Marieke Heers
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Marieke Heers
Dr.
Head of group DAS
+41 (0)21 692 37 19
marieke.heers@fors.unil.ch
Languages: German, English, French, Dutch
Biography
Marieke Heers has a PhD in the Economics of Education from Maastricht University (2014) and was a post-doctoral researcher at the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris. In 2015, Marieke joined FORS as a Senior Researcher in the group Data Management Services (DMS). Since November 2023, Marieke is the Head of the group Data Archive Services (DAS).
Expertise
Marieke has specialised in managing and archiving social science research data. She is an expert in open data and the requirements for sharing sensitive data while respecting the legal conditions. Marieke also conducts research on education and migration.
Publications
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2014
Tracking in context: Variation in the effects of reforms in the age at tracking on educational mobility
Grätz Michael, Heers Marieke, 2025/07. Social Science Research, 129 p. 103188. Peer-reviewed.
Measuring attitudes towards voluntary childlessness: Indicators in European comparative surveys
Szalma Ivett, Heers Marieke, Tanturri Maria Letizia, 2025/03/19. PLOS ONE, 20 (3) pp. e0319081.
All-day childcare and schooling
Duchêne Cédric, Heers Marieke, Bernardi Laura, 2025/02/06. 32, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.
The Impact of Tracking in a Stratified Educational System on Idealistic Educational Aspirations in Migrant and Native Families
Gomensoro Andrés, Heers Marieke, Kamm Chantal, Hupka-Brunner Sandra, 2025/02. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility p. 101022. Peer-reviewed.
Assessing and Enabling Open Research Data Practices in Swiss Higher Education Institutions: A Comprehensive Landscape Analysis
Araujo Pedro, Bornatici Christina, Ochsner Michael, Heers Marieke, 2024/08/08., recORD project funded by swissuniversities.
Recognising Open Research Data in Research Assessment: Overview of Practices and Challenges
Araujo Pedro, Bornatici Christina, Heers Marieke, 2024/05/02., recORD project funded by swissuniversities.
Quantitative data anonymisation: practical guidance for anonymising sensitive social science data
Kleiner Brian, Heers Marieke, 2024/03/18. FORS Guides, 23. Peer-reviewed.
Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe. Understanding the Links Between Pronatalism and Voluntary Childlessness
Szalma Ivett, Heers Marieke, 2024/03/05. International Journal of Sociology pp. 1-25.
Data from the Mixed Methods Project PICE (Parental Investment in Children’s Education)
Heers Marieke, Hupka-Brunner Sandra, Gomensoro Andrés, Kamm Chantal, 2023/12/27. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11 (1) p. 18. Peer-reviewed.
Undoing Gender in Switzerland: Couples’ Gender Role Attitudes and New Parents' Employment Behaviours
Bornatici Christina, Heers Marieke, Ryser Valérie-Anne, 2023/11/09. dans LIVES Conference 2024 .
Parental Investment in Children's Educational Pathways: A Comparative View on Swiss and Migrant Families
Kamm Chantal, Gomensoro Andrés, Heers Marieke, Hupka-Brunner Sandra, 2023/07/01. Swiss Journal of Sociology, 49 (2) pp. 367-394. Peer-reviewed.
Undoing gender: Under which conditions do new parents beat the odds?
Bornatici Christina, Heers Marieke, Ryser Valérie-Anne, 2023/06/16. dans 11th Conference Of The European Society On Family Relations (ESFR).
Data Sharing in the Social Sciences
Heers Marieke, 2023/03/28. FORS Guides 21 pp. 1-10. Peer-reviewed.
Das Longitudinale Mixed Methods-Design der PICE-Studie (Parental Investment in Children's Education)
Kamm Chantal, Heers Marieke, Sandra Hupka-Brunner, Gomensoro Andrés, 2023/03/06. TREE Technical Paper Series.
Aspiring high in a VET-dominated education system: second generation young adults and their immigrant parents
Kamm Chantal, Gomensoro Andrés, Heers Marieke, Hupka-Brunner Sandra, 2022/10/30. Journal of Vocational Education & Training pp. 1-20. Peer-reviewed.
Early Child-care Arrangements and Both Parents' Subjective Well-being
Ryser Valérie-Anne, Heers Marieke, 2022/10/17. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Peer-reviewed.
Youth on the move? The selectiveness of temporary mobilities from a life course perspective
Haldimann Lucas, Heers Marieke, Rérat Patrick, 2022/07/24. Applied Mobilities pp. 1-20. Peer-reviewed.
Gender role attitudes and father practices as predictors of nonresident father-child contact
Heers Marieke, Szalma Ivett, 2022/04/21. PLOS ONE, 17 (4) pp. e0266801. Peer-reviewed.
Overwhelmed by Learning in Lockdown: Effects of Covid-19-enforced Homeschooling on Parents' Wellbeing.
Heers M., Lipps O., 2022. Social indicators research, 164 (1) pp. 323-343. Peer-reviewed.
Trotz allem erfolgreich - Bildungswünsche erfolgreicher Jugendlicher und ihrer Eltern aus schlechter gestellten Familien; La réussite malgré tout - Désirs de formation des jeunes réussissent et de leurs parents issus de familles défavorisées
Hupka-Brunner Sandra, Kamm Chantal, Heers Marieke, 2022. Transfer, Berufsbildung in Forschung und Praxis, 3.
Replication in the social sciences
Heers Marieke, 2021/12/14. FORS Guides.
Temporary youth mobility: motivations and benefits from a life-course perspective
Haldimann Lucas, Heers Marieke, Kleiner Brian, Rérat Patrick, 2021/10/01. Children's Geographies pp. 1-15. Peer-reviewed.
Jeunesse (non)mobile ? Les facteurs influençant la mobilité temporaire des jeunes adultes suisses
Haldimann Lucas, Heers Marieke, Rérat Patrick, 2021/05/01. Géo-Regards 13 pp. 103-130. Peer-reviewed.
Between stuckness and stillness: Why do young adults not undertake temporary mobility?
Haldimann Lucas, Heers Marieke, Rérat Patrick, 2021/03/07. Population, Space and Place, 27 (8). Peer-reviewed.
Berufswahl von Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund: Wunsch und wahrgenommene Wirklichkeit
Hupka-Brunner Sandra, Kamm Chantal, Gomensoro Andres, Heers Marieke, 2021. pp. 58-60 dans terra cognita - Schweizer Zeitschrift zu Integration und Migration, Eidgenössische Migrationskommission EKM.
Work-Family Arrangement and Conflict: Do Individual Gender Role Attitudes and National Gender Culture Matter?
Bornatici Christina, Heers Marieke, 2020/10/09. Social Inclusion, 8 (4) pp. 46-60. Peer-reviewed.
Pre-registration and registered reports
Heers Marieke, 2020/04/09., FORS.
Being born to a single mother in France: trajectories of father's involvement over the first year of life
Pailhé Ariane, Panico Lidia, Heers Marieke, 2020. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 11 (1) pp. 123-149. Peer-reviewed.
Motivations et freins à la mobilité temporaire
Heers Marieke, Kleiner Brian, Haldimann Lucas, 2019/09/20. pp. 103-127 dans Entre mobilité temporaire et ancrage local: portrait de la jeunesse suisse chap. 6, Somedia Buchverlag.
Entre mobilité temporaire et ancrage local: portrait de la jeunesse suisse
Stam Alexandra, Rérat Patrick (eds.)Ferrez Eliane, Haldimann Lucas, Heers Marieke, Kleiner Brian, Rérat Patrick, Stam Alexandra, 2019/09/20., Somedia Buchverlag.
Propension à la mobilité temporaire
Haldimann Lucas, Heers Marieke, Rérat Patrick, 2019/09/20. pp. 83-100 dans Entre mobilité temporaire et ancrage local: portrait de la jeunesse suisse, Somedia Buchverlag.
Gendered time-use patterns: Swiss couples and their work-family life arrangements
Bornatici Christina, Heers Marieke, 2017/04. dans Population Association of America 2017 Annual Meeting.
Data sharing and re-use: Researcher practices, attitudes and needs FORS survey of social science researchers in Switzerland
Heers Marieke, Ferrez Eliane, Morgan DePaula Emilie, 2017/03/27., FORS.
Swiss couples and work-family life arrangements: Attitudes, behaviours and satisfaction
Bornatici Christina, Heers Marieke, 2017/01. dans Alpine Population Conference 2017.
Community Schools : What We Know and What We Need to Know
Heers Marieke, Van Klaveren Chris, Groot Wim, Maassen van den Brink Henriëtte, 2016/12. Review of Educational Research, 86 (4) pp. 1016-1051. Peer-reviewed.
Differentiated effects of community schooling on cognitive and social-emotional learning outcomes
Heers Marieke, Ghysels Joris, Groot Wim, Maassen van den Brink Henriëtte, 2015/07/03. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 26 (3) pp. 354-381.
The impact of community schools on student dropout in pre-vocational education
Heers Marieke, Van Klaveren Chris, Groot Wim, van den Brink Henriëtte Maassen, 2014/08. Economics of Education Review, 41 pp. 105-119.
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