1. The role of Societal Pessimism in Childfree Rationales: Quantitative and Qualitative insights from the Netherlands • Nola Cammu , Tilburg University; Katya Ivanova, Tilburg University; Mirthe Megens, Tilburg University.

2. Fertility Preferences and Life Goals in Young Scandinavian Couples: Insights from the Young Dyad Study on Early Adulthood Relationship Dynamics • Nicole Hiekel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Anne H. Thomsen, Department of Public Health, Research Unit for Epidemiology, Aarhus University; Siri E. Håberg, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Cecilia H. Ramlau-Hansen, Department of Public Health, Research Unit for Epidemiology, Aarhus University; Hans Fredrik Sunde, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Fartein Ask Torvik, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Rannveig Hart , Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo.

3. Self-Fulfilment and Fertility Intentions: The Interplay of Cultural Values and Expected Welfare State Support • Francesca Luppi , Università Cattolica; Andrea Bonanomi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Alessandro Rosina, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

4. Feeling Torn: Ambivalence and Fertility Intentions in Poland • Monika Mynarska , Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw & SGH Warsaw School of Economics; Joanna Lesniak, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw & SGH Warsaw School of Economics.

5. Opting Out of Parenthood: Lifestyle Choices, Global Concerns and Navigating Precarity • Maria Letizia Tanturri , University of Padova; Annalisa Donno, University of Padova.

6. Unrealized Fertility over the Life Course • Sara Yeatman , University of Colorado Denver; Tom Anderson, The Langston Company.