Projets

This call is specifically geared towards young scholars - doctoral or post-doctoral researchers - who plan to do innovative research on the life course.

Adults continue to learn throughout their lives, particularly at times of transition or novelty. However, the social sciences have done little to investigate the nature of what is learned, and have so far focused mainly on the professional domain.

Switzerland has become one of the countries with the highest life expectancy in the world, with scientific estimates predicting that one in two children born after the year 2000 will celebrate their 100th birthday.

On 9 March 2022, Roberta Besozzi defended her thesis "Company apprentice trainers: career paths and relationship to the job in French-speaking Switzerland", under the supervision of Prof. Nicky Le Feuvre (UNIL) and Prof. Nadia Lamamra (HEFP).

How does the closure of a factory affect the employment and well-being of displaced workers?

A new indicator measures the concentration of critical events in the life course.

On Thursday 29 June 2023, Kevin Emery defended his thesis entitled "Handling missing data in multichannel life course analysis" at the University of Lausanne. The LIVES Centre warmly congratulates him on obtaining his doctorate in applied mathematics for the humanities and social sciences!

Children and adults have responded differently to recent international crises, namely the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Personal income after retirement comes from financial reserves, the build-up of which depends on initial social characteristics (positional factors, such as gender or age), career paths (processual factors) and institutional arrangements rela

Growing up in rural areas leads to a long-term disadvantage in cognitive functioning. Even after controlling for differences in education and occupation, living in rural (as opposed to urban) areas early in life remained associated with poorer cognitive performance later in life.

At the end of 2022, the LIVES Centre launched a call to its members to collect "seed money" grants. These applications aim to obtain funds from another donor for the preparation of new research projects on life course and vulnerability.

In 2024, the LIVES Centre awarded seed money funding to two teams. The aim of this funding is to obtain funds from another donor for the preparation of new projects on the life course and vulnerability. The two winning projects are the following:

Press release

On Monday 8 May 2023, more than 50 professionals and experts met to discuss the subject of divorced or separated families.

The research program NRP 80 focuses on understanding and addressing the societal challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. It aims to provide evidence-based guidance and knowledge to effectively manage the current and future pandemics.

In today's unstable and insecure working environment, developing and maintaining sustainable careers has become a major concern.

Press release - Corporate culture

Progressive municipalities and health inequalities - a Swiss paradox?

To the researchers' surprise, inequalities in health based on social status are greater in economically progressive locations in Switzerland.

Although the study of social class is part of a long tradition of sociological research, little is known about the psychological differences between people of different socio-economic status.

On 23 March 2023, Greta Mikneviciute defended her thesis entitled "Psychophysiological and cognitive effects of acute stress in young and older adults

The regularisation of undocumented migrants is favourable for social and family integration, especially for men. Regularised people have regained their freedom of movement, and enjoy better working, housing and health conditions, as well as a better financial situation.

Under the leading role of the University of Dublin (Ireland) Pr

On 14 December 2022, Aurélie Chopard-dit-Jean defended her doctoral thesis entitled "Talking about death in medico-social establishments (EMS) and residential establishments for dependent elderly people (EHPAD): towards a psychological understanding of residents' relationship with life and death"

On 22 June 2023, Fiona Köster defended her thesis "The effect of major life events on labour market outcomes and well-being." and obtained her doctorate in social sciences from the University of Lausanne. The team of the LIVES Centre warmly congratulates her on this achievement!

In Switzerland, between 1979 and 2011, the number of close friends from the age of 65 has increased.