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John was also the founding father of the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) and this journal. <jats:italic>Longitudinal and Life Course Studies<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>LLCS<\/jats:italic>) published an obituary and tribute to John in 2024 (Schoon, 2024). This manuscript relates to a symposium that took place on 26 September 2024, in a special session organised as part of the annual meeting of the SLLS in Essex, UK. Professor Walter Heinz, a long-time friend and colleague of John\u2019s, convened the symposium. Professor Heinz won the SLLS John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award in 2023, with winners invited to present a keynote at the following year\u2019s annual meeting. Instead of a keynote, Professor Heinz chose to organise a symposium that would pay tribute to his dear friend, who sadly passed in August 2023. As Professor Heinz could not attend the meeting in person, SLLS president Professor Dario Spini chaired the symposium. Four guest speakers were invited to highlight the key role John played in longitudinal and life course studies. Professors Paul Clarke (on behalf of Professor David Blane who could not attend), Amanda Sacker, Jeylan Mortimer and Dale Dannefer (in collaboration with Professor Ingrid Schoon, who could not attend) served as the speakers. The transcript was collated and edited by Dr Tony Robertson. The transcript, and in turn manuscript, were edited to remove extraneous material and to smooth or clarify text, including linking to slides used by the presenters and including tables. All speakers have seen the full transcript and agree with the final version of the manuscript.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1332\/17579597y2025d000000059","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,2]],"date-time":"2025-10-02T22:16:14Z","timestamp":1759443374000},"page":"1-15","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The legacy of John Bynner"],"prefix":"10.1332","author":[{"given":"Walter","family":"Heinz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e4t Bremen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Blane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Imperial College London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Clarke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Essex, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dale","family":"Dannefer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Case Western Reserve University, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeylan","family":"Mortimer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Minnesota, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tony","family":"Robertson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Glasgow, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amanda","family":"Sacker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University College London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ingrid","family":"Schoon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University College London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dario","family":"Spini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"165","reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"CIT0001","series-title":"American Psychologist","first-page":"469","article-title":"Emerging adulthood: a theory of development from the late teens through the twenties","volume":"55","author":"Arnett, J.J.","year":"2000","unstructured":"Arnett, J.J. 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