You are invited to be part of the Second International Workshop on Life Course Analysis — Theory, Methods, and Applications by the MPIDR Rostock & Hertie School Berlin, funded by the Akademie für Soziologie. Organized by Christian Dudel, Carla Rowold, and Michaela Kreyenfeld.
Schedule:
Monday, 17 Aug – Multistate Life Course Methods Course
- 09:00–10:30 Introduction
- 10:30–11:00 Break
- 11:00–12:30 Estimation
- 12:30–14:00 Lunch Break
- 14:00–15:30 Implementation in R
- 15:30–16:00 Break
- 16:00–17:00 Exercises
Tuesday, 18 August – Day 1, Life Course Analysis Workshop
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09:15–09:30 Arrival
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09:35–09:45 Welcome & Introduction
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09:45–11:00
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Session A: Education, Stratification & Inequality Chair: Linda Vecgaile
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Samuel Agyapong: Cumulative Disadvantage and Diverging Educational Pathways: A Life Course Analysis from Ghana
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Gijs Westra: Life Course Stratification in Space and Time: Opportunity Structures and the Reproduction of Inequality
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Francesca Mele School (Dis)engagement and Socioeconomic Marginalization
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11:00–11:45 Coffee Break
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11:45–13:00
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Session B: Health Trajectories & Care Needs Chair: Norma Sarahi Resendez Chavez
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Josephine Jackisch Heterogeneous Risks for Ill-Health, Family Breakdown and Income After Unemployment in Times of Crisis
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Songyun Shi How Employment Histories Shape Mental Health Trajectories in Later Life: The Role of Migration Background
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Jihye Lee Life Course Transitions and the Dynamics of Care Needs: A Microsimulation Approach to Population and Household Change
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13:00–14:15 Lunch Break
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14:15–15:30
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Session C: Applied Life Course Research Chair: Josephine Jackisch
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Giorgio Nocerino Transition into Adulthood and Social Media Use: A Life-Course Approach
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Elias Hofmann Stuck With Each Other? Unrealized Moving Desires, Changes in Life Satisfaction, and the Role of Partnerships
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Zita Brazzola From Life-Course Theory to Applied Modelling: Three Demographic Applications in Housing, Consumption, and Health
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15:30–15:45 Press photo
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15:45–16:15 Coffee Break
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16:15–17:30
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Keynote by Ariane Bertogg Chair: Christian Dudel
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Understanding Cognitive Ageing Through a Life Course Lens: Theoretical Mechanisms and Empirical Insights
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~18:30 Conference Dinner
Wednesday, 19 August – Day 2, Life Course Analysis Workshop
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09:15–09:45 Arrival
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09:45–11:15
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Session D Family Formation, Fertility & Gender Chair: Michaela Kreyenfeld
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Thiago Cordeiro Almeida Gendered Patterns of Childlessness Across Educational Levels in Low and Very Low Fertility countries
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Flora Zhou Mapping the Uncharted: Life Course Trajectories of Transgender and Gender Diverse People in the Netherlands
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Mari Amdahl Heglum Gendered Life Courses under Reform: Family Policy Expansions and Young Adults‘ Work-Family Interdependence in Norway (1993–2017)
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Mengyao Wu Partnership and Fertility Trajectories of Immigrant Women during Migration to Spain: A Comparison by Country of Origin
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11:15–11:45 Coffee Break
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11:45–13:00
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Session E: Methods, Sequence Analysis & Modelling Chair: Deike Janssen
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Maximilian Reichert Describing Accumulation and Depletion of Contextual Resources During Childhood by Analysing Vector Embeddings of Multidimensional Life Course Sequences
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Sascha dos Santos Stability and Turning Points in Life Course Trajectories: The Example of Wealth
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Linda Vecgaile When and What Matters in the Late-Career Path to Predict Poverty? A Diagnostic Sequence Approach Using Transformers
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13:00–14:15 Lunch Break
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14:15–15:30
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Session F: Ageing, Retirement & Later-Life Well-Being Chair: Jan Einhoff
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Nabaraj Adhikari Beginning of Old Age: Examining the De-Standardisation of the Life Course from the Perspective of Employees and the Self-Employed in Finland and Italy
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Fabian Kalleitner From Mixed Findings to Precise Estimates: The Effect of Retirement on Life Satisfaction
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Maël Lecoursonnais Trajectories of Adulthood Adversity and Later-Life Outcomes: A Population-Based Study
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15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
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16:00–16:50
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Session G: Wealth, Transfers & Intergenerational Dynamics Chair: Songyun Shi
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Alisa Jashari It Takes a Lifetime: Life-Course Trajectories and the Patterning of Intergenerational Transfers
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Veronika Sofia Corradi-Eiger Visible Transitions, Invisible States: How Life Course Dynamics Shape Access to Parental Support for Adult Children
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16:50–17:00 Closing Remarks
Venue and time: The three day workshop will take place on August 17-19, 2026, at the Hertie School, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117.
Room: Forum A (first floor) Metro: Stadtmitte (U2, U6) or Unter den Linden (U5, U6)
Registration is required. Please register with Michaela Kreyenfeld by email: kreyenfeld[at]hertie-school[dot]org
