Trends and contextual data • Catherine Bonvalet, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Arnaud Bringe, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Linking family trajectories and the evolution of educational offers with child schooling and work paths: information from the biographical survey of family and schooling (EFS) in Burkina Faso (2006) • Jean-François Kobiané, Université de Ouagadougou ; Marc Pilon, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Idrissa Ouili, Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP) and Université de Ouagadougou ; Madeleine Wayack Pambè, Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)

Linking lives and shifting contexts: critical reflections on qualitative lifecourse methodologies • Catherine Locke, University of East Anglia ; Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Unversity of East Anglia

When a love story ends, which biographies become relevant? • Montse Solsona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona