Welcome!

This is the online presence of the research project "Processes of Mate Choice in Online-Dating Services". It is being funded by the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" (DFG) since the 1st of April 2007. The research is carried out by the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg in collaboration with the State Institute for Family Research (ifb). Project Supervisor is Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Blossfeld.

Main subject of the project is the empirical exploration of Processes of Mate Choice in Online-Dating Services. The focus of interest is laid on gender-specific preferences and change of these preferences through the dynamics of the online mate-market, aspects of self-presentation of the users, the socialstructural composition of the dating-population and the process of the online mate choice at the timeline.

Upcoming Event: Workshop on 'Sociology of E-Dating'

On 7th July 2010 the workshop 'Sociology of E-Dating' is taking place in Bamberg (Germany). See the full schedule here.

Contact: andreas.schmitz@uni-bamberg.de 

 

 

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