• Larat Fabrice (2008): National feeling and EU integration: The challenge of heterogeneity and of civilizing our way to deal with history, [ Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, NECE conference, 'Citizenship Education Facing Nationalism and Populism in Europe', Sofia, ]

• Kohler-Koch Beate (2008): Participation without representation? Involvement of civil society in EU governance , [ Rethinking Representation: A North-South dialogue, Bellagio, ]

• Kohler-Koch Beate (2008): Governance with Civil Society EU Style, [ ARENA Seminar, University of Oslo, Oslo, ]

• Reimer David, Steffen Schindler, Walter Müller (2008): Ad-Hoc Gruppe 22: Hochschule im Wandel: Konsequenzen für die soziale Ungleichheit beim Bildungserwerb, [ 34. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Jena, ]

• Reimer David, Steffen Schindler (2008): Ablenkung oder Inklusion? Soziale Ungleichheit bei der Wahl differenzierter postsekundärer Ausbildungsalternativen, [ 34. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Jena, ]

• Becker Birgit (2008): Die emotionale Identifikation von Migranten am Beispiel der Vornamensvergabe von türkischen Eltern, [ 34. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie: "Unsichere Zeiten. Herausforderungen gesellschaftlicher Transformationen", Sektion Migration und ethnische Minderheiten "50 Jahre Arbeitsmigration in Deutschland - Von der verdrängten zur 'nachholend, Jena, ]

• Weiss Felix, Marita Jacob (2008): Soziale Selektivität beim Hochschulzugang - Veränderungen der Zugangswege zur Hochschule im Kohortenvergleich, [ 34. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Ad-Hoc Gruppe "Hochschule im Wandel", Jena, ]

• Reimer David (2008): Teilnehmer an Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema: Hochschulzugang - Chancengerechtigkeit, [ Die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen des Studiums im europäischen Hochschulraum - Eurostudent Deutsche Konferenz., Berlin, ]

• Becker Birgit (2008): The Transfer of Cultural Knowledge. Social and Ethnic Disparities at an Early Childhood Stage and the Mediating Role of Familial Activities, [ Cultural Capital and Educational Inequalities: Concepts, methods, strategies and new configurations, Brno, ]

• Wiß Tobias (2008): From Above or from Below? State Regulation and Social Partners in Occupational Pensions in Germany, [ 6th Annual ESPAnet Conference 2008: Cross-Border Influence in Social Policy, Helsinki, ]

• Noelke Clemens (2008): Vocational education in transition countries, [ 16th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth, Bamberg, ]

• Gebel Michael (2008): Early Career Consequences of Temporary Employment: Evidence from British and German Panel Data, [ 16th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth, Bamberg, ]

• Gebel Michael, Irena Kogan (2008): Education and Labour Market Entry in Ukraine, [ 16th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth, Bamberg, ]

• Weiss Felix (2008): Social Origin and Late Enrolment in Higher Education in Germany and the US, [ ECSR/EQUALSOC Summer School. Social inequalities in contemporary societies - new empirical evidence and methodological innovation, Trento, ]

• Reimer David (2008): The Social Consequences of the Bologna Reforms: Developments in Inequality in Access to Tertiary Education in Germany, [ Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Aarhus, ]

• Gschwend Thomas, Michael F. Meffert (2008): Strategic Coalition Voting: Evidence from Austria, [ Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, Mass., ]

• Bäck Hanna, Patrick Dumont, Marc Debus (2008): Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies, [ Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, Mass., ]

• Debus Marc (2008): The Impact of Pre-Electoral Alliances and Coalition Rejections on Government Formation, [ Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, Mass., ]

• Gebel Michael, Irena Kogan (2008): Education and Labour Market Entry in Ukraine, [ ISA RC28 Summer Meeting "Work, Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century", Stanford University, Palo Alto, ]

• Gebel Michael (2008): Early Career Consequences of Temporary Employment: Evidence from British and German Panel Data, [ ISA RC28 Summer Meeting "Work, Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century", Stanford University, Palo Alto, ]

• Schindler Steffen (2008): Primäre und sekundäre Effekte beim Übergang zur Hochschule. Eine Analyse mit den HIS-Studienberechtigtenpanels 1983, 1990, 1994 & 1999, [ Vortrag bei der Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH, Hannover, ]

• Noelke Clemens, Daniel Horn (2008): Education and labour market entry - theoretical background for empirical analyses; Changing labour market entry dynamics in post-communist Societies - consequences of changes in the apprenticeship system, [ Education Systems and Labour Markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Ljubljana, ]

• Noelke Clemens (2008): Educational Expansion, Technological Change and Youth Unemployment, [ ISA RC28 Summer Meeting "Work, Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century", Stanford University, Palo Alto, ]

• Schindler Steffen, David Reimer (2008): Primary and Secondary Effects in Class Differentials: The Transition to Tertiary Education in Germany., [ EQUALSOC Midterm Conference, Berlin, ]

• Schindler Steffen (2008): Primäre und sekundäre Effekte beim Hochschulzugang: Die Bedeutung von Noten und Klassenherkunft von 1983 bis 1999, [ Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung, Hamburg, ]