Eric D. Widmer

Eric D. Widmer is a researcher in sociology at the University of Geneva, specializing in family dynamics, life courses, and interpersonal network analysis. He developed the Family Network Method to study contemporary family structures and their psychosocial impacts.

• Current research focuses on family configurations in vulnerable populations, justice/punishment representations, and historical/scientific collaboration networks.
• He leads the project "Critical Events and Family Configurations" (IP8) within the National Research Center LIVES (PRN LIVES).

His methodological approach integrates interdisciplinary tools from bioinformatics and network analysis.

Key publications include:

• Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe (2011): Analyzes family rituals and life-course turning points.
• Family Configurations (2010): Explores structured family interdependencies beyond nuclear units.
• Beyond the Nuclear Family (2008): Investigates extended kinship patterns and their societal implications.