Steering Committee


Prof. H.-P.Blossfeld (Chair) Prof. Johann Bacher
Prof. Michael Tåhlin Prof. Jan Van Bavel
Prof. Tomáš Sirovátka Dr. Ellu Saar
Prof. Dr. Heather Hofmeister Prof. Dr. Melinda Mills
Johanna Dämmrich (Progr. Coord.)

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Blossfeld (Chair)

Lehrstuhl für Soziologie I
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Postfach 1549
D-96045 Bamberg
Germany
Phone: (+49)-(0)951-863-2595
Fax: (+49)-(0)951-863-2597
Mail:
soziologie1@sowi.uni-bamberg.de
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Prof. Dr. Johann Bacher

Institut für Soziologie
Abteilung für Empirische Soziologie 
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Altenbergerstraße 69
A-4040 Linz
Austria
Phone: (+43)-(0)732-2468-8291
Fax: (+43)-(0)732-2468-8561
Mail:
johann.bacher@jku.at
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Prof. Jan Van Bavel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Department of Social Research – SOCO
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussel
Phone: +32-2-6292037
Fax: +32-2-6292420
Mail:
Jan.VanBavel@vub.ac.be
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Prof. Michael Tåhlin

Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) Stockholm University
SE-10691 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: (+46)-8-163181
Fax: (+46)-8-154670
Mail:
Michael.Tahlin@sofi.su.se
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Prof. Tomáš Sirovátka

Faculty of Social Studies
Masaryk University
Joštova 10
602 00 Brno
Czech Republic

Phone: (+420)-549-496-559
Mail:
sirovatk@fss.muni.cz
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Prof. Dr. Melinda Mills

Department of Sociology
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
University of Groningen
Grote Rozenstraat 31
9712 TG Groningen
The Netherlands
Phone: (+31)-(0)50-363-6253
Fax:  (+31)-(0)50-363-6226
Mail:
M.C.Mills@rug.nl
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Dr. Ellu Saar

Institute for International and Social Studies
Tallinn Pedagogical University
Estonia boulevard 7
10143 Tallinn
Estonia
Phone: (+372)-6454-922
Fax: (+372)-6454-927
Mail:
saar@iiss.ee
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Prof. Dr. Heather Hofmeister

RWTH Aachen University 
Institute for Sociology
Theaterplatz 14
52062 Aachen
Germany

Phone: (+49)-(0)241-80-96036
Fax: (+49)-(0)241-80-92389
Mail:
hhofmeister@soziologie.rwth-aachen.de
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Johanna Dämmrich (Programme Coordinator)

Chair of Sociology I
Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
Postfach 1549
D-96045 Bamberg
Germany 
Phone: (+49)-(0)951-863-2596
Fax: (+49)-(0)951-863-2597
Mail:
j.daemmrich@gmx.de

2012-01-11
Final report available!
The final report of the TransEurope project, covering the period from June 2006 to June 2011 is available now. See the publication section for details. more...
2010-07-14
Programme for ECSR/QMSS2/TransEurope 2010 conference
The programme for the Joint ECSR/QMSS2/TransEurope Conference in Bamberg from September 30-October 2, 2010 is now online. Please visit the Conference Website for further details.
2010-07-14
Travel and exchange grants
The list of travel and exchange grants has been updated. more...
2010-01-28
Announcement - Workshop in Turin, 2010
From June 18-19, 2010, the European Science Foundation (ESF) TransEurope Programme will organize a two-day Young Researcher Workshop, entitled "Flexibilzation and Changing Life Course Patterns in a Globalizing Europe" at the University of Turin, Italy. Applications are welcome. more...
2010-01-25
Joint Conference 2010: ECSR, QMSS2 and TransEurope
From September 30-October 2nd 2010, the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) Social Science Networking Programmes "TransEurope - Transnationalisation and Changing Life Course Inequalities" and "Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMS... more...
2010-01-24
Report: 3rd Yearly Workshop 2009 in Tallinn, Estonia
From September 4-5, 2009 the organized its third yearly workshop in Tallinn, Estonia focusing on the effects of globalization and transnationalization on women’s employment and family transitions. The workshop, organized by Prof. Ellu Saar and her team at the University of Tallinn, was attended by a... more...
2010-01-23
Report: 2nd Young Researcher Workshop 2009 in Groningen
From October 15-18, the ESF Social Science Networking Programmes "TransEurope" and "Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) 2" joined forces to organize both a two-day seminar as well as a Young Researcher Workshop, dealing with "Advances in Fertility and Family Research". more...
2009-10-09
Official Programme Book (Estonia 2009) now online!
The programme book on the TransEurope workshop 2009 at the University of Tallinn (Estonia, September 2009) is now online. more...
2009-06-25
CfP - Advances in Fertility and Family Research
The Call for Papers for the TransEurope Junior Resaercher workshop on "Advances in Fertility and Family Research" is online! more...
2009-06-15
TransEurope Sessions at the 21st SASE Annual Meeting in Paris, July 2009
The TransEurope Network organizes three separate sessions at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) in Paris from July 16-18. The sessions will focus on the consequences of globalization and transnationalization for both early careers and family formatio... more...
2009-06-15
TransEurope Sessions at the 29th IAGG World Congress in Paris, July 2009
The TransEurope Network organizes a session on "older workers under globalization" at the 29th World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Paris from July 5-9. more...
2009-06-15
Working papers - Update
The list of working papers has been updated. more...
2009-06-15
Second Young Researcher workshop
The TransEurope Network organizes a second Young Researcher workshop at Bamberg University in July 24-25, 2009. more...
2009-02-20
Call for Papers - Workshop 2009
Call for Papers started for the 3rd TransEurope Workshop in Tallinn/Estonia, September 4-5 2009 more...
2009-02-19
Report from Young Researchers Workshop
On January 29th, 2009, a TransEurope Young Researchers Workshop took place at Bamberg University. Read the report now! more...
2009-02-19
The list of working papers has been updated
The list of working papers has been updated. more...
2009-02-19
The list of travel grants has been updated
The list of travel grants has been updated more...
2008-12-22
Update - Travel and Exchange Grants / Working Papers
The List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants as well as the Working Paper Section have been updated.
2008-11-18
Update - Travel and Exchange Grants
The List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants has been updated! more...
2008-11-17
Report about TransEurope workshop 2008 now online!
A report about the recent TransEurope workshop on "Transnationalization, globalization and their Effects on mid-career mobility transitions" in Stockholm on Sept 5-6, 2008 is now online! more...
2008-08-01
The Flexibilisation of Employment in Europe - Report
A report about the recent conference on "The Flexibilisation of Employment in Europe", that was jointly organised by the TransEurope Network and the Jean Monnet Chair for European Studies, is now online!
2008-08-01
Update - Travel and Exchange Grants
The List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants has been updated! more...
2008-05-21
TransEurope Network's session at 38th World Congress of IIS
The details for the TransEurope Network's session at the 38th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology in Budapestare are now available! more...
2008-05-06
2nd TransEurope Workshop on Mid-Career Mobility, Stockholm, September 5-6, 2008
The 2nd TransEurope Workshop in Stockholm will take place at Stockholm University on September 5-6, 2008. The topic of the workshop will be "Transnationalisation, Globalization and their effects on mid-career mobility transitions". more...
2008-02-15
Reports of Conference and Summer School online
The European Science Foundation (ESF) TransEurope Research Network and the European Consortium for Social Research (ECSR) joined forces to host a two-day conference and a summer school in Groningen, the Netherlands. The reports are available online now. more...
2007-12-14
TransEurope Session at the 38th IIS World Congress in Budapest, June 26-30 (2008)
The TransEurope Network will organise an open session at the 38th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology in Budapest, taking place from June 26-30, 2008. more...
2007-12-13
List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants online!
2007-12-10
GlobalIndex data and Documentation are online!
The GlobalIndex constitutes a key result of collaborative TransEurope research in Programme Year I. It is a new and innovative aggregated index measure designed to capture the phenomenon of globalization on four separate dimensions for 97 countries in the time period 1970-2002. more...
2007-07-04
Programme of conference online
The Programme of the Joint ECSR/TransEurope Conference "Globalization, Social Inequality and the Life Course" is now online. It can be downloaded here more...
2007-04-12
Presentation of TransEurope Research at the 19th SASE Meeting in Copenhagen, June 28-30
TransEurope Network members will present and openly discuss first results of their comparative research work at the 19th International Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), entitled "Changing Political Economies: Macro trends and micro experiments". more...
2007-01-26
Announcement of Transeurope/ECSR Summer School and Conference
The Social Sciences Research Network TransEurope Project and the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ecsr) are glad to announce two major international scientific events in August/September 2007. more...
2006-11-09
The TransEurope Website is online!
After several weeks of development we are proud to present the website of the TransEurope-project. more...