Call for Papers: Family and Fertility over the Life Course in Europe

University of St Andrews, 15 and 16 November 2018
Deadline for papers: 30 September 2018

In the past decades, European societies have experienced significant changes in partnership, family and fertility dynamics. Marriage rates have declined in all European countries, non-marital cohabitation has become common, and divorce and separation have significantly increased. Childbearing has been postponed, but fertility levels fluctuate over time and vary across countries. Growing immigrant and ethnic minority populations have contributed to the diversity of family forms and individual life courses. Changing partnership and childbearing patterns have major implications for social stratification and health inequalities in the later life course.

This international symposium brings together researchers in the areas of family, fertility, migration and the life course to discuss recent research and the challenges that changing demographic realities pose to European countries at individual, regional and societal levels. The workshop is jointly organised by the University of St Andrews and the ESRC Centre for Population Change, and it will be held in Lower College Hall, the University of St Andrews.

Confirmed keynote speakers are Prof Aat Liefbroer (University of Amsterdam and NIDI), Prof Francesco Billari (Bocconi University), Dr Eleonora Mussino (Stockholm University) and CPC Director Prof Jane Falkingham (University of Southampton).

We invite contributions to the following sessions:
Partnerships and family (organiser: Júlia Mikolai)
Fertility (organisers: Hill Kulu and Elspeth Graham)
Migration, family, and fertility (organisers: Albert Sabater and David McCollum)
Family, health, and the life course (organiser: Katherine Keenan)

To submit a paper for the symposium, please send an abstract (max 250 words) to Christina Lamb at cpcscot@st-andrews.ac.uk by 30 September 2018. Slots for oral presentations are limited and authors will be informed by mid-October as to whether their paper has been accepted. There is no registration fee and meals during the symposium will be provided.


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Posted 07/09/2018 16:19