This page will inform you about upcomming or past events, related to
our project, new publications, and its progress in general.
International final conference October 17, 2008, Brussels (Belgium)
Hosted by the Greens/EFA Group the final conference of the project takes place in
the European Parliament. Three presentations summarise the main results from the international analyses.
Four comments are spoken by external experts. About 140 people attend. The conference is titled
Job Mobilities in Europe. Relevance, Consequences, and New Challenges. More information
here.
National workshop October 17, 2008, Brussels (Belgium)
The Belgian team presents results, charecteristic for Belgium, in a workshop
following the final conference. Its title is Mobilités professionnelles et vies familiales
en Europe. More information
here.
1st book publication October 15, 2008, Opladen (Germany)
The first volume of the book series Mibile Living Across Europe is
published. Its title is Relevance and Diversity of Job-Related Spatial Mobility in Six European
Countries. The editors are Norbert F. Schneider and Gerardo Meil.
National workshop October 7, 2008, Madrid (Spain)
Results, based on the Spanish part of the survey, are presented on a workshop
in Madrid at the Universidad Autónoma. More information
here.
Session on the Conference of the German Association for Sociology October 7, 2008, Jena (Germany)
The bi-annual conference of the DGS (German Association for Sociology) takes place
from October 6 to October 10 in Jena. Norbert F. Schneider and Detlev Lück offer an ad hoc group
on job-related spatial mobility Erwerbstätigkeit und räumliche Mobilität. Zur
Etablierung eines neuen Forschungsfeldes in der Soziologie. Invited speakers within the project
are Silvia Ruppenthal, Heiko Rüger, Beate Collet. Further contributions come from Sven Kesselring
and Gerlinde Vogl (Munich), Kay W. Axhausen and Veronika Killer (Zürich), as well as Martin Abraham,
Natascha Nisic and Thess Schönholzer (Erlangen / Nuremberg). More information
here.
National workshop September 8, 2008, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Swiss results are presented on a workshop, titled Les “grands mobiles”
entre carrière professionnelle et vie familiale at the EPFL in Lausanne. More information
here.
9th Project meeting July 4-5, 2008, Munich (Germany)
The analyses, results, and chapter drafts for the first volume are discussed.
National workshop July 1, 2008, Warsaw (Poland)
The Polish team presents its results on the conference Mobilnosc na polskim
rynku pracy. Za i przeciw, konsekwencje ekonomiczne i spoleczne in the Ministry of Labour and
Social Policy in Warsaw. More information
here.
National workshop June 19, 2008, Lyon (France)
The French results are presented on the Journée d’étude
Mobilité géographique au travail et vie familiale in the Institute of
Political Studies in Lyon. More information
here.
3rd European Congress on Family Science June 12-14, 2008, Vienna (Austria)
The 3rd European Congress on Family Science takes place in Vienna. Among
other contributions, Norbert F. Schneider gives apresentation on Occupation, Mobility and Family in
Europe. More information here.
National workshop May 30, 2008, Mainz (Germany)
A workshop, titled Mobil, flexibel, gestresst? Individuelle und
gesellschaftliche Folgen berufsbedingter räumlicher Mobilität presents the results
from the German part of the survey at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. More information
here.
8th Project meeting March 7-8, 2008, Geneva (Switzerland)
The consortium meets in Geneva to assess the data quality after coherence analyses.
Last challenges regarding the weighting process are debated.
7th Project meeting October 5-6, 2007, Lyon (France)
The proceeding and outcomes of the field work are assessed. An examination plan
is finalised. A strategy regarding data cleaning and weighting is planned.
6th Project meeting March 12-13, 2007, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Last corrections in the questionnaire are made, based on the pre test results.
5th Project meeting January 20-21, 2007, Brussels (Belgium)
The team in Brussels hosts the fifth meeting. The structure and flow of the
questionnaire are decided. First pre (pre) test results are considered. Further pre tests are planned.
4th Project meeting November 30-December 2, 2006, Bamberg (Germany)
The consortium meets in Bamberg (Germany). In various expert groups question formulations are
evaluated, sorted out and structured.
3rd Project meeting October 12-14, 2006, Madrid (Spain)
From October 12 to October 14, 2006, the project members come together for a third meeting.
The host is the team in Madrid (Spain). The core issue is the questionnaire design.
Symposium on “Job Mobilities and Family Lives” at ESFR Congress September 28, 2006, Darmstadt (Germany)
During the 3rd ESFR Congress, from
September 28–30 2006 at the Technical University Darmstadt (Germany) Prof. Norbert F. Schneider organizes a
Symposium on “Job Mobilities and Family Lives”. It takes place on September 28, between 3:10 and 4:40 pm.
Speakers are: Dr. Mette Deding (“Geographical mobility of Danish dual-earner couples - The
Relationship between Change of Job and Change of Residence”) from SFI in Copenhagen (Denmark), Prof. Helen Louise Ackers (“Understanding Stickiness in Mobility
Decisions: the Impact of Gender and Life-course on Length of Stay”) from
University of Leeds, and Liz Oliver (“Families and fixed term contracts: Understanding the
expectation of mobility in science”) again from University of
Leeds.
2nd Project meeting June 22-24, 2006, Warsaw (Poland)
From June 22 to June 24, 2006, the project members meet in Warsaw (Poland) for their
second project meeting. On the agenda are discussions about the final work on the background research
that had been done during the last months, as well as discussions about the questionnaire design and
fieldwork that lie ahead.
Presentation at the final conference of PIONEUR project March 10, 2006, Firenze (Italy)
Initiating “kick off” meeting February 2-4, 2006, Mainz (Germany)
From February 2 to February 4, 2006, all project members come together to an
initiating “kick off” meeting at the University of Mainz (Germany). Also Pia Laurila,
the Project Officer for JobMob and FamLives and representative of the European Commission,
participated.
Project Start February 1, 2006
On February 1, 2006, the JobMob and FamLives project officially starts.
