Hildegard Maria Nickel

Hildegard Maria Nickel (born 1948) is a German sociologist and feminist who has specialized in the sociology of work and gender studies.

In 1977, she earned a Ph.D. with a dissertation titled Zu theoretischen Grundfragen der marzistisch-leninistischen Familiensoziologie (Fundamental questions in Marxist-Leninist sociology of the family).

[1] In parallel, from 1993 to 2002 she was director of the university's Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Frauenforschung (Centre for Interdisciplinary Women's Studies).

[2] Nickel has undertaken visiting professorships in Canada, England, Pakistan, South Korea, and the United States.

[2] In 1995, Nickel was awarded the Helge Pross Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of sociology of the family and gender studies.