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. 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.

3. 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.

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

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