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)

19th 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.
  • Measuring Life Course Complexity with Dynamic Sequence Analysis. David Pelletier, Department of Sociology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

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

10th December 2020: Clustering of state sequence: validation and 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
  • Clustering Longitudinal Life-Course Sequences using Mixtures of Exponential-Distance Models. Keefe Murphy, Maynooth University, Ireland.

Zoom link: To be announced.

28th 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.