors Across Europe Using a Gradational Gender Measure”
Semester abroad at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

August 2021 – December 2024
Research assistant

Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW), Tübingen

October 2018 – September 2022
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Philosophy, University of Tübingen

Bachelor's thesis: “Overwork in Male-Dominated Occupations – The Persistence of Occupational Gender Segregation?”


Research interests

  • Measurement of gender identity in quantitative social research
  • Gender roles and gender (non-)conformity
  • Gender inequalities in health behaviors and outcomes across the life course