Organized conferences
2023, Workshop on Social Networks and Wellbeing of Older Adults, University of Cologne, Germany. Funded by grants from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute.
2019, Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Soziologische Netzwerkforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (Spring Conference of the Social Network Research Section of the German Sociological Association), Cologne, Germany. Funded by a grant from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and supported by GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences.
2015, Herbsttagung der Sektion Soziologische Netzwerkforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (Fall Conference of the Social Network Research Section of the German Sociological Association), Cologne, Germany. Supported by GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences.
Selected international conferences
2026, IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025, European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR), Cologne, Germany
2025, Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Utrecht, Netherlands
2025, International Sunbelt Social Network Conference (INSNA), Paris, France
2022, European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), London, UK
2022, European Population Conference (EPC), Groningen, Netherlands
2021, Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Barcelona, Spain (virtual)
2021, Networks 2021 (joint Sunbelt and NetSci conference), Bloomington, IN, USA (virtual)
2019, Spring Meeting of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Frankfurt, Germany
2018, International Sunbelt Social Network Conference (INSNA), Utrecht, Netherlands
2018, European Population Conference (EPC), Brussels, Belgium
2016, ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna, Austria
2014, ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan
2014, European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), Barcelona, Spain
2014, Dag van de Sociologie (Dutch-Flemish Sociology Day), Antwerp, Belgium
2013, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), New York, NY, USA
2013, International Sunbelt Social Network Conference (INSNA), Hamburg, Germany
2011, European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR), Dublin, Ireland
2011, Dag van de Sociologie (Dutch-Flemish Sociology Day), Ghent, Belgium
2011, International Sunbelt Social Network Conference (INSNA), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA
2010, International Sunbelt Social Network Conference (INSNA), Riva del Garda, Italy
2009, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Barcelona, Spain
2009, International Sunbelt Social Network Conference (INSNA), San Diego, CA, USA
2008, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Boston, MA, USA
2008, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Invited talks
2024, Keynote, Promotionskolleg “Neue Herausforderungen in alternden Gesellschaften” (doctoral program “New Challenges in Aging Societies”), Dortmund, Germany
2023, Sociology Colloquium, University of Bern, Switzerland
2023, AS Hybrid Speaker Series on Analytical-Empirical Sociology, Academy of Sociology & University of Cologne, Germany
2021, Sociable Workshop, University of Milan & University of Brescia, Italy (virtual; video)
2020, Network Symposium, UC Berkeley, USA (virtual; video)
2019, Sociology Seminar, LMU Munich, Germany
2017, Sociology Seminar, University of Oxford, UK
2016, Congress of the European Society on Family Relations (ESFR), Dortmund, Germany
2013, Sociology Colloquium, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012, Sociology Colloquium, University of Bamberg, Germany
2010, Cooperative Relations Seminar, Utrecht University, Netherlands
2009, Colloquium of the LINKS Centre for Social Network Analysis, University of Kentucky, USA
2007, Sociology Colloquium, University of Oldenburg, Germany
