CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Structure and Change in Critical Times: Implications for the Life Course
Deadline for submissions: Friday 13th February 2026 (17:00 London, GMT)
The Society's 15th annual conference will take place on Wednesday 1st - Friday 3rd July 2026, hosted by the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Pre-conference workshops will take place on Tuesday 30th June 2026.
The overall topic of the conference is Structure and Change in Critical Times: Implications for the Life Course. The aim of the event is to generate and exchange information on comparable data resources with information of early predictors on later outcomes across different domains and across different life stages. We welcome conference submissions from all areas of longitudinal and life course studies: sociological, psychological, epidemiological, economic, social developmental and ageing processes and functioning within and across life course stages; methods and findings of cohort or panel studies and record linkage, household, and income dynamics; intergenerational transfers and returns to learning; gene environment interactions; ‘mixed’, and comparative methods; innovative methodology in design, measurement, data management, analysis and research practice (quantitative and qualitative).
This conference will be an IN-PERSON event at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
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PROPOSALS ARE INVITED FOR FIVE TYPES OF PRESENTATION:
POSTER
For which an abstract of no more than 300 words is required.
INDIVIDUAL PAPER
For which an abstract of no more than 300 words is required. Papers which do not fit into regular sessions may be
allocated as posters.
SYMPOSIUM
Comprising of four to five papers. Accepted symposia will be allocated a time slot of 1.5 hrs. For each symposium we require a summary abstract of no more than 200 words, plus an abstract of no more than 300 words for each paper.
PANEL
For which an abstract of no more than 300 words is required. Maximum of five panelists.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (30th June 2026)
Half or full day duration. For which an abstract of no more than 300 words is required.
Please note: All contributors will be notified of the conference committee’s decision by 20th March 2026. If we are oversubscribed with quality submissions, it may be necessary to limit acceptance of lead-authored papers to one per presenter.
Conference fees are reduced for SLLS members, so please consider becoming a member if you are not already! Click here for full details and to sign up.
The Society’s Journal, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, will be a possible outlet for the publication of conference papers.