How do conflict and violence continue to shape individuals and societies long after the immediate crisis has passed? This interdisciplinary event brings together Diego Alburez-Gutierrez (MPIDR), Macartan Humphreys (WZB), and Ulrike Kluge (Charité Universitätsmedizin) to explore the lasting consequences of trauma from psychological, demographic, and political perspectives. The discussion will highlight how different disciplines can

Across Africa, shifts in the legal status of polygyny – from prohibition to liberalization – are transforming the institutional landscape of marriage. Yet, the effects of these legal reforms and their implications for women’s outcomes remain poorly understood. Drawing on Demographic and Health Surveys and employing event-study designs, this talk examines the consequences of recent legislative

Across the world, families, schools, and governments are increasingly regulating adolescents’ digital and social media use, often without robust empirical evidence to support new rules. This talk brings together evidence from three studies investigating the effects of these measures. The first looks at the effects of school smartphone bans on social media use and well-being

Has the gender revolution stalled? An influential thesis says yes. We test it with time-use data from the US, Germany and six other European countries, using 48 surveys covering adults aged 25-40 born between the 1940s and 1990s. Taking a cohort rather than a period perspective, we examine paid work alongside three kinds of unpaid

Parents make difficult choices between earning income and time with their family, and while the detrimental consequences for adolescent’s mental health from financial hardships is well known, is there a comparable impact from time pressures? Using longitudinal data from Australian households (HILDA, 11,128 observations) we consider couple and lone parent households where parents have a

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