Depuis 2022, le Centre LIVES organise des Journées internationales de recherche à l'Université de Lausanne ou de Genève. Ce rendez-vous est l'occasion de stimuler la discussion et la recherche interdisciplinaire sur le parcours de vie en bénéficiant de la richesse du réseau de chercheur·es du Centre LIVES.
LIVES International Research Days - 4-5 November 2026 - University of Lausanne
The Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research will host two International Research Days with panels focusing on topics relevant to the understanding of the life course and/or vulnerability and including renowned experts.
- Panel 1: Within-Couple Inequalities in Contemporary Societies
- Panel 2: Spatial Inequalities across the Life Course and Generations
- Panel 3: Refugee Job Seekers and Their Labor Market Integration in the Host Country
- Panel 4 (Only Session 1): Mid-Life Challenges & Vulnerabilities from a Gender Perspective
- Panel 5: Family Complexity, Social Policies, and Social Stratification
- Panel 6: Social Stratification and Life Chances
- Panel 7: Intersectionality and Life Course Research
- Panel 8: Social Determinants of Well-Being and Health Across the Life Course: Identities, Inequalities, and Interventions
Full information about LIVES International Research Days 2026
LIVES Thematic workshops - 5-6 November 2025 - University of Lausanne
The LIVES Centre organised six thematic workshops focusing on a topic relevant to the understanding of the life course and/or vulnerability and including renowned experts.
- Workshop 1: Supporting job search online
- Workshop 2: Discrimination of migrants and ethnic minorities
- Workshop 3: Understanding and addressing loneliness
- Workshop 4: Qualitative longitudinal research
- Workshop 5: Inequality in educational systems
- Workshop 6: Family dynamics within the life course in the 21st Century
Mobility in the life course - 5-6 November 2024 - University of Geneva
The early 21st century is marked by novel forms of mobility encompassing migration, family, career and social mobility. Yet, individual mobility encounters considerable resistance: international migrations face regulations that control movement across national borders; new forms of family mobility clash with traditional norms; novel career paths conflict with costly migration or family changes; while social mobility, especially intergenerational mobility, remains often trapped by institutions such as educational systems. To shed light on evolving forms of mobility, this conference brings together two perspectives developed within the National Centers of Competence in Research (NCCR): the life course perspective (Centre LIVES, Lausanne and Geneva) and the Migration-Mobility Nexus (nccr – on the move, Neuchâtel).
The life course in turbulent times - 9-10 November 2023 - University of Lausanne
A shared vision of research on vulnerability in a life course perspective - 17-18 November 2022 - Campus Biotech, Geneva
The Conference focused on our twelve years of joint research conducted at NCCR LIVES and our shared vision of research on vulnerability in a life course perspective for the next ten years. We welcome presentations on all relevant areas of life course research, such as family, health, employment, education, old age, family, gender relations or innovative longitudinal methods. We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary research and research showing mechanisms of and policy responses to vulnerability in the life course.
