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Spring conference of the DGS section “Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis”
Two members of the WEALTHTRAJECT team presented first results of their work on the project at the 2026 spring conference of the German Sociological Society (DGS) section on “Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis”, held in Potsdam last week. Sascha Dos Santos gave a presentation with the title “Stability and Turning Points in Life Course…
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Welcoming Sophia Fauser to the WEALTHTRAJECT team
We are excited to announce that the WEALTHTRAJECT team has expanded with the addition of Sophia Fauser, who joined as a postdoctoral researcher in February 2026. In her role on the project, she will investigate the relationship between family background and wealth trajectories, linking intragenerational developments with intergenerational transmission. Sophia brings expertise in life course…
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The WEALTHTRAJECT Project is Officially Underway!
We are thrilled to announce the official start of the WEALTHTRAJECT project. After an initial phase led by Principal Investigator Philipp Lersch, the team expanded in January 2025 with the addition of Sascha Dos Santos and Mathis Herpell. Since then, we have been hard at work refining the project’s core concepts and implementing our strategy…