Virtual special issue in European Sociological Review to celebrate ECSR 2025 annual conference
To celebrate the European Consortium for Sociological Research’s 2025 Annual Conference, the European Sociological Review has published a Virtual Special Issue to showcase the intellectual and methodological dynamism and creativity of the community.
Read the full issue at: https://academic.oup.com/esr/pages/demography-and-social-inequality
INVEST Conference 2026 “Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation” (Turku, 6–8 May 2026)
The call for abstracts is now open for the INVEST Conference 2026. We warmly invite researchers from all career stages to submit their work and join us in Turku, Finland next spring.
The INVEST Conference is an interdisciplinary meeting point for researchers who are committed to understanding and reducing social inequalities. Whether your work focuses on individuals, families, communities or systems, this is a place where your findings can spark meaningful conversations, and help shape solutions for more equal societies.
Meet leading scholars, including keynote speakers Kathryn Paige Harden and Philip N. Cohen, exchange ideas across disciplines and build new collaborations that advance both science and society.
Call for papers: 9 February 2026
More information INVEST Conference 2026 – INVEST
Pre-EPC Conference meeting 2026 “Life Course Dynamics: Insights from Sequence Analysis” (Bologna, 3 June 2026)
We are happy to announce that the SAA is organizing a one-day side meeting before the 2026 European Population Conference (EPC) in Bologna entitled “Life Course Dynamics: Insights from Sequence Analysis”. The meeting will take place on June 3rd, 2026 (approx. 9 a.m.-17 p.m).
All contributions that apply sequence analysis or related methods to the study of life course dynamics are welcome. However, we are particularly interested in applications that touch on recent demographic trends in Europe and beyond, such as population ageing.
Abstracts (max. 250 words) can be submitted via this form by February 15, 2026.
It is also possible to participate without presenting by registering on a first-come, first-serve basis from April 1, 2026: more information will be available in March, visit https://sequenceanalysis.org/.
Important dates:
- Deadline for abstract submission: 15th February, 2026
- Acceptance notification: 6th March, 2026
- Registration for presenters opens: 6th March, 2026
- Registration for presenters closes: 31st March, 2026
- Registration for auditors opens: 1st April, 2026
- Registration for auditors closes: 2nd May, 2026
The organizing committee is composed by: Danilo Bolano (University of Florence), Kevin Emery (University of Geneva), Carla Rowold (Hertie School of Governance) Dolores Sesma Carlos (University of Valencia) and Emanuela Struffolino (University of Milan).
Participation is free of charge. The event is supported by the project ERC WIDOW: A Social Demography of Widowhood across Ageing Societies (G.A Project 101117173, Zachary Van Winkle).
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 February 2026
Call for the ‘Good Life’ Data Challenge
The LIVES Centre at the University of Lausanne launches the ‘Good Life’ Data Challenge, which addresses the question: what predicts the feeling of having lived a happy, meaningful, and interesting life thus far? It is based on three new items currently fielded in the Swiss Household Panel (1999-2025). Proposals (600-800 words) can be submitted by 15 February 2026. Selected teams will preregister their analyses, co-author a collective publication, and receive CHF 1,000.
Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2026
Please refer to the call here.
The journal Studies of Transition States and Societies (STSS) welcomes submissions to its 2026 summer issue
Studies of Transition States and Societies (STSS) is an open-access interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of transition societies. The journal’s thematic focus lies on education, labour markets, and their intersections with other domains such as family, health, migration and mobility. STSS welcomes studies of regional and national contexts in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well as comparative work including the journal’s core region.
Keywords: educational attainment, informality, labour market transitions, labour market segmentation, lifelong learning, migration, precarity, skill formation, vulnerable groups, income inequality
STSS operates as a fully open-access journal, charging no article processing fees to authors, while also providing free language editing. The journal aims to promote good practices in open science while remaining independent, uncompromising, and firmly committed to high academic standards and ethical conduct.
Deadline for paper submission: 16 February 2026
See more information here.
ECSR Thematic Conference “Life Course and Social Stratification”, University of Trento (Italy), 23-24 April 2026
The ECSR Thematic Conference “Life Course and Social Stratification” will take place in University of Trento (Italy), on 23-24 of April 2026.
Submit your abstract to: csis@unitn.it
Deadline for abstract submissions: 22 February 2026
For full details, please visit the conference website.
DPIR’s Spring School in advanced social science research methods
The Department of Politics and International Relations is delighted to announce that applications for Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods 2026 are open! The course will run from Monday 23 March – Friday 27 March 2026, in both in-person and online formats.
Applications to Oxford Spring School will be accepted on a rolling basis, subject to availability, until 23 February 2026, or until all places are reserved.
Further details: Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods 2026 | DPIR
Second International Workshop on Life Course Analysis (Hertie School, Berlin, 18-19 August 2026)
We invite contributions to the Second International Workshop on Life Course Analysis. The main goal of this event is to bring together researchers to present and discuss recent developments in life course analysis and to contribute to advancing the field. The event will be held on August 18-19, 2026, at the Hertie School in Berlin: Before the workshop, a one-day methods course on multistate modeling for life course research will be taught on August 17, 2026, also at the Hertie School.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2026
For more information, see here.
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME) Project.
LSE is convening a “many analyst” project in which teams will analyse data from the 1918-20 influenza pandemic using excess mortality methods of their choice (solo researchers also welcome). This will be followed by a workshop at the LSE on 21-22 May 2026. The analyses submitted and the discussions at the workshop will be written up into a manuscript with all analysts eligible for authorship. Enrolment in the “many analysts” project will be open for the next few months, with final submissions due by 15 March 2026.
More details can be found here.
Contact Hampton Gaddy (h.g.gaddy@lse.ac.uk) with any questions.
GESIS Spring Seminar – Advanced Regression Modeling
The seminar designed for advanced graduate or PhD students, post-docs, and senior researchers. In 2026, our focus will be on Advanced Regression Modeling. Extensive hands-on exercises and tutorials complement the lectures in each course.
The Spring Seminar 2026 will take place both online and at GESIS Cologne, Germany, from 9 to 27 March 2026.
For registration and detailed course descriptions, please visit https://t1p.de/spring2026.
Call for papers: DeZIM-Conference 2026 “The Contested Normalities of Migration” (Bielefeld, 07-09 October 2026)
Migration, displacement, and belonging lie at the heart of social negotiation processes. Yet beyond current polarizations, fundamental questions emerge regarding the drivers and processes of social and political change: How are conflicts concerning migration historically and structurally embedded? In which contexts are migration and diversity an uncontested normality? What are the consequences of “asynchronies,” a coexistence of different intensities and logics of conflict? And along which lines of conflict are the principles of the rule of law being undermined in favor of anti-democratic or illiberal politics?
Taking this approach, the conference aims to examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, how global crises, transnational interdependencies, national discourses, and local experiences shape long-term shifts in solidarity, exclusion, and democracy. It seeks not merely to interpret conflicts as symptoms of the present, but to analyze them as key dynamics of social transformation and future viability.
Deadline for application: 31 March 2026
Further information on forms of participation and application can be found on the website: DeZIM Conference 2026
Call for Abstracts: EAPS HMM WG Workshop 2026 (Hannover, 16-18 September 2026)
The Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group of the European Association for Population Studies invites abstract submissions for its 2026 workshop, to be held 16–18 September 2026 in Hannover, Germany.
The workshop theme is “Health and morbidity in Europe: Reflecting on current trends.” The workshop will be held in English, and all presentations will take place on-site (oral or poster). Structured abstracts of up to 300 words are invited.
We warmly encourage researchers working on health, morbidity, and mortality in Europe to submit their work.
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 March 2026
Full details and the abstract submission link are available on the working group website.
Topical Collection entitled “Ageing Well for All: Multidimensional Pathways to Sustainable Ageing” in European Journal of Ageing
We are pleased to announce the European Journal of Ageing new Topical Collection entitled “Ageing Well for All: Multidimensional Pathways to Sustainable Ageing”, edited by Bruno Arpino and Valeria Bordone.
The collection originates from the activities of the Sustainable Ageing Working Group of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) and is now open for submissions from both members of the Working Group and external contributors.
We welcome contributions that make explicit how they advance the concept, measurement, and policy relevance of sustainable ageing. Submissions should address one or—preferably—more interconnected dimensions, including: Economic Sustainability, Social and Care Sustainability, Technological Equity and Inclusion, Environmental Sustainability, Political/Institutional Sustainability and Cultural Inclusion. The collection prioritises studies that bridge dimensions (e.g., technology and care systems; housing and health and service delivery; digital skills and civic participation; labour markets and unpaid care) and that articulate mechanisms and policy levers for sustainable ageing. We particularly encourage comparative European research, while remaining open to broader contexts.
Deadline for submission: 31 August 2026
For more information, see here.