Professor of life course social psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Social Sciences - University of Lausanne

Dario Spini

Dario Spini is a full professor of social psychology at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lausanne. A recognized specialist in life courses, vulnerability, and aging, he directed the National Center of Competence in Research LIVES (2010–2022), a major interdisciplinary program bringing together more than 130 researchers from 11 Swiss institutions, dedicated to the study of vulnerabilities throughout the life course. His work focuses on identity dynamics, resilience processes, longitudinal and comparative methods, and the inclusion of older people in society. He is also co-editor of the book Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023), which synthesizes the results of 12 years of research on these themes.

Publications of Dario Spini

Spini, D., Widmer, E. D. (2023). Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life. Palgrave Macmillan.

Spini, D., Sapin, M., Widmer, E. D. (2014). Les parcours de vie : De l’adolescence au grand âge. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes.

Spini, D., Devos, T., Schwartz, S. H. (2002). “Conflicts among human values and trust in institutions”, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32(8): 1621–1641.

Spini, D., Ghisletta, P. (2004). “An introduction to generalized estimating equations and an application to assess selectivity effects in a longitudinal study on very old individuals”, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 29(4): 421–437.

Spini, D., Elcheroth, G., Gauthier, J.-A. (2024). “Defining the Meso-Level as Geosocial Embeddedness: A New Avenue for Life Course Research”, Advances in Life Course Research, 53: 100553.

Spini, D., Anex, E., Morselli, D., Sommet, N., Bühlmann, F. (2021). “Cause Commune. Rapport d'enquête longitudinale. Première vague : 2019 - 2020”, LIVES Working Papers, 95.