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Karl Ulrich Mayer

Karl Ulrich Mayer

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
61
Citations
18285
World Ranking
1333
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Karl Ulrich Mayer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to both social sciences and computer science fields. Their research spans several main topics including health disparities and outcomes, quantum computing algorithms and architecture, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, social policy and reform studies, employment and welfare studies, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, and cloud computing and resource management.

Their recent publications demonstrate a range of interdisciplinary work with notable papers including:

  • Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens, 2020, Advances in Life Course Research
  • Experimental demonstration of the advantage of adaptive quantum circuits, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Application-Oriented Performance Benchmarks for Quantum Computing, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Aspects of a sociology of the pandemic: Inequalities and the life course, 2022, Vienna Yearbook of Population Research
  • The computational power of random quantum circuits in arbitrary geometries, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

Key frequent co-authors working with Mayer include:

  • Dan Gresh
  • David L. Hayes
  • Brian Neyenhuis
  • Matthew DeCross
  • Charles H. Baldwin

Their publication venues encompass a blend of social science and technology-focused outlets, with major contributions to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advances in Life Course Research
  • Vienna Yearbook of Population Research
  • Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Mayer's research covers subfields including artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, health, political science and international relations, and general health professions. This blend reflects a multidisciplinary approach linking social issues with computational methods.

Recognition of their professional contributions is reflected in several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1989

Best Publications

  • New Directions in Life Course Research

    Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • Event History Analysis: Statistical theory and Application in the Social Sciences

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld;Alfred Hamerle;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • The Measurement of Age, Age Structuring, and the Life Course

    Richard A. Settersten;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100

    Paul B. Baltes;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • De-Standardization of the Life Course: What it Might Mean? And if it Means Anything, Whether it Actually Took Place?

    Hannah Brückner;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • Die Berliner Altersstudie: Ein Projekt der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ; [das höhere Alter in interdisziplinärer Perspektive]

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Paul B. Baltes;Julia A. M. Delius

  • Die Berliner Altersstudie

    Ulman Lindenberger;Jacqui Smith;Karl Ulrich Mayer;Paul B. Baltes

  • Whose Lives? How History, Societies, and Institutions Define and Shape Life Courses

    Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • Lebensverläufe und sozialer Wandel: Anmerkungen zu einem Forschungsprogramm

    Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • The State and the Life Course

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Urs Schoepflin

  • Die gesellschaftliche Konstruktion sozialer Ungleichheit im Lebensverlauf

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Hans-Peter Blossfeld

  • Ereignisanalyse : statistische Theorie und Anwendung in den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld;Alfred Hamerle;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • The state and the structure of the life course

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Walter Müller

  • Job-shift patterns in the Federal Republic of Germany: The effects of social class, industrial sector, and organizational size

    Glenn R. Carroll;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • The Paradox of Global Social Change and National Path Dependencies: Life Course Patterns in Advanced Societies

    Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 Through a Life Course Lens

    Richard A. Settersten;Laura Bernardi;Juho Härkönen;Toni C. Antonucci

  • Lebensverläufe im Wohlfahrtsstaat

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Walter Müller

  • Event History Analysis in Life Course Research

    Karl Ulrich Mayer;Nancy Brandon Tuma

  • Labor market segmentation in the Federal Republic of Germany: an empirical study of segmentation theories from a life course perspective

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • Arbeitsmarktsegmentation in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Eine empirische Überprüfung von Segmentationstheorien aus der Perspektive des Lebenslaufs

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld;Karl Ulrich Mayer

  • The Berlin Aging Study : Aging from 70 to 100 : A research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences

    Paul B. Baltes;Karl Ulrich Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Baltes
Paul B. Baltes Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Walter Müller
Walter Müller University of Mannheim
Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Hans-Peter Blossfeld University of Bamberg
Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ineke Maas
Ineke Maas Utrecht University
David L. Featherman
David L. Featherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research
Margret M. Baltes
Margret M. Baltes Freie Universität Berlin
Richard A. Settersten
Richard A. Settersten Oregon State University

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