• Schmitt Hermann (2009): The Changing and Variable Meaning of 'left' and 'right', [ IPSA 2009 World Congress of Political Science, Santiago de Chile, ]

• Schmitt Hermann (2009): Determinants of Dyadic Correspondence in European Parliament Elections, [ 30 years of Elections to The European Parliament: an Assessment, McGill University, Montreal, ]

• Schmitt Hermann (2009): The "empirical" study of political representation in political science: a review, [ Conference "Portuguese MP's in comparative perspective", Portuguese Parliament Lissabon, ]

• Schmitt Hermann (2009): Leader Effects on the Vote: A cross-national dyachronic comparison, [ ECPR Conference 2009 Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, ]

• Debus Marc (2009): Government formation in varying multi-level contexts: first results of a project on regional party competition in Europe, [ Understanding Regional Democracy: Final seminar in the ESRC seminar series ‘Democracy after the Nation-State’, Florenz, ]

• Wüst Andreas M. (2009): Zwischen Europa- und Bundestagswahl, [ L‘Allemange en campagne, Paris, ]

• Klein Markus, Felix Weiss (2009): The provision of productive skills through work experience before graduation, [ EQUALSOC EDUC Team Mechanisms for the effect of education on the labour market, Tallinn, ]

• Esser Hartmut (2009): Was bringt die Multikulturalität?, [ Forschungskolloquium: Empirische Sozialforschung des FB Geschichte und Soziologie der Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, ]

• Becker Birgit (2009): Social disparities in children’s vocabulary in early childhood. Does preschool education help to close the gap?, [ EQUALSOC EDUC Research Group Conference, Tallinn, ]

• Gebel Michael, Irena Kogan (2009): "What Kind of Higher Education Pays Off? An Analysis of Labour Market Entry of Higher Education Graduates in Ukraine" and "Making the Transition: Education and Labor Market Entry in Central- and Eastern Europe", [ Workshop of the EDUC Research Group of the EQUALSOC Network of Excellence, Tallinn, ]

• Thomann Lars, Dirk De Bièvre (2009): Forum Shopping in the Global Intellectual Property Rights Regime , [ Politicologenetmaal 2009, Nijmegen, ]

• Thomann Lars, Dirk De Bièvre (2009): Forum Shopping in the Global Intellectual Property Rights Regime, [ Trade-And? The World Trade Organization’s Fuzzy borders”, 5-6 February 2009, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, ]

• Becker Birgit (2009): Who profits most from early parental investments? The effects of activities inside and outside the family on German and Turkish children’s language Development, [ International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC 28), Spring Meeting, Beijing, ]

• Biedinger Nicole (2009): The influence of education and home environment on the cognitive outcomes of preschool children, [ International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC 28), Spring Meeting, Renmin University Peking, ]

• Klein Markus, Felix Weiss (2009): The role of social capital in the labor market entry process of graduates from higher education, [ International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC 28), Spring Meeting, Renmin University Peking, ]

• Weiss Felix, Markus Klein (2009): Mandatory internships and the provision of social, human and cultural capital for the transition from higher education to work (Poster Presentation), [ International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC 28), Spring Meeting, Renmin University Peking, ]

• Esser Hartmut (2009): Ethnische Pluralisierung oder Assimilation? Was bringen die ethnischen Ressourcen bei der Integration von Migranten?, [ Ringvorlesung "Vielfalt und Zusammenhalt - Wissenschaftliche Beiträge zu Herausforderungen in der pluralen Gesellschaft" des Instituts für Psychologie der Universität Kiel im SS 2009, Kiel, ]

• Esser Hartmut (2009): Was bringt die Multikulturalität?, [ Ringvorlesung "Ursachen und Folgen der Migration" des Fachbereichs I, Soziologie, der Universität Siegen, Siegen, ]

• Esser Hartmut (2009): Sprache und Integration, [ Ringvorlesung "Integration von Zuwanderern - Erfahrungen, Modelle, Perspektive" des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Bremen im HWS 2008/09, Bremen, ]

• Gschwend Thomas (2009): Über elektorale Folgen der Politikverflechtung in Mehrebenensystemen: Auswirkungen der bundespolitischen Großwetterlage und Landtagswahlen, [ Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises "Wahlen und politische Einstellungen" der DVPW, Frankfurt am Main, ]

• Tausendpfund Markus (2009): Politik aus Kindersicht, [ Migration und Bildung in Mannheim, Mannheim, ]

• Jacob Marita, Gerrit Bauer (2009): The influence of the partner’s education on fertility. A life course perspective on the impact of educational constellation and partnership characteristics on family formation (Poster presentation), [ International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC 28), Spring Meeting, Peking, ]

• Kneip Thorsten, Gerrit Bauer (2009): Did unilateral divorce laws raise divorce rates in Western Europe?, [ EQUALSOC EMPLOY-FAMNET Research Group Workshop, Berlin, ]

• Bauer Gerrit, Marita Jacob (2009): The influence of the partner’s education on fertility. A life course perspective on the impact of educational constellation and partnership characteristics on family formation, [ EQUALSOC EMPLOY-FAMNET Research Group Workshop, Berlin, ]

• Gebel Michael, Johannes Giesecke (2009): Labour market flexibility and inequality: the changing skill-based temporary employment and unemployment risks in Europe, [ EQUALSOC EMPLOY-FAMNET Research Group Workshop, Berlin, ]