Outreach

The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) "LIVES - Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives" aims to promote dialogue between research and the society: politics, economics, institutions, associations, media, general public.

The following pages (see menu on the left) will give you an overview of the different services offered by our outreach team, whose contacts are:

Policy makers / businesses / institutions / associations

Should you wish to establish links with life course research so as to organise an event, produce publications, find keynote speakers or launch any kind of initiative bridging social policy and the academic world, our responsible for knowledge transfer is at your disposal

Media / general public

Should you be looking for an expert, a professor or researcher in the field of vulnerability or of the life course - family, work, unemployment, health, migration, seniors, social inequality, stress, etc. - or in case you have any question about our research in general, please contact our communication officer

Dr. Pascal Maeder
NCCR LIVES - HES-SO
University of Lausanne
Géopolis, Office 5350
CH-1015 Lausanne

T +41 (0)21 692 38 32
M +41 (0)79 362 45 17
ktt@lives-nccr.ch

Ellen Weigand
NCCR LIVES
University of Lausanne
Géopolis, Office 5150
CH-1015 Lausanne

T. +41 (0)21 692 38 83
M. +41 (0)78 604 38 38
communication@lives-nccr.ch

Last News

09.10.2018

Refugee routes: Information about Eritrea

On Novembre 1st, 2018 the NCCR LIVES will stand alongside the Swiss Refugee Council (SRC) for an event offering several presentations about the situation of Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers, in order to better understand the context in their country and the procedures that they face in Switzerland. This formula will be repeated later on to address other migration contexts from countries like Afghanistan, etc.

This event will take place in French. Please look at the French version of this news for more information.

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02.10.2018

Foyers monoparentaux à l’aide sociale: présentation de l'étude aux services sociaux neuchâtelois

Sur invitation de l’Office de la politique familiale et de l’égalité du Canton de Neuchâtel, Ornella Larenza va présenter demain aux responsables des services sociaux son étude LIVES sur les foyers monoparentaux à l’aide sociale. Une belle reconnaissance de sa compétence en la matière et un bel exemple de la manière dont des projets de recherche peuvent être liés aux réflexions sur les politiques sociales.

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27.09.2018

Job Insecurity: a challenge or hindrance stressor? by Prof. Hans De Witte

Prof. dr. Hans De Witte, from Research Group Work, Organisational & Personnel Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, will give this conference about job insecurity, organized by LIVES. Job insecurity refers to subjective concerns about the continued existence of the actual job, alternatively defined as the perceived threat of job loss and the worries related to that threat. In this lecture, a short overview of job insecurity research will be presented, focussed on some of the ‘popular assumptions’ in media and consultancy nowadays: that job insecurity motivates employees (e.g. it constitutes a challenge) rather than being a factor that demotivates (e.g. a ‘hindrance’).

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25.09.2018

Experiencing burn-out or depression can also bring personal growth in the long run

A thesis in psychology presented by Hannah Klaas at the University of Lausanne on 24 September 2018 shows that many people who have suffered from mental illness have also found that aspects of their experience have been positive for their personal development and their relationships with others. This takes time, and stigmatisation certainly doesn’t help. But do not we say that what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger?

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19.09.2018

"Why the brain struggles to get off the sofa"

Researchers at UNIGE have observed that the brain has a natural tendency to make as little effort as possible, and that it has to summon numerous resources to counter this affinity for the sedentary lifestyle.

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