SLLS Summer School on Longitudinal and Life Course Research (7th of July to 11th of July 2025)

The SLLS Summer School's aim is to give an overview of the main theoretical and methodological approaches relevant for researchers using longitudinal data and/or a life course perspective. Composed of both lectures and hands-on lab sessions by renowned experts from a variety of disciplines, participants are introduced to the conceptual frameworks and statistical tools needed to set up their own research practices within the burgeoning field of life course studies, or to harness the power of longitudinal data to answer their research questions. Intended for doctoral and postdoctoral students, this summer school gives an introduction to life course perspectives in sociology, demography and epidemiology, and focuses on methods such as multilevel modelling, event-history analysis, social sequence analysis and casual inference methods.

Programme :

Monday 07 July 2025

11:30-12:30  Arrival + Lunch + Welcome

12:30-14:00 Lifecourse Sociology Lecture (Prof Dr Anette Fasang, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)

14:00-14:15 Coffee and tea break 

14:15-15:45 Biomarkers in Lifecourse Research (Dr Raphaële Castagné, INSERM/Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier)

15:45-16:00 Coffee and tea break

16:00-17:30 Lifecourse models and measures of social position in epidemiology (Dr Stephane Cullati, Université de Fribourg/Prof Dr Bram Vanhoutte, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

17:30 Welcome reception 

Tuesday 08 July 2025

9:00-10:30 Multilevel Analysis Lecture (Prof Dr Ross MacMillan, University of Limerick)

10:30-11:00 Coffee and tea break

11:00-12:30 Multilevel Analysis Lecture (Prof Dr Ross MacMillan, University of Limerick)

12:30-13:30 Lunchtime

13:30-15:00 Multilevel Analysis Lab (Prof Dr Ross MacMillan, University of Limerick)

15:00-15:30 Coffee and tea break

15:30-17:00 Multilevel Analysis Lab (Prof Dr Ross MacMillan, University of Limerick)

18:00 Cultural visit (more information soon) 

Wednesday 09 July 2025

9:00-10:30 Sequence Analysis Lecture (Dr Kevin Emery, Université de Genève)

10:30-11:00 Coffee and tea break

11:00-12:30 Sequence Analysis Lecture (Dr Kevin Emery, Université de Genève)

12:30-13:30  Lunchtime

13:30-15:00  Sequence Analysis Lab (Dr Kevin Emery, Université de Genève)

15:00-15:30 Coffee and tea break

15:30-17:00 Sequence Analysis Lab (Dr Kevin Emery, Université de Genève)

Tuesday 10 July 2025

9:00-10:30 Event History Lecture (Prof Dr Hill Kulu, University of St Andrews)

10:30-11:00 Coffee and tea break

11:00-12:30 Event History Lecture (Prof Dr Hill Kulu, University of St Andrews)

12:30-13:30 Lunchtime 

13:30-15:00 Event History Lab (Prof Dr Karel Neels, Universiteit Antwerpen)

15:00-15:30.  Coffee and tea break

15:30-17:00 Event History Lab (Prof Dr Karel Neels, Universiteit Antwerpen)

18:00 Cultural visit (more information soon)

Friday 11 July 2025

9:00-10:30 Causal Inference Lecture (Dr Louise Poppe & Dr Annick De Paepe, Universiteit Gent)

10:30-11:00 Coffee and tea break

11:00-12:30 Causal Inference Lecture (Dr Louise Poppe & Dr Annick De Paepe, Universiteit Gent)

12:30-12:45 Closing of the summer school 

12:45 -13:30 Lunchtime