She holds a doctoral degree in sociology from Nuffield College, Oxford University. From September 2009 to August 2012, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (Max Weber Programme & Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship). Dr. Steiber joined the World Population (POP) Program as a Research Scholar in January 2014. Her research interests are in the sociology of work and the life course. Her current research at IIASA focuses on ageing and cognitive abilities with the ERC Re-Ageing Project led by Sergei Scherbov.