At the RC28 Spring Meeting 2026, LIfBi will have a conference booth to inform about selected projects and promote the institute’s data portfolio and services. Presentations by LIfBi researchers can be found in the current program on the official conference website.
Meet us at the LIfBi booth!
You will find our conference booth in the outdoor area near the cafeteria.
Our contributions
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
| 11:15 - 13:00 |
Session 1.4 | Education and the reproduction of inequality (Chair: Herman van de Werfhorst)
Health Segregation in Higher Education: A Choice Analysis. Helbig Laura, Institute for Employment Research; Jacqueline Kroh, LIfBi; Alexander Patzina, University of Bamberg
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| 13:00 - 14:15 |
Lunch break: Christian Lohmann at the LIfBi booth
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| 14:15 - 16:00 |
Session 2
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Thursday, May 21, 2026
| 9:00 - 10:45 |
Session 3.5 | Refugee integration: education, work, and housing (Chair: Gisela Will)
Residential Segregation of Refugees in Germany. Comparing Ukrainians and Earlier Refugee Groups in German Cities. Sarah George, LIfBi; Marcel Helbig, LIfBi
Boon or Barrier? Re-evaluating Germany’s newcomer classes for refugee students. Andreas Horr, LIfBi; Gisela Will, LIfBi; Aileen Edele, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Deferred start, separate class? Institutional conditions for refugee children’s inclusion in German primary schools. Julian Seuring, LIfBi; Gisela Will, LIfBi; Melanie Olczyk, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Session 3.6 Labour market and gender (Chair: Luis Ortiz-Gervasi)
Gendered Dynamics, Lost Potential: Interest Profiles in Segregated Career Choices. Corinna Kleinert, LIfBi; Brigitte Schels, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
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| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee break: Gisela Will at the LIfBi booth
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| 11:15 - 13:00 |
Session 4
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| 13:00 - 14:15 |
Lunch break: Melanie Olczyk at the LIfBi booth
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| 14:15 - 16:00 |
Session 5.5 | Intergenerational social mobility (Chair: Xi Song)
From Obedience to Independence? The Transformation of Parenting Values in a Cross-National Perspective. Christian Lohmann, LIfBi
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| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Break: Andreas Horr at the LIfBi booth
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Friday, May 22, 2026
| 9:00 - 10:45 |
Session 6.9 | Education and labour market (Chair: Steffen Schindler)
Formal further education across the life course and its labor market premiums in Germany. Steffen Schindler, University of Bamberg; Felix Bittmann, LIfBi
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| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee break
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| 11:15 - 13:00 |
Session 7.4 | Ocupational structure (Chair: Giorgio Cutuli)
Comparing alignment of 342 measures for socioeconomic family background. Ryan Alberto Gibbons, University of Turku; Jani Erola, University of Finland; Felix Bittmann, LIfBi; Dieuwke Zwier, European University Institute
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| 13:00 - 14:15 |
Lunch break: Corinna Kleinert at the LIfBi booth
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| 14:15 - 16:00 |
Session 8
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