Other events and announcements

Call for Papers: EAPS Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group Meeting – Luxembourg, 10-12 September 2025

We are pleased to announce the EAPS Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group meeting, taking place at the University of Luxembourg, Belval Campus, 10-12 September 2025.

Theme: “Living Longer, Living Better? Inequality in Health and Longevity”
The meeting will focus on how social inequalities shape health and longevity across time, countries, and population groups. Contributions on trends, inequalities, innovative methods, and theoretical advances are welcome.

Details and Submissions:

All presentations will be on-site, either as posters or oral presentations (20+10 minutes).

For questions, please contact: hmmwg.eaps@gmail.com

Call for papers: International Wealth Conference in Munich (Germany), 9-11 October 2025

The first INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE will be hosted by the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research in Munich, October 9-11 2025.

This interdisciplinary conference is dedicated to a topic of rising concern in many countries: wealth inequality. The conference brings together a broad set of scholars and disciplines that contribute to our understanding of wealth inequality, its extent and trends, determinants, and consequences. It also seeks to strengthen an international network of junior and established wealth scholars. The focus is on wealth as a separate dimension of inequality, understood as net worth or specific assets (e.g. housing wealth, business ownership, debt). We invite contributions from all disciplinary perspectives and methodological traditions (such as quantitative, qualitative, experimental or comparative-historical). Papers may address descriptive questions on wealth inequality, analyze the determinants of wealth inequality or study its various social, economic and political consequences.

The conference will feature two keynote speakers (Annette Lareau and Lane Kenworthy), a conference dinner, networking opportunities, and an optional field trip.

Deadline for extended abstracts (1-3 pages): 28 April 2025
More information here: https://www.lmu.de/isi/en/latest-news-and-events/news-overview/news/call-for-papers-isi-wealth-conference-2025.html

Call for Papers: conference ‘Fertility and Family Dynamics in Migrant and Minority
Groups: Migration, Fertility, and Family Dynamics in Ageing Europe: New
Perspectives and Methodological Approaches’, Bari (Italy), 2-3 October 2025

This conference is a collaboration between Age-It – Ageing Well in an Ageing Society, a Research Programme co-funding from Next Generation EU, in the context of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Investment PE8, that aims to build an inclusive society for all ages, and the EAPS Working Group on Fertility and Family Dynamics in Migrant and Minority Groups that brings together researchers who work on different aspects of fertility and family dynamics of migrants, individuals with migratory background, and minorities.

The following topics are especially welcome:

  • Ageing and “Replacement migrations”: Impact of migrants and their demographic behaviours in ageing societies. • Data and methods: New demographic approaches and new data to study fertility and family of migrant populations.
  • Old theories, new results: Testing traditional hypotheses of migrant and minority fertility within the current European context.
  • Interrelation of events: To explore the relationship between other aspects of family dynamics, such as partnership formation, and fertility.
  • Beyond demographic birth events: Family planning, reproductive health, family policy uptake, labour market integration.
  • The topics of this conference are not limited to this list but can be extended by other innovative and/or timely ongoing research in the field. Submissions can cover all methodological and theoretical approaches and/or types of data.

Organizers: the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), Ageing Well in an Ageing Society (Age-IT), and the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Political Sciences.

For your contribution to be considered, please email an abstract (up to 500 words) and contact information of all authors (incl. affiliations) to: Eleonora Mussino (eleonora.mussino@sociology.su.se), Anna Paterno (anna.paterno@uniba.it).

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2025

Call for papers: 1st Annual Interdisciplinary WZB Conference “The Future of Democracy?”, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, 9-10 October 2025

The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is dedicating its first annual interdisciplinary conference to the topic of “The Future of Democracy?”.

In light of current political developments and the increasing threats to democracy, this conference seeks to harness the expertise of the social sciences to better understand and address these challenges. We invite submissions that analyze the obstacles facing liberal democracies and explore potential solutions for safeguarding and strengthening democratic institutions. We explicitly invite submissions from economics, sociology, political science, psychology, and law, and want to create a forum for interdisciplinary discussions.

The conference will take place on 9-10 October 2025 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. The conference organizers are Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Daniel Ziblatt and Michael Zürn.

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

  • Christopher Andrew Bail (Duke University)
  • Tim Besley (London School of Economics)
  • Catherine de Vries (Bocconi University)

The scientific part will be accompanied by a panel with high-ranking representatives from politics and civil society, as well as a concluding panel (confirmed attendance by Pratap Mehta, Princeton).

We now invite submissions from interested researchers of all social science disciplines. Only full-length non-published papers will be considered.
Potential topics for the parallel sessions are (but are not limited to):

  • Polarization
  • Misinformation and social media
  • Party systems
  • (Dis-)satisfaction with democracy
  • Representation and legitimation deficits
  • Role of courts and legal system in protecting democracy
  • Civil society and civic engagement
  • Democracy and the economy
  • Science, truth and democracy
  • The liberal international order

Funding
Some travel and accommodation funding can be provided to participants. The organizers appreciate it if you are able to use your own research funds for attendance.

Link to the Paper submission page of the CEPR HUB.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2025, 18:00 CEST
For more information, see here.

Call for papers: Annual workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth (TiY) – Aarhus (Denmark), 1-3 October 2025

The European Research Network on Transitions in Youth invites submissions for their 32nd annual workshop on Inequalities in youth transitions and educational expansion.  This year the workshop will be hosted by the Research Program on Educational Effectiveness and Inequality at the Danish School of Education (DPU), Aarhus University. Keynote speaker: Professor Kristian Bernt Karlson (university of Copenhagen).

If you wish to present a paper or poster at the workshop, please submit an abstract (no longer than 500 words) by April 30, 2025, via email to tiy2025@edu.au.dk

Important Deadlines:
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2025
30 May, 2025: Notification of Acceptance
1 August, 2025: Registrations

Further information is available at this link: http://conferences.au.dk/tiy2025

Call for Papers: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research

The Finnish Yearbook of Population Research is a peer reviewed, open access journal published since 1946 by the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland (Väestöliitto) in collaboration with The Finnish Demographic Society and The Migration Institute of Finland.

We invite you to contribute to the 2025 volume by submitting your manuscript latest by 30th of April. The Yearbook publishes research articles from different fields of population studies (fertility, mortality, migration, family and population structure), original articles as well as book reviews and commentaries.

If you are interested in publishing your manuscript in the next Yearbook, please submit your language revised article in English through the journal submission system. Read more.

The journal will change its name during the year 2025 and the new issue will be published under the name Nordic Yearbook of Population Research.

Key dates

  • Full manuscript submission deadline: April 30, 2025
  • Publication date: Oct/Nov 2025
  • Submit: https://journal.fi/fypr

Submission deadline: 30 April 2025
Further information: guest editors Elisa Tambellini (elisa.tambellini@vaestoliitto.fi), and Alyona Artamonova alyona.artamonova@vaestoliitto.fi

Call for papers: Population journal and its Early-Career Researcher Prize

Founded in 1946, Population is an international, scientific, and peer-reviewed journal published by the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED). It is published quarterly in both English and French and is an open-access journal with no article processing charges (APC).

Population publishes research articles from various fields of population studies, covering all regions of the world and time periods. The journal also accepts short papers, data papers as well as book reviews and commentaries. They can be submitted in either English or French.

For more information, see : https://www.journal-population.com/

Each year, Population awards a prize to honor the work of an early-career researcher (within a maximum of 7 years post-PhD). The prize includes €1,000 and an invitation to Paris to present the article at INED’s weekly seminar. Submissions for the next Early-Career Researcher Prize are now open.

Submission deadlines: 30 April or 30 September 2025
For more information, see: https://www.journal-population.com/how_to_compete/

Invitation to INVEST Conference 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the INVEST Conference 2025: Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies, taking place on 14–16 May 2025 in Turku, Finland. This international conference will bring together leading scholars and experts to discuss how societies navigate uncertainty and foster resilience in the face of change.

Keynote Speakers

We are honored to host two of the foremost scholars in their fields:

  • Professor Mary Daly (University of Oxford) – A distinguished expert in sociology and social policy
  • Professor Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University) – A global leader in resilience research and Director of the Resilience Research Centre

Conference Themes

With over 100 sessions, the conference will feature a broad range of topics, including:

  • Social well-being and quality of life
  • Migration, integration, and citizenship
  • Labour markets, economic well-being, and inequality
  • Mental health, public health, and social care
  • Research on crises, disasters, and resilience
  • Demographic research, social experiments, and interventions
  • Methodological advancements in social sciences

This is an excellent opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research, exchange ideas with international colleagues, and contribute to discussions shaping the future of social sciences.

Early bird registration is open until 17 March
Regular registration closes on 30 April
For more information and registration: utu.fi/invest-conference

Call for papers: 23rd Divorce Network Conference, Barcelona (Spain), 9-10 October 2025

We invite papers addressing any aspect of union dissolution, including its causes, processes, and consequences for women, men and children. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the dynamics of separation and divorce across countries, the socio-economic and health consequences for different demographic groups, the role of living arrangements post-separation, and the intersections of gender and family complexity.

Deadline for abstracts: 5 May 2025
Further information is available here. https://ced.cat/divorce-conference-2025/
For contact and general information: divorceconference2025@ced.uab.es

Call for Papers: Third International FReDA User Conference, Wiesbaden (Germany), 20 – 21 October 2025

We are pleased to announce the third international user conference of the German Family Demography Panel Study – FReDA. We invite submissions from all disciplines on any topic using data from the German Family Demography Panel Study – FReDA and/or the German Family Panel (pairfam) and the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS).

Deadline for abstracts: 9 May 2025
Further information: https://www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/News-Events/FReDA-Userconference-2025/freda-userconference-2025.html

Call for Papers: Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, Special Issue 2026 in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS)

Guest editors: Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard (University of Queensland), and Riccardo Valente (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

The proposed special issue aims to leverage a trajectory-based approach that fully accounts for the multi-dimensional nature of migration across time and space, providing deeper insights into diverse migration trajectory patterns and their long-term individual and societal implications. The special issue is initiated by the scientific panel on Lifetime Migration of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), and aligns with its mission to promote research on migration that:

  • Recognizes the heterogeneity of migration behaviours across diverse populations, spanning from lifetime sedentarism to repeat and chronic migration;
  • Integrates internal and international migration into a continuum of population movement, identifying their linkages over the life course; and
  • Establishes how migration trajectories relate to individual life chances as well as societal well-being and inequalities.

We welcome the submission of articles that make substantive contributions along these lines, covering diverse geographical regions and both historical and contemporary periods. Empirical contributions should ideally leverage longitudinal data and methods to offer a more in-depth analysis of migration trajectories over the life course.

Submission deadline: 15 May 2025 (extended abstracts or full drafts)
For more information, see:https://comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/announcement/view/24

Call for papers – Conference ‘Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, and Population Dynamics’ – Rostock (Germany), 11–12 November 2025

We invite submissions for the conference on “Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, and Population Dynamics,” organized by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population Dynamics under Global Conflict and Climate Change.

Researchers from sociology, demography, public health, political science, statistics, computer science, and economics are encouraged to submit work exploring the effects of environmental hazards and climate change on social inequalities, health, migration, and population dynamics.

Submission Deadline: 15 May 2025
For more information, see the full call for papers: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/calendar_1921/climate_change_environmental_hazards_and_population_dynamics_14074

Call for papers and registration – 5th Academy of Sociology Conference, JGU Mainz (Germany), October 8-10, 2025

The call for papers and extended abstracts and the registration for the 5th Conference of the Academy of Sociology are open! The conference will take place from October 8 to 10, 2025 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.

The conference theme is “Societal Challenges – Sociological Answers?” The conference will engage with the challenges facing today’s societies, be they the result of climate change, health epidemics, armed conflicts, economic upheavals, demographic ageing, human migration, multifaceted social inequalities, political populism, or public disinformation through, among other things, generative artificial intelligence. It will have a focus on the problem-solving capacities of sociology and how to transfer evidence-based findings to the public and to policy makers. However, a broad range of topics will be represented in the various sessions. Keynote talks will be given by Nan Dirk de Graaf (Oxford University) and Jennie E. Brand (UCLA). There will be panel discussions on “Evidence-based research and policy advice” and “Communicating sociological findings in the media.” Apart from these panel discussions, the conference language is English.

Deadline for submissions: 15 May 2025
Deadline for registration: 31 August 2025

For more information: https://as25.sociology.uni-mainz.de/

Call for papers – Seventh Joint Doctoral Conference – Bamberg (Germany), 13-14 November 2025

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Seventh Joint Doctoral Conference, which will take place in Bamberg on 13-14 November 2025.

This annual conference provides PhD students with a platform to present their research, receive constructive feedback from senior scholars, and engage in stimulating discussions with peers. The event aims to foster collaboration and enhance the quality of ongoing doctoral research in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Date: November 13 – November 14, 2025
Location: Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS), University of Bamberg
Costs: 50 € (covering coffee breaks, lunches)

Submission deadline: 16 May 2025
For more see: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/seventh-joint-doctoral-conference-2025/

Call for Papers – Education and Social Mobility: Celebrating Richard Breen’s Contribution to Sociology

The European Sociological Review is delighted to announce a forthcoming special issue dedicated to celebrating the influential career of Professor Richard Breen. As a leading figure in sociology, Professor Breen’s work has significantly shaped contemporary sociological thought, particularly in the study of social stratification and mobility, as well as social demography and sociological methodology. We invite scholars to submit original theoretically driven empirical research papers that advance the understanding of education and social mobility. While we especially welcome studies that directly engage with themes central to Professor Breen’s work, we also encourage contributions from the broader fields of social stratification and mobility, demography, or sociological methodology, in line with the publication tradition of the European Sociological Review.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal’s standard author guidelines: https://academic.oup.com/esr
  • Submissions must be made through the European Sociological Review online submission system: (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/esr) by 15 June 2025.
  • All papers will undergo the Journal’s standard peer-review process.
  • Manuscripts submitted should clearly refer to the special issue in their cover letter

Important Dates:

  • Manuscript Submission Deadline: 15 June 2025
  • Notification of first Review Results: 15 Sep 2025
  • Expected Publication Date in 2026
  • Editors: Fabrizio Bernardi, Kristian Bernt Karlson, Jan O. Jonsson, and Berkay Ozcan

Contact Information:
For inquiries regarding this special issue, please contact editor-in-chief, Fabrizio Bernardi at europeansociologicalreview@gmail.com.

We look forward to your valuable contributions to this special issue, which aims to honor Professor Richard Breen’s enduring impact on the study of social mobility and stratification.

GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2025, Online or at GESIS Cologne (Germany), 23 July – 15 August 2025 

Course topics: Intro to Survey Design, Advanced Questionnaire Design, Web Surveys, Questionnaires for Cross-Cultural Surveys, Survey Sampling and Weighting, Small Area Estimation, Conjoint Survey Experiments, Causal Inference, DAGs, Multiple Imputation, Data Science Techniques, and Intros to Stata and R.

Scholarships (fee waivers) & ECTS credit option available!

Registration deadline: None (first come, first served)
For more information: www.gesis.org/summerschool

Call for session proposals: RC20&RC33&RC56 Joint Conference, Online, 24-28 August 2026

RC33 is pleased to invite members to submit session proposals to be considered for the 2nd RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & the 1st RC56 Regional Conference on Historical Sociology & the 5th RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia. The conference will be held online from 24 to 28 August in 2026. The hosts are Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand and Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan.

Submission deadline: 1 August 2025
For more information and submission: https://www.comparative-sociology.online/JC2026.htm, or the mirror site (please use this if the main website cannot be accessed): https://mcn-www.jwu.ac.jp/~fonaka/JC2026.htm

Call for Papers: Effects of Spatial mobility on Subjective Well-being, Special Issue in Social Indicators Research

Organisers: Nicolai Netz (DZWH) and Nico Stawarz (BiB)

Spatial mobility is an integral part of individual lives. Therefore, previous research has explored the manifold consequences of spatial mobility for individual life courses. In doing so, it has focussed on outcomes such as the occupational position and wages. However, as human behaviour usually aims to improve quality of life in a broader sense, we advocate a stronger focus on subjective well-being in research on spatial mobility. Accordingly, the special issue aims to provide an overview of the current state of research on how spatial mobility influences subjective well-being. It showcases new theoretical avenues, methodological designs, and empirical analyses of the effects of spatial mobility on subjective well-being. Focussing on different forms of spatial mobility (e.g., internal and international migration, commuting, and virtual mobility).

Submission deadline: 1 October 2025
For more information, see: https://link.springer.com/collections/cgciggfggj

NEPS-Call for Modules 2024 – AI-based systems in educational contexts: Use, knowledge, trust

Proposals for the collection of (educationally relevant) motives for use and knowledge about AI systems can be submitted as part of the thematic ‘NEPS Call for Modules 2024’. In addition, the questions can also relate to trust in AI systems in educational contexts.

Deadline for submission of proposals: 30 October 2025 – More information

Save the date: ‘Understanding recent fertility trends in Europe: what can register data tell us?’, Antwerp (Belgium), 17-18 November 2025

On November 17–18, 2025, the EAPS Working Group on Register-based Fertility Research will organize a meeting at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. We invite researchers at all career stages to discuss the recent developments in fertility in Europe, building on work with register and register-linked data. The meeting will start in the morning of the 17th of November and will end in the beginning of the afternoon on the next day.

More information and a call for abstracts will follow in spring. In the meantime, mark the date in your calendars!

Kohli Prize for Sociology

The Kohli foundation welcomes nominations for the Kohli Prize for Sociology or the Infrastructure Prize for Sociology on an ongoing basis.

Further information: Kohli Foundation – for Sociology