The education policy seminar series will take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8:00 AM US Pacific Time / 11:00 AM US Eastern Time / 5:00 PM Central European Time.

The Gateway to Global Aging Data is organizing a monthly virtual seminar series on education policy. The series is led by Dave Knapp (University of Southern California) and Mauricio Avendano (University of Lausanne). The goal of the series is to foster conversations and exchange ideas between the Gateway education team, its collaborators, and outside researchers working in this growing field. Presentations will typically feature in-progress work, and active discussion is encouraged.

Participants must register to receive seminar announcements and meeting links. To register, please submit the form with your email here. Emails will be limited to seminar announcements, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

Upcoming Presentations

November 12, 2026
To be announced

December 3, 2026
To be announced

Thank you to those who have already presented:

January 8, 2026
Clémence Kieny, University of Lausanne Unisanté
Title: The Long-Run Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Late-Life Cognitive Function in India

March 12, 2026
Ariane Bertogg, University of Konstanz
Title: Unequal Impacts of Societal Transformation? Germany’s Division and Reunification and Gender and Educational Gradients in Later Life Cognitive Health

April 9, 2026
Léa Cimelli, French Institute for Demographic Studies
Title: The impact of reducing early school tracking on health in mid-life

May 14, 2026
Stella Tsoli, London School of Economics and Political Science
Title: The long-term effects of expanding access to secondary education on biological ageing

September 10, 2026
Ah-Reum Lee, University of Southern California
Title: Intergenerational returns to schooling on parents’ survival: Cross-national evidence on adult children’s education from Mexico, South Korea, United States, and Europe

October 8, 2026
Whitney Wells, University of California San Francisco
Title: The relationship between free preschool and parents’ wellbeing: Quasi-experimental evidence based on variation in generosity of US state-funded preschool programs