Eric Widmer
Professor
Co-Director, Leader of CCI3, Member of IP1, Member of IP3, Member of IP5
Contact
Université de Genève
Département de Sociologie
Bd du Pont d'Arve 40
CH-1211 Genève
T +41 22 379 83 02/03
LIVES Publications
. (2019). The role of adult socioeconomic and relational reserves regarding the effect of childhood misfortune on late-life depressive symptoms. SSM - Population Health, 8, 100434. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100434
. (2018). Development of reserves over the life course and onset of vulnerability in later life. Nature Human Behaviour, 2, 551. doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0395-3
Article (PDF) (908.32 KB) . (2019). The association of leisure activities in middle adulthood with cognitive performance in old age: Social capital mediates cognitive reserve effects. Psychology & Neuroscience, 12, 236–246. doi:10.1037/pne0000146
Article (PDF) (157.9 KB) . (2018). Ambivalence in later-life family networks: Beyond intergenerational dyads. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80, 768–784. doi:10.1111/jomf.12469
Article (PDF) (384.05 KB) . (2018). The intricacies of space and inclusiveness in family and personal networks. In , Familie – Bildung – Migration. Familienforschung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis. Leverkusen, Deutschland: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
. (2018). Families and personal networks - An international comparative perspective. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life (1st ed., p. 254). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95263-2
. (2017). Analysing the role of social visits on migrants’ social capital: A personal network approach. Social Inclusion, 5(4), 209–220. doi:10.17645/si.v5i4.1164
Article(PDF) (665.25 KB) . (2018). Introduction. In , Families and personal networks (pp. 1–18). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781349952625
. (2018). Conclusions. In , Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective (pp. 225–238). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625#
Chapter(PDF) (166.09 KB) . (2018). Understanding personal networks as social capital. In , Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective (pp. 167–186). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625
Chapter(PDF) (471.29 KB) . (2018). Linking family trajectories and personal networks. In , Families and personal network: An international comparative perspective (pp. 187–223). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625
. (2018). Mapping the plurality of personal configurations. In , Families and personal networks: an international perspective (pp. 131–166). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625
. (2018). Changing meanings of family in personal relationships: a comparative perspective. In , Families and personal networks: an international comparative perspective (pp. 99–130). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625#
Chapter(PDF) (302.47 KB) . (2018). A first portrait of personal networks in a comparative perspective. In , Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective (pp. 61–97). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95263-2_3
Chapter(PDF) (399.95 KB) . (2018). Contextualising personal networks across birth cohorts and countries. In , Families and personal networks : An international comparative perspective (pp. 19-60). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625#
. (2017). The impact of co-residence trajectories on personal networks in the transition to adulthood: A comparative perspective. In , Family continuity and change: Contemporary European perspectives (First., pp. 211-242). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave.
. (2018). Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave McMillan. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95263-2
. (2016). Le devenir professionnel des diplômés en sciences sociales entre 2005 et 2015. Geneva, Switzerland: Sociograph - Sociological Research Studies, Université de Genève.
Book (PDF) (2.39 MB) . (2017). Family inclusiveness and spatial dispersion: The spatial consequences of having large and diversified family configurations. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 5, 350-367. doi:10.4236/jss.2017.55024
Article (PDF) (425.47 KB) . (2018). Conflict structures in family networks of older adults and their relationship with health-related quality of life. Journal of Family Issues, 39, 1573-1597. doi:10.1177/0192513X17714507
Article(PDF) (542.64 KB) . (2017). Misleading norms and vulnerability in the life course: definition and illustrations. Research in Human Development, 14(1), 52-67. doi:10.1080/15427609.2016.1268894
Article(PDF) (377.74 KB) . (2016). La transformation des réseaux personnels des femmes et des hommes durant la transition à la parentalité: Contraction des liens et gestation d'inégalités. In , Devenir parents, devenir inégaux. Transition à la parentalité et inégalités de genre (pp. 164-182). Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland: Seismo.
Chapter (PDF) (1.11 MB) . (2017). Family salience across nations: Configurations of morphological conditions. In Family continuity and change (First., pp. 33-59). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter (PDF) (3.34 MB) . (2017). Conclusion. In Family continuity and change (First., pp. 27-31). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter (PDF) (3.34 MB) . (2017). Introduction. In Family continuity and change (First., pp. 1-5). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter (PDF) (3.34 MB) . (2017). Family continuity and change (First.). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book (PDF) (3.34 MB) . (2017). Family salience across nations: Configurations of morphological conditions. In , Family continuity and change: Contemporary European perspectives (pp. 33-59). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.
Chapter (PDF) (305.33 KB) . (2017). Conclusions: Changes and continuities in European family lives. In , Family continuity and change: Contemporary European perspectives (pp. 313-328). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.
. (2016). Patterns of family salience and welfare state regimes: sociability practices and support norms in a comparative perspective. European Societies, 18(3), 201-220. doi:10.1080/14616696.2016.1158846
Article (PDF) (1.21 MB) . (2015). Lay definitions of family and social capital in later life. Personal Relationships, 22, 712-737.
Article (PDF) (848.36 KB) . (2015). Coparenting in stepfamilies: Maternal promotion of family cohesiveness with partner and with father. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14(11), 3268-3278. doi:10.1007/s10826-015-013-x
Article (PDF) (313.47 KB) . (2016). Actively generating one's family: How elders shape their family configurations. In , L'allungamento della vita. Une risorsa per la famiglia, un'opportunità per la società (Vol. 28, pp. 85-104). Milan, Italie: Vita E Pensiero.
Chapter (PDF) (1.05 MB) . (2016). From support to overload: Patterns of positive and negative family relationships of adults with mental illness over time. Social Networks, 47, 59-72. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2016.04.002
Article (PDF) (1.32 MB) . (2016). Les familles de milieu populaire dans une commune genevoise. Intégration sociale et soutien à la parentalité (p. 85). Université de Genève, sociograph.
Report (PDF) (2.31 MB) . (2016). La pluralisation des manières d'être en couple en Suisse. In Ehe und Partnerschaft zwischen Norm und Realität / Le mariage et le partenariat entre norme et réalité (First., Vol. 11, pp. 10-21). Bern: Akademien der wissenschaften Schweiz.
Chapter (PDF) (657.03 KB) . (2017). Gendered occupational shifts in the transition to parenthood: The influence of personal networks. Sociology, 51(2), 429-449. doi:10.1177/0038038515601857
Article (PDF) (1.18 MB) . (2015). Lay definitions of family and social capital in later life. Personal Relationships, 22(4), 712-737. doi:10.1111/pere.12107
Article (PDF) (842.93 KB) . (2014). Trajectoires migratoires des personnes confrontées à des violences collectives en ex-Yougoslavie: le cas de la Bosnie (1990-2005). Migrations Sociétés, (156), 31-41.
. (2014). Social capitalization in personal relationships. In , Social influences on romantic relationships: Beyond the dyad (pp. 33-57). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
. (2014). Sociologie de la famille. Un demi-siècle de pluralisation des formes familiales, et après?. In , Regards sur la famille, le couple et la sexualité (pp. 35-46). Louvain-la-Neuve: Academia L'Harmattan.
. (2014). La variété des configurations familiales après une recomposition: choix et contraintes. Revue suisse de sociologie, 40(1), 9-27.
Article (PDF) (167.54 KB) . (2015). Insiders and outsiders in stepfamilies: Adults' and children's views on family boundaries. Current Sociology, 63(1), 35-56. doi:10.1177/0011392114551650
Article (PDF) (657.96 KB) . (2014). Trajectories of intimate partnerships, sexual attitudes, desire and satisfaction. Advances in Life Course Research, 22, 62-72. doi:10.1016/j.alcr.2014.06.001
Article (PDF) (680.29 KB) . (2014). Partnerships, family and personal configurations. In , The Wiley-Blackwell companion to the sociology of families (pp. 236-254). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
. (2013). Tous égaux devant la pluralisation des parcours de vie? Déstandardisation des trajectoires familiales et professionnelles et insertions sociales. In , Repenser la famille et ses transitions. Repenser les politiques publiques (pp. 79-110). Laval, Canada: Presses de l'Université de Laval. Retrieved from http://www.pulaval.com/produit/repenser-la-famille-et-ses-transitions-repenser-les-politiques-publiques
. (2014). Marital quality and family configurations. In , Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 3800-3804). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3921
Article (PDF) (106.87 KB) . (2014). Bonding and bridging social capital in step- and first-time families and the issue of family boundaries. Interpersona, 8, 51-69. doi:10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.149
Article (PDF) (672.41 KB) . (2014). Les parcours de vie. De l'adolescence au grand âge. Le savoir suisse (2ndnd ed.). Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes.
. (2013). Searching for typical life trajectories applied to childbirth histories. In , Gendered life courses between individualization and standardization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 287-312). Vienna: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). Collecting family network data. International Review of Sociology, 23(1), 27-46. doi:10.1080/03906701.2013.771049
Article (PDF) (250.04 KB) . (2013). Family beyond parents? An exploration of family configurations and psychological adjustment in young adults with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(1), 207-217. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2012.07.006
Article (PDF) (275.04 KB) . (2013). Gendered life courses between individualization and standardization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (p. 400). Wien: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). Travail, santé, éducation: individualisation des parcours sociaux et inégalités (p. 296). Paris: L'Harmattan.
. (2013). Introduction. In , Travail, santé, éducation. Individualisation des parcours sociaux et inégalités (pp. 7-12). Paris: L'Harmattan.
. (2013). Parcours de vie: Une pluralisation "encastrée". In , Parcours sociaux et nouveaux desseins temporels (pp. 293-316). Paris: L'Harmattan.
. (2013). Editorial on the special issue "Geographical Mobilities and Family Lives". Comparative Population Studies, 38, 229-232. doi:10.4232/10.CPoS-2013-12en
Article (PDF) (81.05 KB) . (2013). Optimal matching and its "costs". In , Gendered life courses between standardization and individualization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 265-286). Wien: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). Multichannel optimal matching: A multidimensional approach to sequence analysis. In , Gendered life courses between standardization and individualization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 245-264). Wien: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). Occupational trajectories after childbirth. In , Gendered life courses between standardization and individualization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 93-114). Wien: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). Trajectories between the family and paid work. In , Gendered life courses between standardization and individualization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 71-92). Wien: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). Cohabitational trajectories. In , Gendered life courses between standardization and individualization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 53-70). Wien: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). Optimal matching, a tool for comparing life-course sequences. In , Gendered life courses between standardization and individualization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 37-52). Wien: LIT Verlag.
. (2013). The destruction of multiethnic locations: Markers of identity and the determinants of residential trajectories. In , War, community and social change. Collective experiences in the Former Yugoslavia (pp. 85-98). New York: Springer.
Chapter (PDF) (202.54 KB) . (2012). "If I had known our couple turned that way, I would not have stopped working": A biographical account of labour force participation and conjugal love. Sociologia e Politiche Sociali, 15, 29-49. doi:10.3280/SP2012-SU3003
Article (PDF) (246.13 KB) . (2012). I wouldn't have stopped working if I had known our couple turned that way. A biographical account of labour force participation and conjugal love. LIVES Working Papers, 2012(18), 1-21. doi:10.12682/lives.2296-1658.2012.18
Article (PDF) (473.88 KB) . (2011). Cohesión, regulación y conflictos en las familias contemporáneas. In , Panorama Europeo de la ayuda intrafamiliar: nueve encuestas (pp. 199-213). Paris: Institut national d'études démographiques.
. (2011). Couple formation as a transition between families. In , Families and kinship in contemporary Europe: Rules and practices of relatedness (pp. 133-157). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
. (2011). A sociological assessment of conjugal conflict. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 67, 9-21.
Article (PDF) (409.16 KB)