• Wiß Tobias (2008): Governance and Regulation of Supplementary Pensions in Europe, [ Governance of Supplementary Pensions in Europe (GOSPE Final Project Conference), Mannheim, ]

• Mischke Monika (2008): Reconciliation of work and family in Europe. First evidence on childcare arrangements from the European Social Survey, [ EQUALSOC Midterm Conference, WZB, Berlin, ]

• Wiß Tobias, Mareike Gronwald (2008): Germany - Departing from Bismarckian Public Pensions?, [ Governance of Supplementary Pensions in Europe (GOSPE Final Project Conference), Mannheim, ]

• Brüderl Josef, Volker Ludwig (2008): The Male Marital Wage Premium: Further Results on an Enduring Puzzle, [ SOEP User Conference, Berlin, ]

• Schmitt Hermann (2008): Microfoundations of Second-order Elections Theory, [ Staff Seminar, Centre d' Etude de la Vie Politique Française (CEVIPOF); Paris, ]

• Kohler-Koch Beate (2008): Civil Dialogue: What it takes to contribute to 'participatory democracy'?, [ Social Platform. Civil Dialogue: How can we shape the Europe we want?, Centre International pour la Ville, l' Architecture et le Paysage (CIVA), ]

• Bahle Thomas, Bernhard Ebbinghaus (2008): Vorstellung des ersten Zwischenberichts , [ Beiratssitzung zum 1. Zwischenbericht, Düsseldorf, ]

• Ebbinghaus Bernhard (2008): Pension Systems and Old Age Income in Europe, [ Labor market flexibilization and its effects on the late career (FlexCareer), Universität Leipzig, ]

• Ebbinghaus Bernhard, Jörg Neugschwender (2008): Welchen Beitrag können Zusatzrentensysteme zur Vermeidung von Altersarmut leisten?, [ Alterssicherung im internationalen Vergleich, Bensheim, ]

• Ebbinghaus Bernhard (2008): Social Partners and Social Policy in Europe and the USA: Politics Against or for Markets?, [ "The Two Wests: Democracy,Citizenship and Social Rights in the United States and Europe", CISPEA, Vercelli & Torino, ]

• Ebbinghaus Bernhard (2008): Sozialstaatsreformen in Europa. Können wir von einander lernen?, [ Josef Popper-Nährpflicht-Stiftung Forschungspreis 2007, Frankfurt, ]

• Ebbinghaus Bernhard (2008): Pension Governance and Social Inequality in Old Age: A European Comparison, [ EQUALSOC Midterm Conference, Berlin, ]

• Ebbinghaus Bernhard (2008): Studying institutional change across time and space, [ The Role of Ideas, Discourses and Frames in Welfare Policies, Ph.D. Research School, Aalborg University, Aalborg, ]

• Ebbinghaus Bernhard (2008): Pfadabhängigkeit oder Pfadabweichungen? Institutioneller Wandel der Alterssicherung in Europa, [ Center for Globalization and Goverance (CGG) Lecture Series, Hamburg, ]

• Quittkat Christine (2008): Beispiel einer komparativen Forschungsarbeit mit quantitativen und qualitativen Methoden: Europäisierung der Interessenvermittlung nationaler Wirtschaftsverbände. Ein französisch-deutscher Vergleich, [ Workshop II des Promotionsstudiengangs der Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, ]

• Gschwend Thomas, Michael F. Meffert (2008): Voting for Coalitions? The Role of Coalition Preferences, [ Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, ]

• Gschwend Thomas, Michael F. Meffert (2008): Strategisches Wahlverhalten in Mehrparteiensystemen: Ein Gruppenexperiment, [ AK Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, DVPW, Annual Meeting, Mainz, ]

• Gschwend Thomas, Michael F. Meffert (2008): Strategic Voting under Proportional Representation and Coalition governments: A Laboratory Experiment, [ International Society for Political Psychology, Annual Meeting, Paris, ]

• Gschwend Thomas, Michael F. Meffert (2008): Polls, Coalition Signals, and Strategic Voting: An Experimental Investigation of Perceptions and Effects, [ AK Wahlen, Annual Meeting, Duisburg, ]

• Gschwend Thomas, Michael F. Meffert, Sascha Huber, Franz Urban Pappi (2008): More than Wishful Thinking: Causes and Consequences of Voter's Expectations about Election Outcomes, [ International Communication Association, Annual Meeting, Montréal, ]

• Müller Walter (2008): Education and Social Stratification in Europe: Theoretical aspects, methodological approaches and empirical evidence, [ 3 lectures at the Scuola di dottorato in Scoiologia e Ricerca Sociale, University of Trento, ]

• Müller Walter (2008): Education and Social Stratification in Europe: Theoretical aspects, methodological approaches and empirical evidence, [ 4 lectures at the Scuola di dottorato in Scoiologia e Ricerca Sociale, University of Trento, ]

• Müller Walter (2008): The Reemergence of Self-Employment, [ Seminar of the Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, University of Trento, ]

• Müller Walter (2008): Gains and Costs of Vocational Tracking, [ Seminar in honour of Torsten Husén ‘School Tracking, Achievement and Inequality’, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, ]

• Müller Walter (2008): Education research in international comparison: Inequality among students in European countries, [ Workshop by AG Hochschulforschung + FREREF Réseau Uni 21 on 'Quality and Equity in Higher Education - International Experiences and Comparisons', University of Konstanz, ]