Cologne, Germany
University of Cologne
Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
- Thomas LeopoldChair of Methods of Empirical Social Research
- Karsten HankProfessor of Sociology
- Lea EllwardtProfessor of Sociology
- Lisa JesseePostdoctoral researcher
Network
The KINMATRIX network
KINMATRIX began as an ERC Starting Grant project at the University of Cologne. It has since grown into a research network of institutions that collect, document, and analyse kinship network data together.
Partners
Institutions and researchers
The Hague, Netherlands
NIDI
Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute
Mannheim, Germany
GESIS
Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Geneva, Switzerland
University of Geneva
Department of Sociology
Bamberg, Germany
ifb Bamberg
State Institute for Family Research at the University of Bamberg
Data collections
The KINMATRIX surveys
2022–23
KINMATRIX Released
Younger adults aged 25–35 in ten countries in Europe and North America. Funded by an ERC Starting Grant.
2025–26
KINMATRIX-2 Release forthcoming
Adults aged 35–45 in five countries, adding partners and in-laws.
Collaborate with KINMATRIX
We welcome collaborations on KINMATRIX-2 ahead of its public release and on new data collections that adopt the KINMATRIX design.