– Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology: Lecture Series and PhD Course
The Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) at Linköping University announces an online lecture series onFoundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology running from September 2 to December 11 2026. The lecture series is open to all interested researchers and students.
The series brings together leading scholars whose work has been central to the development of analytical sociology and continues to shape its contemporary frontiers. Confirmed speakers include Delia Baldassarri, Peter Bearman, Elizabeth Bruch, Damon Centola, Diego Gambetta, Peter Hedström, Michael Macy, Gianluca Manzo, Arnout van de Rijt, Duncan Watts, and Petri Ylikoski. The full programme, Zoom link, and short bios of the lecturers can be found here.
In parallel, IAS will offer the online doctoral course “Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology” (5 ECTS). The course combines participation in the lecture series with assigned readings, discussion-based seminars, and an individual written assignment connected to participants’ doctoral research.
The course (syllabus, registration) may be of particular interest to doctoral students in sociology, social theory, philosophy of social science, network science, computational social science, and related fields.
2026 Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research: Geography, Mobility, and Life Course Inequalities (28-30 October 2026, Trento)
The Department of Sociology and Social Research is happy to announce that the 7th edition of the Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research (TN-Square) will take place from October 28th to October 30, 2026 (3 days).
The topic of this edition is Geography, Mobility, and Life Course Inequalities, examining how geographic contexts shape individual trajectories, social mobility, and the intergenerational transmission of advantage.The methodological focus will be devoted to proximity-based models for the identification of neighbourhood effects; the analysis of mobility as weighted directed networks; and causal inference with georeferenced data through conditional instrumental variable strategies.
Speakers include Maria Brandén and Mael Lecoursonnais (Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University), Per Block (University of Zurich) and Kerstin Ostermann (University of Bielefeld / IAB Nuremberg).
The school is addressed to PhD students, post-docs, and early-stage researchers. The official language is English.
Application deadline: 25 August 2026, 12:00 PM (CET).
Details about this year’s TN-Square soon at https://event.unitn.it/tn-square/.
Call for papers: PhD Conference “Perspectives of (Un-)Employment” (21-22 January, Nuremberg)
The next interdisciplinary PhD conference, “Perspectives of (Un-)Employment,” will take place from 21-22 January 2027 at the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg. The keynote speakers will be Anders Frederiksen, Frauke Kreuter and Mara Yerkes.
Application deadline: 31 August 2026
For more information, see the call for abstracts here.
Call for applications: Present your work at SAA online webinar series
The Sequence Analysis Association – SAA is very glad to invite you to submit your application to present your work-in-progress paper at its online webinar series, an online platform for people interested in the development of sequence analysis and related methods in the social sciences. Each webinar lasts for 60–75 minutes and brings together two 20-minute presentations on a similar topic followed by 10-minute discussion each.
The webinar takes place on a monthly basis on Thursdays at 4 PM CET (Central European Time).
If you want to present your work-in-progress paper between October and December 2026, please submit your application by September 7,2026 at this link.
Application deadline: 7 September 2026
If you have questions, you can send an email to Emanuela Struffolino (University of Milan).
GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2026
Date: 31 Aug to 29 Sep 2026
Location (depending on the course): Online or Onsite at GESIS Mannheim, Germany
We are excited to announce the program for the GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2026! Course topics: Introduction to Computational Social Science with R or Python, Web Data Collection with R or Python, Introduction to Machine Learning for Text Analysis with Python, Computer Vision for Image and Video Data Analysis with Python, Agent-Based Modeling & Simulation, From Embeddings to LLMs: Advanced Text Analysis with Python, Mobile Data Collection and Analysis: Intensive Longitudinal Methods as well as Causal Machine Learning.
Registration deadline: None (first come, first served)
Program & Registration: www.gesis.org/fallseminar
Call for Papers: Monte Verità conference on educational inequalities (12-16 July 2027)
With pleasure, we invite interested scholars to submit abstract proposals for our next Monte Verità conference “Educational inequalities: Causes, consequences and policies”, 12-16 July 2027.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2026
Please find the call for papers and more information here.
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.
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 deadline: 15 October 2026
See details on the journal website
Special Issue Call: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty (Scandinavian Journal of Public Health)
The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health (SJPH), in collaboration with the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS), invites submissions for a special issue titled “Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty.” Guest Editors Sarah van de Velde, Malgorzata Mikucka, Nico Vonneilich and Stéphane Cullati seek top-quality manuscripts examining how social, economic, political, and environmental transformations shape mental health and wellbeing. While thematically linked to the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference (Hamburg, 19-21 August 2026), submissions are welcome from all researchers regardless of conference participation. Manuscripts typically range from 3,000 to 8,000 words and undergo a single-blind peer review process.
Submission deadline: 31 October 2026
For detailed information on the scope and submission guidelines, please visit.
Topical Collection entitled “Ageing Well for All: Multidimensional Pathways to Sustainable Ageing” in European Journal of Ageing
The Topical Collection entitled “Ageing Well for All: Multidimensional Pathways to Sustainable Ageing”, edited by Bruno Arpino and Valeria Bordone in the European Journal of Ageing welcomes contributions that 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, Cultural Inclusion.
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. Papers will be sent out for review on a rolling basis, i.e., as they are received.
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 December 2026
For more information, see here.