Career
Professional Career
since 09/ 13 Academic Staff Member, Chair of General Sociology, University of Mannheim, Germany since 09/ 12 Project Staff Member, Mannheim Center of European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany 01/ 12–09/12 Project Staff Member, National Educational Panel Study (Department Research Data Center and Method Development), University of Bamberg, Germany Publications and conference papers
- Pink, S. & Schmidt, J. (2023). Das Wetter ist politisch – Starkregen, Hochwasser und Flut vor der Bundestagswahl 2021. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft : ZPol = Journal of Political Science, 33(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41358–023-00342-w
- Leszczensky, L., Pink, S., Kretschmer, D. & Kalter, F. (2022). Studying youth' group identities, intergroup relations, and friendship networks: The friendship and identity in school data. European Sociological Review, 38(3), 493–506. https://doi.org/0.1093/esr/jcab052
- Jugert, P., Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2020). Differential influence of same- and cross-ethnic friends on ethnic-racial identity development in early adolescence. Child Development, 91(3), 949–963. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13240
- Jugert, P., Pink, S., Fleischmann, F. & Leszczensky, L. (2020). Changes in Turkish- and resettler-origin adolescents' acculturation profiles of identification: A three-year longitudinal study from Germany. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(12), 2476–2494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964–020-01250-w
- Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2020). Are birds of a feather praying together? Assessing friends’ influence on Muslim youths’ religiosity in Germany. Social Psychology Quarterly : SPQ, 83(3), 251–271. https://doi.org/10.1177/0190272520936633
- Pink, S., Kretschmer, D. & Leszczensky, L. (2020). Choice modelling in social networks using stochastic actor-oriented models. Journal of Choice Modelling, 34, Article 100202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2020.100202
- Fleischmann, F., Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2019). Identity threat and identity multiplicity among minority youth: Longitudinal relations of perceived discrimination with ethnic, religious, and national identification in Germany. The British Journal of Social Psychology, 58(4), 971–990. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12324
- Leszczensky, L., Jugert, P. & Pink, S. (2019). The interplay of group identifications and friendships: Evidence from longitudinal social network studies. Journal of Social Issues, 75(2), 460–485. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12321
- Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2019). What drives ethnic homophily? A relational approach on how ethnic identification moderates preferences for same-ethnic friends. American Sociological Review : ASR, 84(3), 394–419. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122419846849
- Hess, M., Bauknecht, J. & Pink, S. (2018). Working hours flexibility and timing of retirement: Findings from Europe. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 30(5), 478–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2018.1500857
- Jugert, P., Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2018). The effects of ethnic minority adolescents’ ethnic self-identification on friendship selection. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28(2), 379–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12337
- Kretschmer, D., Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2018). Selection and influence processes in academic achievement – more pronounced for girls? Social Networks, 52, 251–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2017.09.003
- Pink, S. (2018). Anticipated (Grand-)Parental Child Care Support and the Decision to Become a Parent. European Journal of Population = Revue Européenne de Démographie, 34(5), 691–720. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680–017-9447-z
- Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2017). Intra- and inter-group friendship choices of Christian, Muslim, and non-religious youth in Germany. European Sociological Review, 33(1), 72–83. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcw049
- Stark, T. H., Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2017). Are there differences in ethnic majority and minority adolescents' friendship preferences and social influence with regard to their academic achievement? Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft : ZfE, 20(3), 475–498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618–017-0766-y
- Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2015). Ethnic segregation of friendship networks in school: Testing a rational-choice argument of differences in ethnic homophily between classroom- and grade-level networks. Social Networks, 42, 18–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2015.02.002
- Pink, S., Leopold, T. & Engelhardt, H. (2014). Fertility and Social Interaction at the Workplace : Does Childbearing Spread Among Colleagues? Advances in Life Course Research, 21, 113–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2013.12.001
- Geißler, F., Leopold, T. & Pink, S. (2013). Gender Differences in Residential Mobility : The Case of Leaving Home in East Germany. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 133(2), 239–248. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.133.2.239
- Leopold, T., Geißler, F. & Pink, S. (2012). How far do children move? Spatial distances after leaving the parental home. Social Science Research, 41(4), 991–1002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.004
- Leszczensky, L., Beier, H., Kruse, H. & Pink, S. (2016). Collecting network panel data in schools : practical guidance based on the experiences of three German research projects. Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 166. Mannheim.
- Leszczensky, L., Pink, S. & Kalter, F. (2015). Friendship and identity in school : field report on Wave 1, Wave 2, and Wave 3 (Technical Report). Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 161. Mannheim.
- Leszczensky, L., Pink, S. & Kalter, F. (2014). Freundschaft und Identität in der Schule : Feldbericht zu Welle 1 und Welle 2 (Technical Report). Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung = Working papers, 157. Mannheim.
- Leszczensky, L. & Pink, S. (2017). The virtue of high performance computing for the statistical analysis of social networks. In S. Richling (eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd bwHPC-Symposium : October 12th 2016, Heidelberg (S. 45–48). , Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, heiBOOKS: Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.11588/heibooks.308.418
- Pink, S. (2017). Fertility and social interaction – a simulation approach. [Doctoral dissertation, Universität Mannheim].