Webinar Series of the Sequence Analysis Association

The SAA is very glad to invite you to its webinar series, which proposes an online platform for people interested in the development of sequence analysis and related methods in the social sciences. The webinar offers presentations on newly published articles and submissions to the SAA conference that had to be canceled last June because of the pandemic.

Each webinar lasts for 60–75 minutes and brings together two 20-minute presentations on a similar topic followed by 5–10 minute discussions each. At the end, 15 minutes are reserved for a general discussion on the theme.

The webinar is organized online on an approximately monthly basis on Thursdays at 4 PM CET (Central European Time).

Program (updated regularly)

19^th November 2020: Complexity measures and longitudinal indicators computed from sequence data

Childhood family structure and complexity in partnership life courses. Nicole Hiekel, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne, Germany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102400
Measuring Life Course Complexity with Dynamic Sequence Analysis. David Pelletier, Department of Sociology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02464-y

Zoom link: https://unige.zoom.us/j/98476245282

10^th December 2020: Clustering of state sequence: alternative approaches

Robust Typologies in Sequence Analysis: In search of guidelines and a more systematic approach. Stefan B. Andrade, VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research, Copenhagen
Divisive Property-Based and Fuzzy Clustering for Sequence Analysis, Matthias Studer, University of Geneva, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95420-2_13
Clustering Longitudinal Life-Course Sequences using Mixtures of Exponential-Distance Models. Keefe Murphy, Maynooth University, Ireland.

Zoom link: https://unige.zoom.us/j/98476245282

28^th January 2021: Causal Inference and Sequence Analysis

Combining propensity score matching and sequence analysis to study changes in professional and educational trajectories pre- and post- first childbirth. Sara Kalucza, Department of Sociology, Umeå universitet, Sweden.
The Motherhood Class Penalty. A Synthetic Sequence Matching Approach. Giacomo Vagni, Centre for Time Use Research, UCL Institute of Education, UK.

Zoom link: To be announced.