OPPORTUNITY! Academic Staff Member @University of Potsdam Full-time postdoc. Apps. invited from candidates with a b/ground in sociology, edu. science, pol. science, psychology, or related disciplines. www.uni-potsdam.de/en/socedlico... Deadline: 15.08.26 Contact: @kasparburger.bsky.social

Congrats to @Peter Lynn, @universityofessex.bsky.social, winner of this year's SLLS Harvey Goldstein Memorial Award 🏆👏 In recognition of his significant contributions in advancing longitudinal survey methodology 🌟 Past winners: @matstud.bsky.social, @Laura Bernardi, and @Francesco Billari.

📢Congratulations to Ingrid Schoon @ucl.ac.uk, winner of this year's SLLS John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award 🏆👏 Past winners inc. Richard Settersten, Mel Bartley, Walter Heinz, Phyllis Moen, Diana Kuh, Jeylan Mortimer, Karl Ulrich Mayer, Heather Joshi, Glen H. Elder Jr. & John Bynner.

📢Call for Expression of Interest LLCS Journal - Special Issue on Intersectionality and the Body Deadline: 30 September 2026 Full info: www.slls.org.uk/pages/llcs-j... About LLCS: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

#SLLS2026 saw the SLLS presidential handover take place from Dale Dannefer @casewestern.bsky.social to Lisa Calderwood, @clscohorts.bsky.social. CONGRATULATIONS Lisa! 🌟 THANK YOU to Dale for his leadership over the past few years and work in taking the SLLS forward.👏 www.slls.org.uk

📢And so it begins! Looking forward to welcoming delegates from all over the world for #SLLS2026 @Université libre de Bruxelles. Thanks to the event sponsors: @CLOSER @Population Research UK @UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @Panel Study of Income Dynamics www.sllsconference.com

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies journal is pleased to welcome Kristina Thompson as Associate Editor, Health and Population Sciences. Kristina, from Wageningen University & Research, brings a wealth of expertise as a health demographer and life course researcher to the board.

Sign up! Webinar taking place this Thursday! ⬇️ The Affective Wellbeing of Ukranian Refugees in Germany: Evidence from Five Waves of Representative Panel Data Dr. Lisa Kriechel, BiB, Germany 2-3pm CEST / Via Zoom Free and open to all, but registration is required: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

REGISTER for the next talk in the SLLS Webinar Series ⬇️ The Affective Wellbeing of Ukranian Refugees in Germany: Evidence from Five Waves of Representative Panel Data Lisa Kriechel, Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB) 11 June 2026 1-2pm UK, BST www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

📢 Young Lives is recruiting! Join our friendly, supportive team as a Quantitative Research Assistant & be part of a unique longitudinal study of poverty & inequality in Ethiopia, India, Peru & Vietnam, since 2002. Application link in the comments. @odid-qeh.bsky.social #job #vancancy #researcher

REGISTER NOW! 👇 SLLS Annual International Conference 2026 'Structure and Change in Critical Times: Implications for the Life Course' Hosted by the Université Libre de Bruxelles 29 June - 1 July www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-... www.sllsconference.com

🕔Taking place tomorrow! SLLS Webinar Series - Session 5 Places, Times, and the Structure of Lives: Advancing Comparative Life Course Research Presenters: Leping Wang, Zhiyong Lin & Kent Jason Cheng 14.05.26 / 5-6:30pm UK, BST (12:00 – 13:30 EDT) Full details: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

REGISTER NOW! SLLS Webinar Series 2026: Session 5 Places, Times, and the Structure of Lives: Advancing Comparative Life Course Research 14.05.26 / 5-6pm UK, BST (12-1:30pm EST) Via Zoom Webinars are free & open to all, but registration is required. Register www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

📢 Register now for the next talk in this year's SLLS Webinar Series! Digital Technology, Mental Health and Young People: To Ban or Not to Ban Cara Booker, Senior Research Fellow, ISER, Uni. of Essex 30.04.26 / 3-4pm BST / Via Zoom Register: www.slls.org.uk/.../slls-web....

Great to see Life Course Centre Research Fellow Stefanie Plage sharing her insights in this upcoming free webinar. It's worth tuning in!! Registration details in post below 👇👇 @spqueensland.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Longitudinal & Lifecourse Research Designs in Higher Education Longitudinal & Life Course Studies (LLCS) welcomes contributions to a new special issue, guest edited by Daria Luchinskaya & Rita Hordósy. Submission deadline: 30.04.26 Full details: www.slls.org.uk/pages/llcs-j...

SLLS Webinar Series 2026 - Register now! From Postdoc to PI: Navigating Major Research Funding in International Contexts Marta Facchini (Uni. of Turku), Jess Bone (Uni. College London), and Stefanie Plage (Uni. of Queensland) 19.03.26 8-9am (UK, GMT) REGISTER: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

Early summer, new skills shine with #GESISworkshops in June 🌞 Explore: 📊 Advanced R Programming 📈 Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis (in German) 🗺️ Advanced Geospatial Data Processing for Social Scientists 📍 Geodata and Spatial Regression Analysis Program ➡️ gesis.org/training Details 🧵👇

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (LLCS), the journal of @sllshome.bsky.social and published by @bupjournals.bsky.social, invites applications for the role of Section Editor, Health and Population Sciences. Closing date: 30th April. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

📢 Webinar taking place tomorrow! Science in Action: Turning Demographic Data into Policy Insight at the Joint Research Centre Alba Bernini, Scientific Project Officer, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission 26.02.26 9-10am (GMT) Via Zoom Register www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

Are you struggling to bridge the gap between your qualitative and quantitative data? 🔍 Join the MethodsNET Mixed Methods Community on Feb 19 for a webinar with Kevin Proudfoot. 👉 Register here: forms.gle/HiPEX8ptt7JH... #AcademicSky #MixedMethods #MethodsNET

New Issue Out Now! Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (LLCS) International Journal Vol. 17, Issue 1 (Jan 2026) Issue contents: www.slls.org.uk/pages/journal Access via SLLS membership: www.slls.org.uk/pages/become... Other ways to subscribe: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Great opportunity for anyone working with longitudinal data and life course perspectives. Very much looking forward to #SLLS2026 in Brussels (hosted at the Free University of Brussels, ULB). Please consider submitting and sharing widely! More information: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

🕔 Deadline approaching - get your submissions in by 13.02.26! 📑

📰 Hold the front page! CLS' @dominicpkelly.bsky.social is to join Longitudinal and Life Course Studies as section editor, with Larissa Pople and Liam Wright as associate editors – big news for CLS colleagues! @sllshome.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/49RmEDQ

We're thrilled that Dominic Kelly, Larissa Pople and Liam Wright from the @clscohorts.bsky.social have joined Longitudinal and Life Course Studies as the new Study Profiles editorial team! New study profile submissions welcome! Find out more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

⏰Taking place this Thursday! FREE WEBINAR Sustaining Adult Cohort Studies Over Time: Refresh Samples in Germany and Brazil 15.01.26 / 3-4pm UK, GMT / Zoom With talks from Markus Nester (LifBi) and Flavio Demarco (University of Pelotas). REGISTER: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

Why do so many children in the youth justice system have special educational needs? Longitudinal and Life Course Studies author Hope Kent answers this question in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-so-many-... @sllshome.bsky.social

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: Call for Study Profiles Section Editor Closing date: 14 November 2025 @sllshome.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

LLCS Journal - New Issue Out Now! Vol 16, Issue 4 (Oct 25) Contents bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... Full access via membership of the SLLS www.slls.org.uk/pages/become... Or institutional subscription bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 🌟

📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SLLS Annual Conference 2026 Structure & Change in Critical Times: Implications for the Life Course Université Libre de Bruxelles 1 - 3 July 2026 For full details and to submit an abstract: www.sllsconference.com/callforabstr... Deadline for submissions: 13 February 2026

📣 Call for Study Profiles Section Editor 📣 Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is seeking a proactive and well-networked individual to be the next Study Profiles Section Editor. For more information and to apply, visit: www.slls.org.uk/pages/opport... Closing date: 14 November 2025

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies journal has welcomed four new associate editors. Maud Reveilhac and Kane Meissel join Statistical Sciences and Methodology while @timtmorris.bsky.social and @rebeccalacey.bsky.social join Health and Population Sciences. @lut.fi @aucklanduni.bsky.social

NEW DATA! Harmonised data on diabetes from five British cohorts – born in 1946, 1958, 1970 and 1989-90 and 2000-02 – are now available for the scientific community to download from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social Find out more on the CLS website – bit.ly/4nBh4ew

Research impact isn't just about the "big wins". This blog from Charis Bridger Staatz & @evietabor.bsky.social calls for better recognition the gradual, complex pathways through which longitudinal studies create change. It’s time to celebrate influence, not just outcomes. @sllshome.bsky.social

🧬Exciting new genetic data release! Polygenic scores for more than 30,000 people across four CLS cohort studies are now available, making cross-cohort analyses using derived genetic measures possible. Find out more about the accessible data on the CLS website👉 buff.ly/iI8iq9n

🏆Congratulations to Matthias Studer #unige - winner of the 2025 SLLS Harvey Goldstein Memorial Award! The award honours scholars who have made significant contributions in advancing methodologies for life course studies. 2026 award call for nominations 03.04.26 www.slls.org.uk/pages/awards

🏆Congratulations to Rick Settersten (Oregon State U.), winner of the 2025 SLLS John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award. The award honours scholars who have made significant contributions in advancing the longitudinal study & scientific understanding of the life course. www.slls.org.uk/pages/awards

The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie! Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026 www.ecsr2026.net #ECSR2026 Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026

Date for the diary! Join us online next Thursday at 13:00 (UK time) to learn more about Growing Up in Digital Europe & feed into plans for the UK pilot. This new Europe-wide study will collect internationally comparable data on children’s wellbeing. More info: bit.ly/4pl4YHs @drlisac.bsky.social

Day 3 of #SLLS2025 has begun! Opening and closing with keynotes from Mel Bartley (UCL) and Jessica A. Kelley (CWRU, Ohio), with a busy programme of talks in between. Wishing our delegates an enjoyable final day! www.sllsconference.com www.slls.org.uk

And onto Day 2 of #SLLS2025! A day packed with a broad range of talks, starting with a keynote from Denis Gerstorf, Humboldt University Berlin, and ending with the conference dinner - a perfect way for all delegates to wind down and mingle after a busy day 😊 www.sllsconference.com www.slls.org.uk

📢 And so it begins! Wishing all delegates at #SLLS2025 an enjoyable three days at the University of Fribourg #PopHealthLab Many thanks to the event sponsors: #Centre_LIVES @clscohorts.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social www.sllsconference.com

Grab the last few tickets for the 14th conference of the Society for Longitudinal & Life Course Studies, on the theme 'Life Course Transitions & Patterns: Stronger Evidence for Better Policies'. 8-10 September 2025 / University of Fribourg, Switzerland BOOK HERE: www.slls.org.uk/events/2025-...

Latest Issue of the @sllshome.bsky.social journal, Longitudinal and LifeCourse Studies (LLCS), is out now via @bupjournals.bsky.social One highlight is a comment and debate on re-considering ‘impact’ for longitudinal social science research bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

SLLS HALF DAY WORKSHOPS - OPEN TO ALL - REGISTER HERE! Thursday 11 September 2025 / University of Fribourg / In Person For full details of all four workshops and to book your place, visit: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

📢 Free webinar taking place tomorrow! Register: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

📣 Calling all life course studies students! Have you seen our LLCS essential reading list? This cutting edge research is free to access until 31 October, so you can start the term feeling informed! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/LLCS... @sllshome.bsky.social

Webinar taking place next week - there's still time to register! 👇 www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...

REGISTER! 👇 'Wellbeing Among Displaced Adolescents: Early Results from the “Refugees from Ukraine in Germany” Study' Ludovica Gambaro, Federal Institute for Population Research 10 July 2025 / Webinar via Zoom 8:00 - 9:00 London, BST (17:00 - 18:00 Canberra, ACT) www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...