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BIOS has been the academic journal for biographical research, oral history studies and life course analysis since 1988. BIOS offers a forum for contributions from sociology, history, European ethnology, educational science and other social and cultural science subjects across disciplinary and national borders.

The journal publishes the latest academic research, conducts methodological debates, publishes in-depth country reports, reviews relevant new publications, presents rediscovered earlier texts and announces events.