2024/2025 PhD Seminars
24/10/2025
Navigating Work-Life Challenges with Insights from the CAPABLE Project - Mara Yerkes, Utrecht University
Discussant: Ester Gubert
18/09/2025
Publishing in peer-reviewed journals - Prof. Tim Liao - University of Illinois -
08/04/2025
Using Difference-in-Differences to Measure Political Effects: Evidence from the Catalonian independence process - Francisco Herrros Vazquez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
07/04/2025
Writing for Peer-Reviewed Publications - Carmen L. Morano - University at Albany
26/03/2025
Social Networks of Meaning and Communication - Jan Fuhse - Humboldt University of Berlin
18/02/2025
Helen Kowalewska - Univesity of Bath University of Bath. Perspectives from Social Policy - 10.00 AM - Meeting Room 3
Erynn Casanova - University of Cincinnati. Writing Research Proposals. Virtual Joint Pro-Seminar for Sociology Graduate Students University of Cincinnati & Università di Trento - Cincinnati 12.30 - 1.50 PM / Trento 18.30 - 19.50
03/02/2025
Family Demography - Ann Berrington - University of Southampton
04/12/2024
Maternal guilt (MatGuilt) Measurement, correlates, and policy solutions in the Italian context. Giulia Dotti Sani - Unversity of Milan
Discussant: Giovanni Minchio
9/11/2024 17:30 online - PhD assembly's seminar on mental health topics
"Work Life Balance Seminar - U Cincinnati" Julia Tena Mensa moderates a conversation with Professor Oneya Okuwobi of the University of Ciccinnati about the Work Life Balance
2023/2024 PhD Seminars
09/05/2024
Chairman Mao’s Children: Generation and the Politics of Memory in China. Bin Xu - Emory University and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Discussant: Cristina Mazzero
24/04/2024
Rigorous Sociology: Unity in Diversity. Werner Raub, Utrecht University
Discussant: Lorenzo Bernabei
15/03/2024
Exploring open peer review in scholarly journals with computational models. Flaminio Squazzoni, University of Milan
Discussant: Ariadna Albors
21/02/2024
Education for All?: Literature, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark. Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University
Discussant: Yuxin Zhang
2022/2023 PhD Seminars
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Speaker: Vito Peragine, University of Bari
Topic: "Inequality of opportunity in South Asia"
Overview: Critical review of economic literature on equality and inequality of opportunity, proposing a 'canonical model' and exploring compensation and reward principles.
Thursday, 3 November 2022
Speaker: Kristian Karlson, Copenhagen University
Topic: "Do Brother Correlations in Occupational Status and Income Overlap? Evidence on the Common Family Origins of Attainment in the United States and Denmark"
Overview: Examining brother similarities in occupational status and income, exploring the impact of family characteristics on attainment in the United States and Denmark.
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Speaker: Stefan Voigt, University of Hamburg
Topic: "Social Norms - Determinants, Incompatibilities, Effects"
Overview: Discussing the importance of social norms in institutional economics, exploring the compatibility between formal and informal institutions and the challenges of changing informal institutions.
Thursday, 20 April 2023
Speaker: Ewa Jarosz - University of Warsaw
Topic: "Maternal free time - a missing element in fertility studies"
Overview: Examining the association between maternal free time, tiredness, and satisfaction with leisure with second birth transitions, emphasizing a nuanced perspective on mothers' personal lives.
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Speaker: Herman G. Van De Werfhorst, European University Institute
Topic: "The societal tasks of schooling: qualification, allocation, and socialization in comparative perspective"
Overview: Exploring the societal functions of education in terms of qualification, allocation, and socialization, highlighting trade-offs in educational policy-making.
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Speaker: Frank Kalter - University of Mannheim
Topic: "How much integration is wanted? A vignette study on outgroup mobility threat (OMT) in Germany."
Overview: Investigating outgroup mobility threat in Germany, exploring the impact on acceptance and recognition of descendants of immigrants in education and labor markets.