• 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, ]

• Gebel Michael (2008): Education and Labour Market Entry in East Germany, [ Workshop on Educational Systems and Labour Markets in Central- and Eastern Europe, Bamberg, ]

• Kohler-Koch Beate (2008): Die Rolle der Zivilgesellschaft in der europäischen Politik, [ Vortrag, Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), ]

• Wendt Claus, Nadine Reibling (2008): Regulating patients’ access and the utilization of healthcare services in European countries, [ The European Health Policy Group's Sixteenth Meeting: Access, Choice and Equity, Dublin, ]

• Wendt Claus (2008): A typology of healthcare systems, [ Science Po, Paris, ]

• Wendt Claus (2008): Who has access to health care in Europe?, [ Invitation of The Health of Nations Study Group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, ]

• Pappi Franz Urban, Michael Stoffel (2008): Cabinet Reshuffles as a Consequence of Diminished Voter Support: An Analysis of German Länder Governments, [ International Conference on Cabinet Recruitment and Parliamentary Careers, Dornburg, ]

• Gebel Michael (2008): Atypical Employment and the Welfare State in Germany, [ EQUALSOC Research Group Meeting "Atypical Employment and Welfare Regimes", Trento, ]

• Wüst Andreas M. (2008): Candidate Nomination in Germany and Europe: Patterns and Evaluation, [ Primaries or Nominating Committees? The Crisis of Nominations in Israeli Political Parties, Netanya, ]

• Gronwald Mareike (2008): Changing Public-Private Mix in Europe: Trans-national Convergence or Path-dependence?, [ 6th Annual ESPAnet Conference 2008: Cross-Border Influence in Social Policy, Helsinki, ]

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