Dr Sandra Buchler

Dr Sandra Buchler is the Mary Lee Family Dynamics Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Sandra holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Queensland. Her broader research interest lies in the role of gender ideology and labour market stratification in perpetuating gender inequality. Her areas of research and expertise include life course transitions, families, gender inequality, female labour force participation, gender ideologies, education, qualitative evaluation and quantitative research methods. Sandra was a Lecturer at the University of Bamberg from 2011 to 2013 and a Senior Lecturer at the Goethe University Frankfurt (2014–2024).  

Research interests:

• gender ideology
• gender inequality
• labour markets