This grant is aimed at foreign researchers who wish to visit the LIVES Centre in Lausanne or Geneva for a period of at least two months and covers travel and/or accommodation expenses. Eight researchers will visit us in 2023.
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.
After an explosive program in 2022, the LIVES Center wishes you a year 2023 full of projects and satisfactions.
We look forward to seeing you again!
The LIVES Centre team
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.
In the 31st issue of the series Social Change in Switzerland, Adrien Remund and Stéphane Cullati show that between 1990 and 2014 life expectancy increased by three years for women and five years for men.
Press release
To celebrate the hard work of the 450 researchers and administrative staff who have collaborated with LIVES during its first 12 years, numerous research activities and dissemination of results to scientists, authorities, professionals and the general public have been