Marcy Carlson, professor of sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will consider how changing demographic patterns shape the prevalence of generational overlap, especially for children and grandparents, during the De Jong Lecture in Social Demography. Credit: Penn State. 

Social Science Research Institute

17th Annual De Jong Lecture in Social Demography

1:00 PM / September 16, 2022

The 17th Annual De Jong Lecture in Social Demography, "Generational Overlap: Changing Demography and Shared Lifetimes", will be presented by Marcy Carlson, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, on Sept. 16, 9 a.m.–12 p.m., in room 233B in the HUB and virtually.

Carlson will consider how changing demographic patterns (i.e., declining/delayed fertility and longer life expectancies) shape the prevalence of generational overlap, especially for children and grandparents. Generational overlap in the form of shared lifetimes represents a fundamental condition guiding whether and how kin relationships across generations may develop and how resources may be shared — with notable variation by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity and family complexity.

Registration is required to attend or to livestream. Graduate students and post-docs can sign up for a lunch discussion with the presenters. See the event website for more information. 

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