• Wiß Tobias (2008): Die Rolle der Sozialpartner im System der Alterssicherung in Deutschland, [ 7. Graduiertenkolloquium des Forschungsnetzwerkes Alterssicherung, Erkner, ]

• Kneip Thorsten, Christian Hunkler (2008): Die Stabilität von Ehen und nichtehelichen Lebensgemeinschaften. Ein Test des Modells der Frameselektion, [ Ordentliche Schwerpunkttagung, DFG SPP 1611, München, ]

• Gebel Michael, Johannes Giesecke (2008): Employment Insecurity and the Transition to Parenthood, [ 8th International GSOEP User Conference, Berlin, ]

• Babajew Aser (2008): Geopolitische Bedeutung und Kulturen des Kaukasus, [ Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Schloss Wendgräben (Bildungszentrum der KAS), bei Loburg, ]

• Wonka Arndt, Berthold Rittberger (2008): The politics of mobilisation: National parties and EU decision-making , [ Political institutions in the European Union: Theoretical and empirical innovations in current research, Universität Konstanz, ]

• Bauer Gerrit, Thorsten Kneip (2008): Scheidungsrecht, Scheidungsrisiko und Fertilitätsentscheidungen, [ Fachtagung "Partnerschaft und Fertilität", Institut für Soziologie, Universität Heidelberg, ]

• Gebel Michael (2008): Labor Market Flexibility and Inequality: The Changing Risk Patterns of Temporary Employment in Europe, [ ISA-RC02 Midterm Conference "Inequality beyond Globalization: Economic Changes and the Dynamics of Inequality", Neuchâtel, ]

• Gronwald Mareike (2008): Supplementary pension systems in Europe: Germany in comparison, [ ESPAnet Doctoral Research Workshop "The Politics of Recalibration: Welfare Reforms in the Wider Europe", Bologna, ]

• Larat Fabrice (2008): Round table "Gains and disadvantages of large research projects/ EU research policy and the experience of NEWGOV and CONNEX", [ CONNEX/NEWGOV Dissemination Conference "EU Governance: Are we on the right track?", European Commission, Brussels, ]

• Larat Fabrice (2008): Opening the black box: Reflexions on the nature and function of research integration, [ "How does research integration work?", Brussels, ]

• Biedinger Nicole (2008): Early Developmental Inequality: The Influence of Resources at Home for Preschool Children, [ ESF-LiU Conference "The Transfer of Resources across Generations: Family, Income, Human Capital and Children’s Wellbeing", Vadstena, ]

• Biedinger Nicole (2008): Early Developmental Inequality: The Influence of Ethnicity, Poverty and Education, [ ICYRNet Conference: Child and Youth Research in the 21st Century. A Critical Appraisal, Nicosia, ]

• Becker Birgit (2008): The Transfer of Cultural Skills. Social and Ethnic Disparities at an Early Childhood Stage, [ ESF-LiU Conference 'The Transfer of Resources across Generations: Family, Income, Human Capital and Children’s Wellbeing', Vadstena, ]

• Babajew Aser (2008): Die Positionen der meinungsbildenden Eliten Aserbaidschans zum Thema Berg-Karabach im Überblick, [ Die Positionen der meinungsbildenden Eliten in Armenien und Aserbaidschan im Zusammenhang mit dem Berg-Karabach-Konflikt, Landesverteidigungsakademie, Wien, ]

• Schmitt Hermann (2008): Vorstellung eines Buchprojektes und zweier Kapitelentwürfe, [ InTune Mass & Elite Working Group Meeting, University of Granada, ]

• Wiß Tobias (2008): Changing Pension-Mix and Coordinated Market Economy, [ ECPR Standing Group Regulatory Governance: (Re)-Regulation in the Wake of Neoliberalism, Utrecht, ]

• Noelke Clemens, Daniel Horn (2008): Labour market entry in post-socialist countries: consequences of institutional change in the apprenticeship system, [ ISA RC28 Spring Meeting, European University Institute, Florence, ]

• Noelke Clemens (2008): Technological change, educational expansion, and the changing distribution of youth unemployment risks, [ EQUALSOC Network Conference, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, ]

• Becker Birgit (2008): Which Children Attend the More Beneficial Preschools? A Comparison of Immigrant and Native Parents’ Preschool Choice in Germany, [ ICYRNet Conference: Child and Youth Research in the 21st Century. A Critical Appraisal, Nicosia, ]

• Becker Birgit (2008): Who takes the last step towards inclusion? Turkish Parents’ Naming Practices in Germany as an Example of Immigrants’ Emotional Identification, [ RC 28 Spring Meeting "Social Stratification and Insiders/Outsiders: Cross-national Comparisons within and between Continents", Florenz, ]

• Gebel Michael, Johannes Giesecke (2008): Labor Market Flexibility and Inequality: The Changing Risk Patterns of Temporary Employment in Europe, [ ISA-RC28 Spring Meeting "Social Stratification and Insiders/Outsiders: Cross-national Comparisons within and between Continents", Florence, ]

• Saalfeld Thomas, Andreas M. Wüst (2008): Immigrants and Ethnic Minority MPs in Britain, Germany, France and Sweden: Political Representation and Representational Roles, [ ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Rennes, ]

• Pfeifer Michaela (2008): Mapping European Minimum Income Schemes, [ EQUALSOC Midterm Conference, WZB, Berlin, ]

• Gebel Michael, Johannes Giesecke (2008): Atypical Employment and Welfare States: the Case of Germany (Research Group Presentation), [ EQUALSOC Midterm Conference, Berlin, ]

• Gronwald Mareike (2008): From Path Dependence to Path Departure: The Changing Public-Private Mix in Europe, [ Governance of Supplementary Pensions in Europe (GOSPE Final Conference), Mannheim, ]