About
Eric Widmer is a Professor at the Sociology Department within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Geneva. He holds a prominent position at the LIVES Centre (Interdisciplinary Centre for Life Course and Inequalities over the Life Span), a major Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research where he contributes to advancing understanding of life trajectories and social disparities.
His research focuses on life course sociology, examining how social inequalities manifest and evolve across different stages of life. Professor Widmer's work particularly emphasizes demographic perspectives on family structures, aging processes, and population dynamics within contemporary societies. His expertise bridges quantitative demographic methods with sociological theory to analyze long-term social trends.
As a core member of the LIVES UNIGE Office, he collaborates with researchers across multiple Swiss institutions on longitudinal studies of social change. His academic contributions help shape understanding of how institutional frameworks and individual agency interact throughout the life course, with implications for social policy development in areas such as family support, aging populations, and intergenerational equity.
