Remote work does not erode our social relationships
Mattia Vacchiano, a sociologist at the University of Geneva.
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Are we all equal in the face of time?
Caroline Roberts, a methodologist at the University of Lausanne and project leader of STRATUS. | KA
“We need to bring death back into life”
Valérie-Anne Ryser, a psycho-sociologist at FORS | KA
Qualifications, salary, wealth: when DNA plays a lesser role in the equation
Alicia Garcia-Sierra, a sociologist at the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid and a former member of the LIVES Centre | César Fuster Llamazares
A Look Back at LIVES Day 2026
On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, the LIVES Center took over the Uni Mail campus in Geneva for another successful edition of LIVES Day. This event provides a unique opportunity for all LIVES members to explore the diversity of research projects being conducted within our network.
Social trust in Switzerland: older people are gaining confidence while young people are stagnating
In the 44th issue of the journal Social Change in Switzerland, Claire Janssen, Ursina Kuhn and Marieke Voorpostel demonstrate that, unlike in the United States, social trust in Switzerland has not declined since the early 2000s.
What is a good life? 95 researchers have taken on the challenge of answering this question
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Gender-based and homophobic violence: a persistent reality in Swiss initial vocational training
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The average tenure of Swiss economic elites has been cut in half
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