Kathrin Linz-Dinchel is a research officer at the Observatory for Sociopolitical Developments in Europe. Her work involves comparative studies of European social policies and policies on demographic change. She can rely on experience gathered in the predecessor project, the “Observatory for the development of social services”, where she worked from May 2008 on family policy in Europe. Ms. Linz-Dinchel studied social work and sociology in Bamberg.