The Summer School of the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies will take place from August, 26-30 at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories in Bamberg.
The program includes lectures and discussions led by expert researchers. Examples are drawn from a wide range of longitudinal data sets and illustrated with social and biological life course outcomes. Computer lab sessions develop practical and statistical skills for life course research.
Life course research is a burgeoning, interdisciplinary field of studies. It is characterized by theoretical approaches that reflect and inform diverse areas such as sociology, demography, epidemiology, economics, psychology, and social biology. It is also characterized by a set of commonly-used quantitative research methods, such as event-history analysis, multi-level modelling, structural equation modelling and sequence analysis that span disciplinary boundaries.
The Summer School on Longitudinal and Life Course Research brings together scholars from diverse backgrounds and introduces them to the main theories and methods in longitudinal and life course research. Previous schools have been held in Antwerp, Oxford, Bamberg, Zurich, Milan and Geneva.
The Summer School is intended for post-doctoral fellows and postgraduate research students who are interested in exploring the potential of longitudinal and life course research or who wish to further develop their existing skills.
Important Dates
- 15th March 2024: Opening of application submission
- 31st May 2024: Closure of application submission
- 12th June 2024: Notification of admission
- 12th July 2024: Deadline for the payment of the tuition fee
Application
For the registration please send the following documents to slls-summerschool@lifbi.de:
- A motivation letter presenting your current research and its link with the life course perspective (no longer than 1 page) (pdf format)
- A curriculum vitae including a list of publications (pdf format)
Deadline to submit your application: 31 May 2024
Maximum number of students enrolled: 35
Tuition fees
500 Euro, covering lectures and computer labs sessions by recognized scholars, coffee breaks as well as the welcome and concluding aperitives.
Lunch and hotel accommodation are not included.
Participants are responsible for all costs. This includes transportation, food and accommodation. For lodging, Bamberg offers a wide range of youth hostels, hotels, Airbnbs and holiday apartments.
Students must bring their own laptop to attend the statistics courses.
Draft programme
Monday, August 26
| 11:00 - 12:00 a.m. |
Arrival and registration
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| 12:00 - 12:15 a.m. |
Welcome
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| 12:15 - 01:45 p.m. |
Keynote lecture
Aart Liefbroer
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01:45 - 02:00 p.m.
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Coffee and tea break
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| 02:00 - 03:30 p.m. |
Life course epidemiology lecture
Stéphane Cullati
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| 03:30 - 03:45 p.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 03:45 - 05:15 p.m. |
Life course and genetics lecture
Michael J. Shanahan
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| 05:15 - 05:30 p.m. |
Group photo
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| 05:30 - 06:00 p.m. |
Installation of software (R, R studio, and STATA)
(facultative, according to students' needs)
Doris Stingl
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| 06:00 p.m. |
Welcome aperitif dinner
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Tuesday, August 27
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Multilevel analysis lecture
Ian Ross MacMillan
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
Multilevel analysis lecture
Ian Ross MacMillan
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| 12:30 - 01:30 p.m. |
Lunch break
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| 01:30 - 03:00 p.m. |
Multilevel analysis computer lab
Dimitri Mortelmans
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| 03:00 - 03:30 p.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 03:30 - 05:00 p.m. |
Multilevel analysis computer lab
Dimitri Mortelmans
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| 06:00 p.m. |
Beer garden "Spezial Keller"
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Wednesday, August 28
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Sequence analysis lecture
Matthias Studer
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
Sequence analysis lecture
Matthias Studer
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| 12:30 - 01:30 p.m. |
Lunch break
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| 01:30 - 03:00 p.m. |
Sequence analysis computer lab
Matthias Studer
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| 03:00 - 03:30 p.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 03:30 - 05:00 p.m. |
Sequence analysis computer lab
Matthias Studer
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| 06:00 p.m. |
Guided city tour Bamberg
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Thursday, August 29
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Event history analysis lecture
Hill Kulu
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
Event history analysis lecture
Hill Kulu
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| 12:30 - 01:30 p.m. |
Lunch break
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| 01:30 - 03:00 p.m. |
Event history analysis computer lab
Karel Neels
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| 03:00 - 03:30 p.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 03:30 - 05:00 p.m. |
Event history analysis computer lab
Karel Neels
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Friday, August 30
| 9:00 - 09:30 a.m. |
Longitudinal data:
The case of the NEPS data formats
and data access options
Daniel Fuß
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| 09:30 - 09:45 a.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 09:45 - 10:30 a.m. |
Longitudinal competence data
Timo Gnambs
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| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. |
Coffee and tea break
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| 10:45 - 12:15 p.m. |
Statistical analysis for longitudinal
or hierarchical data with missing values
Christian Aßmann
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| 12:15 - 12:30 p.m. |
Closing of the summer school
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| 12:30 - 01:30 p.m. |
Lunchtime aperitif
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