Sequence Analysis Association

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 on work-in-progress. It is organized by Emanuela Struffolino.

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).

When speakers agree, webinars are recorded and the recordings remain available to SAA members during one  month after the webinar. There is no archive of the recordings.

Work-in-progress webinars are not recorded.

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2026 Winter/Spring Program

There will be about one session each month:
 

January, Thursday 22nd, 4 pm CET

Subject: Methodological webinar.
Description: Two methodological presentation on sequence-analysis related topics.
Speakers
Sune Lehmann, Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives
Carlotta Montorsi, Predicting depression in old age: combining life course data with machine learning
Zoom link: https://unige.zoom.us/j/96355670430
 
February, Thursday 12, 4 pm CET
Subject: Work-in-progress.
Description: The workshop features two work-in-progress applications of sequence analysis. We discuss open questions after each presentation.
Speakers:
Megan James, Simultaneous employment and health trajectories following a period of long-term sickness in UK
Siqiao Xie, Mapping Neighborhood Patterns in the U.S. Mid-Life Mortality Crisis: a Sequence Analysis
 
March, Thursday 19, 4 pm CET
Subject: Work-in-progress.
Description: Two methodological presentation on sequence-analysis related topics.
Speakers:
Christian Rupietta, Comparative Configurational Process Analysis: A New Set-Theoretic Technique for Longitudinal Case Analysis
Vendula Machu, Work-family trajectories and health: A systematic review 
 
April, Thursday 16, 4 pm CET
Subject: Work-in-progress.
Description: The workshop features two work-in-progress applications of sequence analysis. We discuss open questions after each presentation.
Speakers:
Susanne Schmid, The Interplay of Childcare Histories and Maternal Work Trajectories
Patrick Okooboh, Timing of birth and the marriage process in urban Kenya: Consequences for children’s well-being 

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