Dr. Sandra Zimmermann has more than ten years of experience in applied economic and social research and is a strong advocate for a progressive, healthy, and innovative society. Her research focuses on macroeconomic labor markets, social policy, the health and care economy as well as the impact of digitalization on the national economy. She is committed to translating the scientific findings of her projects into concrete recommendations for action. Alongside her International Social Policy team, Dr. Zimmermann is responsible for a large number of projects for various players in the public sector and the private sector.
Dr. Sandra Zimmermann is a member of the German Association for Social Policy Research (VfS) and the German Association for Social Science Labor Market Research (SAMF). She studied in Würzburg and wrote her doctoral thesis on the impact of non-market activities on material well-being and income distribution in Germany. She was born in Bamberg in 1983 and lives in Darmstadt.
Academic Background & Research Focus
- Dr. rer. pol. at the University of Koblenz Landau
- Diploma in Economics at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg (Germany), University of Umeå (Sweden)
- Macroeconomic labor market research
- Regional and sector-specific analyses of skilled labor
- Digitization and competencies
- Gender aspects in labor market and social policy research
- Strategic analysis of skilled labor
- Quantification of non-market activities
- Health economic accounting
Project partners and clients
- Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK)
- Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
- Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung und Bertelsmann-Stiftung
- Economic Chambers in Austria
- Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Germany
- Federation of German Industries
- Bavarian Business Association
- EuropaBio
- Lufthansa, Deutsche Bahn
