Modelling vulnerability to better understand its mechanisms
On 9 December 2020, Dan Orsholits defended his thesis and obtained his doctorate, presenting two models for the analysis of life courses and transitions.
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First results of the "Cause Commune" project - Fertile ground for new developments
On November 17, 2020, the Centre LIVES held a conference for the inhabitants of Chavannes-près-Renens to present the first research results related to the "Cause Commune" project.
Dr Léïla Eisner is awarded the "Prix senior Maurice Chalumeau 2020"
Dr Léïla Eisner is awarded the "Prix senior Maurice Chalumeau 2020" for her thesis on the dynamics between the perception of tolerance towards sexual minorities and legal changes.
New overview thanks to the "Swiss Social Policy Dictionary".
The 251 contributions collected in this dictionary illustrate the great diversity and breadth of social policies. Although they are little valued in public opinion, they seem self-evident, operating, so to speak, in the background and on the margins of society, as Stéphane Rossini, Director of the Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO), points out in the preface to the dictionary. The new edition of the dictionary makes visible both the contents and the historical references of social policies, their relationship and links with other political fields, Swiss specificities and current and future challenges.
LIVES international call for projects - Congratulations to the 4 winning projects
Four research projects won the international call for proposals launched in May. In total, 21 proposals were submitted and reviewed by a LIVES Board Committee and one external reviewer. They were ranked on the following criteria: expertise, originality, feasibility, interdisciplinarity, output potential, international collaboration as well as the correspondence to LIVES major research goals.
Boys have higher career aspirations than girls
Young men have higher career aspirations than young women. By the age of 15, young people are already adjusting their career aspirations to what they consider to be realistic possibilities in relation to their educational background. Various factors seem to influence vocational aspirations: social status of the occupation, type of post-compulsory education, level of parental education.
Challenges for the successful integration of immigrant children in Switzerland in the transition to adulthood.
This thesis explores the existence (or not) of structural inequalities and their role in the process of the "successful" integration of immigrant children in Switzerland during the transition to adulthood. Dr Andrés Guarin focuses on three dimensions:
Social change and perceptions of norms, a virtuous circle for greater tolerance of sexual minorities
In Switzerland, sexual minorities are increasingly tolerated and recently passed laws are bringing equality closer. However, according to Dr Léïla Eisner's thesis, it is not yet certain whether this change in perception is actually being perceived.
Sense of continuity, an ally in coping with the loss of a partner
Dr Charikleia Lampraki's thesis shows the impact on health of senses of self-continuity and social continuity after the loss of a partner.
Persistent gender wage gaps in Switzerland
In his thesis, Dr Patrick McDonald observed that for men, marriage is associated with a wage premium, while for women, having children is associated with a wage penalty, especially for young mothers.