This call is specifically geared towards young scholars - doctoral or post-doctoral researchers - who plan to do innovative research on the life course.

At the end of 2022, the LIVES Centre launched a call to its members to collect "seed money" grants. These applications aim to obtain funds from another donor for the preparation of new research projects on life course and vulnerability.

Press release - Corporate culture

In the 33rd issue of the series Social Change in Switzerland, Dominique Joye and colleagues report the results of a new survey that asks the Swiss to rate the prestige of a range of professions.

On Thursday 9 February 2023, the LIVES Centre held the 12th edition of its Doctoriales: a research day entirely dedicated to the thesis work of doctoral students. They presented the current state of their research and submitted it to the criticism of experts.

In the framework of its Doctoriales, Centre LIVES organised a public lecture by Prof.

On 22 June 2022, the LIVES Centre invited its members and alumni at the Olympic museum in Lausanne to party together on LIVES Day... and Night!

On this event, some people had the courage to answer the questions of our cameramen. (videos are in French)

The open access interdisciplinary book “Withstanding Vulnerability Throughout Adult Life” integrates the major findings and theoretical advances of a 12-year research program run by the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES re

In the 32nd issue of the series Social Change in Switzerland, Sebastian Weingartner and Jörg Rössel show that between 1976 and 2019 the Swiss population has become significantly more culturally active.

On the occasion of its first 12 years of research on vulnerability along the life course, the LIVES Centre publishes a booklet gathering all the editions of its LIVES Impact, policy briefs published since 2015.