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8h30 - Conference opening & Welcome
9h10 - Opening Remarks
Sophie Bouffier (MMSH), Alessandra de Rose (Sapienza University of Rome), Ariel Mendez (LEST)
9h30 - Symposium Introduction
Ageing and Lifestyles Transformations in the Mediterranean: Data and Issues
in Social Sciences
Thierry Blöss, sociologist (Aix-Marseille University, UMR LEST) Chief scientist ANR SODEMOMED
9h50-10h30 - Inaugural Conference
Comparative research within a European framework: opportunities, issues,
perspectives
Dionigi Albera, anthropologist (Aix-Marseille University, UMR IDEMEC)
Coffee Break
10h45-13h - The Mediterranean Demographic Observatory: an original initiative in Digital Humanities
Elena Ambrosetti, demographer (Sapienza University of Rome, MEMOTEF, Italy)
Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, demographer (Aix-Marseille University, UMR LAMES)
Christophe Chantraine, Stéphane Palicot, GEOFIT (Nantes)
Yoann Doignon, demographer & geographer (Aix-Marseille University, UMR LAMES & ESPACE)
Sébastien Oliveau, geographer (Aix-Marseille University, UMR Espace)
Stéphane Pouyllau, Olivier Baude (TGIR Huma-Num)
Lunch Break
14h - Conference
Re-thinking statistical indicators to reflect the shifting threshold of old age
Patrice Bourdelais, historian & demographer (INSHS, EHESS Paris)
14h45-18h - Round table 1
Construction of statistical data in the social sciences: issues and challenges of
comparison, spatialisation and contextualisation
Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, demographer (Aix-Marseille University, UMR LAMES) moderator
Cinzia Castagnaro, statistician (ISTAT, Italy)
Eurostat and national data collection practices: the experience of the Italian Statistical Institute.
Alain Chenu, sociologist (SciencesPo Paris, OSC)
Issues in drawing international comparisons using survey data. Case studies.
Denise Pumain, geographer (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, UMR Géographie-cités)
Spatial analysis of social phenomena: the benefits and difficulties of taking geography into account.
Coffee Break
Mohamed Tozy, politicial scientist (Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence, EGERabat Rabat, Morocco)
The lessons learned from international surveys on social values: a Mediterranean perspective.
Anne Laferrère, economist (INSEE, CREST & Paris-Dauphine University)
Multidisciplinary, longitudinal and international : the challenging features of the SHARE survey (Survey
on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe).
Thierry Paccoud, economist, Giambattista Cantisani, statistician (MEDSTAT IV, Italy)
The context of the Euro-Mediterranean social statistical cooperation. Experience and perspectives
from the MEDSTAT Programme.
8h30 - Welcome
9h-11h - Round table 2
The social and demographic process of ageing: similarities and contrasts
Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, demographer (Aix-Marseille University, UMR LAMES) moderator
Youssef Courbage, demographer (INED)
Are societies taking action? Similarities between demographic behaviours and values in the Mediterranean.
Yoann Doignon, demographe & geographer (Aix-Marseille University, UMR LAMES & ESPACE)
Demographic transitions and ageing in the Mediterranean: will the South catch up with the North?
Anne-Marie Guillemard, sociologist (EHESS Paris, CEMS)
Longevity and ageing: identifying challenges and defining policies using a European comparative perspective.
Claude-Michel Loriaux, demographer (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Ageing, longevity and the grey revolution: a losing battle or a Utopia to (re)think?
Manuel Ribeiro, sociologist & demographer (Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico)
The vulnerability of elderly people in in the specific context of developing countries: institutional responses to
population ageing in Mexico.
Coffee Break
11h15-13h - Round table 3
Family relations between generations in the heart of life cycle transformations
Elena Ambrosetti, demographer (Sapienza University of Rome, MEMOTEF, Italy) moderator
Claudine Attias-Donfut, sociologist (CNAV & Centre Edgar Morin)
The changing nature of intergenerational ties and a new ‘family spirit’.
Catherine Bonvalet, demographer (INED)
The challenge for baby boomers: free yet interdependent.
Laurent Nowik, sociologist & demographer (Tours University, UMR CITERES)
Family support put to the test by longer lives.
Florence Weber, anthropologist et sociologist (ENS - Paris Sciences et Lettres, Centre Maurice Halbwachs)
The very old, the mentally ill and marginalised youth: the signs of family solidarity under strain in time of crisis.
Lunch Break
14h-16h30 - Round table 4
The sexual division of labour and its political institutionalisation
Thierry Blöss, sociologist (Aix-Marseille University, UMR LEST) moderator
Margarita León Borja, sociologist (Autonomous University of Barcelona, IGOP, Spain)
Familism and social change: adapting to modern gender roles in Southern Europe.
Fiorenza Deriu, political scientist (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
The challenge of the "forced" familism of women in Italy: differences in social gender roles and policy
measures in comparison to some Northern European countries.
Agnès Martial, anthropologist (EHESS Marseille)
From money earned to family money. Female contribution and compromises.
Claude Martin, sociologist (EHESP & UMR CRAPE, Rennes)
Childhood, youth, parenthood and loss of autonomy: is ‘gender blindness’ gaining ground? France
within Southern Europe.
Coffee Break
16h45 : Closing Conference
Social ties in the Mediterranean: a specific patterns of social bonds?
Serge Paugam, sociologist (EHESS Paris, UMR CMH)
Cocktail reception