Nordic Centre of Excellence:
Reassessing the Nordic
Welfare Model
Contact information
Leader:
Bjørn Hvinden +4722541217
Deputy Leader:
Viggo Nordvik +4722541269
Co-ordinator:
Mi Ah Schøyen +4722541286
reassess@reassess.no
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Conference: Shifting to post-crisis welfare states in Europe? NordForsk and the Nordic Centres of Excellence NordWel and REASSESS organize an international conference in Berlin 4-5 June, 2013. |
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PhD Course: Local welfare systems and social cohesion Time: 10-12 June 2013 Venue: Departament de Sociologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona The course is organized by four FP 7 projects, i.e. Localise, Cope, Wilco and Flows in collaboration with the Doctoral School of Social Science, Aalborg University. |
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NordWel and REASSESS Joint International Summer School NCoE NordWel and REASSESS organize a joint international summer school in Reykjavik, 15-20 August 2013. |
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Public debate: The Nordic welfare model and its limit Voksenåsen 27. November 2011, 3-5.15pm |
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CFP: Nordic model challenges in transition from school to work Call for papers: International workshop on Nordic model challenges in transition from school to work: gender, ethnicity and disability. Copenhagen 21-22 November 2012 |
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REASSESS sponsored PhD Course on 'Social Policy, Life Course and Gender' 21-25 September, Oslo, Norway. Organizer and main lecturer: Prof. Gunhild Hagestad. Applications by 1 August. |
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"Markets in care: Are there critical lessons for Nordic countries?" OPEN SEMINAR |
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REASSESS Final International Conference REASSESS organizes its Final International conference 21-22 August, Oslo, Norway. |
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PhD summer school Call for papers: Joint NordWel and REASSESS International Summer School "State, Society & Citizen – Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development". Helsinki, 12 -17 August 2012. |
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FISS 2012 Conference - Call for Papers The 19th International Research Seminar of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS) will be devoted to the Challenges for social protection within a changing economic, social and political context. The conference will take place 18-20 June 2012 in Sigtuna, Sweden.
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Call for papers The international conference "Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development", organized by NCoE NordWel and the Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark, will take place in Odense, 14-16 June 2012. |
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PhD workshop in Aalborg The PhD workshop "Challenges to the welfare states? Immigration, diversity and populism" will take place at Aalborg University, March 1-2 2012. Deadline for registration is February 10. |
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Seminar in Helsinki: Changing meanings of (un)employment University of Helsinki, 27-28 February 2012 Venue: Forest House (Metsätalo), Unioninkatu 40, room 10 Open seminar on the making and defining of unemployment from a comparative historical perspective.
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Workshop series 2012: Future directions in international comparative social policy In the context of an increasingly internationalised, complex and uncertain world this series of workshops brings together the work of researchers in the field of comparative social policy analysis in order to create an arena in which to explore contemporary debates and issues relating to international comparative research. |
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Boklansering I disse dager slippes boken Changing Social Equality: The Nordic welfare model in the 21st century. I den forbindelse blir det holdt et seminar i Stockholm mandag 28. november med presentasjoner av flere av forfatterne.
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Configurational Comparative Methods The Centre for Welfare State Research Invites you to a seminar on "Configurational Comparative Methods: QCA and Fuzzy Sets" with Professor Charles Ragin, 2-3 November 2011, at the University of Southern Denmark. Deadline for registration is Wednesday 19 October. |
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All well in the welfare state? Call for papers for NordWel workshop "All Well in the Welfare State? Mental wellbeing and the politics of happiness". The workshop takes place at Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki, October 24–25 2011. |
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Seminar: Individualization and the Delivery of Welfare Services The seminar aims at highlighting various challenges of welfare service delivery in the contemporary welfare state(s). Time and date: Thursday 20 October 2011, at the University of Helsinki. |
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Schooling, Education and Citizenship - The Making of the Nordic Welfare States The workshop is organized by the theme group "Religion, Lutheranism and the Nordic Welfare State Model", under the Nordic Centre of Excellence: NordWel, and takes place at the University of Jyväskylä, 18 October 2011. |
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Post-Crisis Post-Lisbon Economic and Social Policy: A New Era? This two-day multidisciplinary doctoral workshop is hosted by University of Southern Denmark, and takes place September 14-16 2011, in Odense. |
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Life course dynamics and the mechanisms of social inequality Workshop and seminar in Turku, Finland, August 29th to September 2nd, 2011. Deadline for registration: May 31st. |
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Production, Reproduction, and Protection in the Welfare State - Call for Papers to the RC 19 Annual Conference The annual meeting of the Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC 19) will be held August 25-27, 2011, at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, Korea. |
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NordWel Summer School 2011 Nordic Centre of Excellence NordWel, in cooperation with the Department of History, Stockholm University, and the Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm, organize an international summer school: "State, Society & Citizen - Cross- and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development" in Sigtuna, Sweden, 21–26 August 2011. |
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The dynamics of the policies of care: institutions, interests and tensions The workshop takes place as part of the XVI Nordic Political Science Congress, arranged by the Nordic Political Science Association (NoPSA) in Vaasa, Finland, August 9-12, 2011. The aim is to explore the political underpinnings of the policies of care. |
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Children's Well-Being: The Research & Policy Challenges This three-day conference is the third organised by the International Society for Child Indictors (ISCI), an international group of experts, practitioners and researchers in the field worldwide. It takes place at the University of York in England, July 27-29 2011. Abstracts on any topic relating to child indictors is welcomed, please notice that the deadline for abstracts is already January 31. |
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Call for papers The conference "Social inequality and mobility in the life-course: Causes and consequences of social stratification" will take place July 7-9 2011 at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, in Mannheim, Germany. |
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Growth, Social Protection and Inequality - call for papers The Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS) invites paper proposals for its 18th International Research Seminar to be held June 8-10, 2011 at the Sigtunahöjden Conference Hotel, near Stockholm. Extended deadline for abstracts: February 21. |
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Working Carers - Caring workers The final conference of the WoCaWo research project, "Working Carers and Caring Workers: Making Paid Employment and Care Responsibilities Compatible?", will take place Tuesday, June 7 2011, at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. |
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Call for papers "Crisis and Renewal: Welfare States, Democracy and Equality in Hard Times", an interdisciplinary conference jointly held by NORDWEL, REASSESS and EDDA, will take place at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, June 2-3 2011. |
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Nordic PhD course: Children of the Welfare State - the Case of Disability The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - in cooperation with REASSESS and The Nordic Network of Disability Research (NNDR) - arranges a PhD course for Nordic PhD students in social and/or health science/social work. The ambition of the course is to combine empirical and theoretical perspectives on welfare issues concerning children/childhood and disabilities. |
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Comparative methodology: Innovative methods and neglected issues Workshop to be held at the Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 25-26 May 2011. |
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Community, Work and Family IV International Conference Call for abstracts. The fourth international Community, Work and Family Conference will take place on 19-21 May 2011 at University of Tampere, Finland. The conference will bring together around 200 social scientists and practitioners from a wide range of countries and disciplines. |
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Seminars with Frank Dobbin Frank Dobbin, professor of sociology at Harvard University, will give two lectures at NOVA on equal opportunity policies and diversity management, May 19th and May 20th 2011. |
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Call for papers The Centre for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector invites researchers to the conference "The voluntary sector in the Nordic countries - Change agents and contract partners?", in Bergen 18-20 May 2011. |
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Inclusions and Exclusions - Crossing Borders of the Welfare State The Nordic PhD-student Network for Research on Immigration, Integration & Welfare (WelMi) invites you to join four public lectures by established international scholars on the relationship between welfare states and immigration. Time and place: May 11 2011 at the Swedish School of Social Science, Helsinki. The event is organized in cooperation with the NCoE NordWel and the Swedish School of Social Science. |
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Nordic PhD seminar in Social History The theme of the seminar is the history of childhood and poverty in the period 1700-1950. It will be hosted by the Welfare Museum in Svendborg, Denmark, in cooperation with the Centre for Welfare State Research and Institute of History and Civilization, University of Southern Denmark. Date: 11-13 May 2011. |
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Does Europe Care? Care providers, professionals, policymakers, and researchers are invited to the European Care Conference 2011 "Does Europe Care?", Amsterdam, April 28-29. |
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Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge An interdisciplinary conference on migration jointly organised by the NORFACE Research Programme on Migration and the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) 6 - 9 April 2011 at University College London. Paper submission deadline: 15 December 2010 |
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What role will the Nordic Welfare Model play in globalization? This is the topic for a conference sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers, taking place in Helsinki in April 2011. |
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Reforming Activation: A New Turn in Policy? International Expert Conference, University of Hamburg, March 24-25 2011. Among the speakers are REASSESS strand leader Ivar Lødemel and Amilcar Moreira, who will present results from the Workfare Revisited project. |
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Multiculturalism and Nordic Welfare States The Ph.D. course 'Multiculturalism and Nordic Welfare States – welfare state principles, democracy and gender equality' will take place 21-23 March, 2011, at Aalborg University. |
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Call for papers 5th International conference on "The financial crisis, welfare state challenges and new forms of risk management" at Store Restrup Herregaard, March 2-4 2011. The conference is organized by Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies (CCWS), Aalborg University. |
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Høyredreining i Europa - retorikk eller realitet? Fafokonferansen 2011 holdes i Oslo Kongressenter, 2. mars 2011. |
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Generational interdependencies The international policy-conference “Generational interdependencies” marks the end of the research project MULTILINKS (“How demographic changes shape intergenerational solidarity, well-being, and social integration: A multilinks framework”), which was funded through the European Commission 7th Framework Programme. The conference takes place on February 10th 2011, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
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Den Nordiske Modellen: Et forbilde for en verden i krise? Refleksjoner før Davos. Debattmøte ledet av Terje Svabø på Litteraturhuset (Amalie Skram), mandag 24. januar klokken 13.00. |
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Still unlike, but not that different? The University of Southern Denmark’s Centre for Welfare State Research and the Nordic Centre of Excellence NordWel invite you to the research seminar "Still Unlike, But Not That Different? Recent Trends in the Development of the Welfare State in Europe and America", in Odense, November 18, 2010. |
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Workshop on multi-level analysis Multi-level approaches to the analysis of work, care and welfare: An introductory workshop to theory, data and analyses, to be held at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 15-17 November 2010. |
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Workfare revisited The GIV/REASSESS seminar "Workfare Revisited. Activation reforms in Europe and the US" will take place November 12th 2010, at Oslo University College. |
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Activating local welfare systems Seminar arranged by the Research Group for Inclusive Social Welfare Policies (GIV), Oslo University College, and REASSESS' strand 7, at Litteraturhuset in Oslo on October 21st. |
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Social policy and the global crisis Call for abstracts: 8th ESPAnet Conference 2010: Social Policy and the Global Crisis: Consequences and Responses will take place in Budapest 2-4 September 2010. Extended deadline for abstract submission. 29th of March. |
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15. Nordic Migration Research Conference GLOBAL CHALLENGES - LOCAL RESPONSES. Malmö, 25-27 August 2010 |
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Summer School: State, Society & Citizen The Nordforsk Program on Welfare and the two Nordic Centres of Excellence: Nordwel and REASSESS invite Ph.D. students within and outside the Nordic countries to discuss the development of the welfare state, its preconditions, present status and how we ought to study it in Odense 15-20 August 2010. |
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ISA World Congress of Sociology Sociology on the move - 11-17 July 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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The EU and Futures of the Welfare States? Researchers who have focused most of their work on the relationships between the EU and welfare state reforms will gather in Stockholm on the 21st of June for an open discussion aimed at reaching common grounds on what knowledge we have on EU and the welfare states. Registration deadline is June 17th 2010. |
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Transforming care: Provision, quality and inequalities in late life Call for Papers. The international conference, Transforming care: Provision, quality and inequalities in late life, will take place 21-23 June, Eigtveds pakhus, Copenhagen. |
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Health and Welfare, Disability and Rehabilitation A group of researchers in Norway and PRC have established a Norwegian-Chinese interdisciplinary research network within Health and Welfare, Disability and Rehabilitation. The network is arranging a conference 10-11 June at Oslo University College. |
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Immigrant Integration and Social Theory The association Nordic Migration Research at University of Helsinki invites you to a doctoral training course 27 May - 3 June 2010. |
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Conference on the economic crisis Call for papers for the conference: After the Gold Rush: Economic Crisis and Consequences in Reykjavik 27-28 May 2010. |
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REASSESS Conference on income distribution Some of the leading researchers in the field of income distribution and income inequality will participate at the conference in Asker, Norway, 27-28 April 2010. Registration deadline is 15 April. |
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GIV/REASSESS strand 7 seminars Professor Neil Gilbert from University of California, Berkley, and professor Graham Room from the University of Bath will give public lectures at Oslo University College in April and May. |
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Nordisk sjenerøsitet, farvel? Nordisk Ministerråd Oslo-kontor (Norden i Fokus Oslo) inviterer våren 2010 til debatt om funksjon og fremtid for noen nordiske samarbeidsområder. |
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The RI Nordic - 2010 Rehabilitation Seminar The seminar, titled Economical recession - challenges on vocational rehabilitation and well-being at work, takes place at the Scandic Marina Congress Centre in Helsinki, 18 March 2010. |
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Diversity, Residential Segregation, Integration and the Welfare State An international Workshop on Diversity, Residential Segregation, Integration and the Welfare State will take place 17 March 2010 at the Swedish Institute of Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University. |
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Multi-level approaches to the analysis of work, care and welfare A PhD-workshop for (post-)graduate students at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 22-25 February 2010. |
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PhD course: Theories and Realities of Care A new PhD course, Theories and Realities of Care: Policies and Organizations of Care, will take place 8-10 February 2010, at Roskilde University. Deadline for registration and abstract is January 4th. |
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Ph.d course: Welfare – Concepts and Measurements The course takes place at Aalborg University in Denmark, 20-22 January 2010. The course is planned in cooperation between The Danish Research School - Welfare State and Diversity, and REASSESS. |
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REASSESS seminar REASSESS Research strand 10 invites you to the seminar: Changes in patterns of poverty, social exclusion and other outcomes in the Nordic countries in Århus, Denmark. |
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Call for papers Reassess strand 2, ´Family change, public policies and birth-rates´, arranges its third research workshop, November 26-27 2009 at SFI (Danish National Centre for Social Research). |
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NORDWEL Seminar The seminar "New reproductive technologies and family policies in the Nordic Welfare States" will take place at Copenhagen University, November 26-27 2009. |
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Kunnskapsminister Kristin Halvorsen: Den Nordiske Velferdsmodellen Obs. ny dato: 20. november holder Norges kunnskapsminister, tidligere finansminister, Kristin Halvorsen den årlige Arvid Brodersens minneforelesning på Institutt for samfunnsforskning i Oslo. |
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Labour-market Flexibility, Social Protection, and Family Life ESPAnet/RECWOWE calls for applications to a doctoral workshop at Tilburg University, Netherlands, 19-20 November 2009. |
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Nordic PhD course: Care of older people: comparative perspectives on policies, practices and outcomes The course will take place October 26-27, November 17-18, November 30-December 2 2009 in Stockholm |
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The political and social economy of care The conference Providing care in a globalising world: the role of markets and migration will look at the political and social economy of care in Sweden, Finland, Australia, Canada and the UK. The conference takes place in Stockholm, on October 26 2009. |
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Parental Leave, Care Policies & Gender Equalities in the Nordic Countries On October 22, 2009, in Reykjavik Iceland, a Nordic conference on parental leave, care policies and gender equalities will give insight into the different policies adopted within the Nordic countries. |
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Beyond Identity politics? The conference Beyond Identity Politics? Intersecting disability, ethnicity and religious identities and a following Doctoral workshop will take place at Stockholm University 21-23 October 2009. New registration deadline: 1 October. |
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An American Dilemma? The conference "An American Dilemma"? Race/ethnicity and welfare states in the U.S, Europe and the Nordic countries will take place at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, October 1-3 2009. |
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Julia Kristeva-dagene 24.–26. september 2009 In September Julia Kristeva will visit Oslo University College and one of the themes she will address is disability and difference. |
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7 Annual ESPAnet Conference 2009: The future of the welfare state Call for streams: The future of the welfare state. Paths of social policy innovation between constraints and opportunities in Urbino (Italy), 17-19 September 2009. |
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Social policy as a productive factor The 30th Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation will take place 3-5 September 2009 in Tampere. Deadline for abstract submission: 13 March. |
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Social Policies: Local Experiments, Travelling Ideas From August 20th to August 22nd, the International Sociological AssociatioPolicy (RC19) will hold its annual academic conference in Montreal, Canada. |
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CFP: The Welfare State in Capitalism Revisited Pauli Kettunen, Klaus Petersen and Chris Lloyd are on behalf of Nordwel organizing a session at the upcoming World Economic History Congress in Utrecht 3-7 August 2009. The session is entitled The Welfare State in Capitalism Revisited. Deadline for submitting abstract: 10 February. |
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5th ESPAnet Summer School: Social Inclusion and Exclusion in a Changing Europe The summer school will take place in Bremen in July 2-11 2009. RECWOWE - Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe is co-organizer. Application deadline is April 15. |
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Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poor Countries Call for papers:The 16th annual International Research Seminar on Issues in Social Security organised by FISS (FISS - the Foundation for International Studies of Social Security) will take place at the Sigtunahöjden Conference Centre in Sigtuna, near Stockholm, Sweden, on 16 -18 June 2009. |
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CFP: NordWel Summer School 2009 Nordic Centre of Excellence:The Nordic Welfare State - Historical Foundations and Future Challenges organizes the summer school: State, Society & Citizen - Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development in Bergen, Norway 7-12 June 2009. |
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PhD Course: Multi level statistical analyses in social research REASSESS organises the PhD course "Multi level statistical analyses in social research. An introductory course for PhD students" at Turku University, Finland, 25-27 May 2009. Registration deadline 15 April. |
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Mid-term conference of NCoE Welfare REASSESS 2009 REASSESS organises its second major conference 18-20 May in Oslo to give all the researchers participating in the various strands of the centre an opportunity to meet and present their work so far. The main goal of the conference is to promote integration between the different activities within REASSESS. |
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Workshop: Reforming Unemployment Policies in Europe A research workshop at the Centre for Globalisation and Governance, University of Hamburg, 15.-16. May 2009. |
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Understanding Changing Welfare States and Social Policies: Causes, Processes and Consequences The next ESPAnet Doctoral workshop will take place at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 14-15 May 2009. Deadline for applications: 13 February 2009. |
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Doctoral Workshop: Changing Welfare States, changing theoretical concepts? The 1st Doctoral Workshop of the German EspaNet Network will take place at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, May 13-14, 2009. Deadline for abstract submission: March 15th. |
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Labour markets and welfare states The conference Labour Markets and Welfare States. The Nordic Model in Comparative and Transnational Historical Perspectives takes place in Stockholm, May 13-15 2009. |
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World Social Science Forum The International Social Science Council (ISSC)´s first World Social Science Forum will take place in Bergen, Norway in May 2009. |
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What future for social investment? The Institute for Futures Studies in collaboration with NordWel organises the conference "What future for social investment" May 7th-8th 2009, Stockholm, Sweden. Deadline for registration: March 15th, 2009. |
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Strand 5 Workshop The next meeting of Strand 5: Migration as a challenge to the Nordic Welfare Model will take place in Reykjavik May 4-6. |
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Norwegian Centre for Child Research Conference Call for papers: Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB), NTNU, invites you to the conference The Modern Child and the Flexible Labour Market: Exploring early childhood education and care in Trondheim, April 29-30 2009. |
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Co-operatives and “the social question” – ideology, networks and organizing NordWel organises a workshop in Turku 28 April 2009 at Åbo Akademi University. |
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European ideas and action, their impacts on social and health policy, and on the Nordic and other European models A research seminar co-organised by NordWel, the Institute for Future studies, Stockholm, and the Centre for European studies at Sciences po Paris. Deadline for abstract submission January 15th. Registration deadline: February 15th. |
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Conference: Activation and Security The second ASPEN/ETUI-REHS conference: Activation and Security will take place at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, March 20-21, 2009. The registration deadline is February 15th 2009. |
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Strand 6 Workshop: Combating Exclusion Strand 6: Combating exclusion - the case of people with disabilities organises their second seminar February 27 in Oslo. |
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Strand 10: Coming events The second workshop of the research strand 10 “Changes in patterns of poverty, social exclusion and other outcomes in the Nordic countries" will take place on February 23-25 in Reykjavik, Iceland. |
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Economic sustainability and social outcomes. Nordic welfare states confronting financial crisis The second joint workshop between REASSESS strand 4 ’Ageing populations and income security in old age’ and strand 8 ’Globalization and the competitiveness of the Nordic Welfare Model’ will take place in Oslo, NOVA, January 14-16 2009. |
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Ageing Societies and the Welfare State The workshop Ageing Societies and the Welfare State will take place at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 11-12 December 2008. PhD students who wish to participate should submit abstracts before 30 September. |
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Invitasjon til nordisk konferanse Nordic Network on Disability research (NNDR), Nordiska högskolan för folkhälsovetenskap (NHV) og Nordiska samarbetsorganet för handikappfrågor (NSH) inviterer till konferansen "Brukarnas bruk av forskning" den 10. desember 2008, i Norges Forskningsråd i Oslo. Påmelding senest 7. desember. |
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Sustainable Nordic health care systems The Nordic Network NOVO arranges a conference 3-4 December in Espoo, Finland. The main themes are work environment in health care, productivity and quality of care. Deadline for submitting abstracts: October 27th. |
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Second workshop for strand 2 Reassess strand 2 ´Family change, public policies and birth rates´ arranges its second research workshop on November 27-28 2008, at SFI (Danish National Centre for Social Research). The theme of the workshop will be challenges and changes for family policies. |
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Ph.D. course in regression techniques The Ph.D. course ´Regression techniques using SPSS: Specifications and Interpretation´ will be held at Aalborg University, November 26-28 2008. |
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Har den nordiska modellen någon framtid? Institutet för Framtidsstudier inviterer til workshop og seminar om den nordiske modellens framtid, 25. november 2008 i Stockholm. |
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PhD workshop with Professor Sanford Schram November 21st Research Group for Inclusive Social Welfare Policies (GIV) at Oslo University College invites to a PhD workshop with Professor Sanford Schram, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College, USA. |
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NordWel workshop Nordic Centre of Excellence: The Nordic Welfare State - Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (NCoE NordWel), in collaboration with Centre for Welfare State Research (University of Southern Denmark), invites you to the workshop "Citizenship, collective identity & welfare state nationalism". |
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Ph.D. course in Nordic Disability Policy The Ph.D. course ´Trends and Challenges in Nordic Disability Policy´ is organised by Reassess in collaboration with the Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Social Work and Health Science. |
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Globalization of Markets and Policies Workshop organized by LabourNet at the University of Tampere, Finland, November 6-8. |
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Welfare models and welfare reform The PhD course ´Comparative analysis of welfare models and welfare reform´ will take place at Roskilde University, on November 5-7 2008. The course is organised by The Danish Research School - Welfare state and diversity, in collaboration with REASSESS. |
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The American Way and the Nordic Model The seminar "The American Way and the Nordic Model: Reflections on the Marshall Plan" takes place in Syddansk Universitet, Odense, Wednesday October 22, 12.15-16.30 in Mødelokale 6. |
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First workshop for Strand 3 Strand 3 ´Welfare regimes and parent-child relations´ arranges its first workshop on October 20th in Oslo. |
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Changing Gender Relations: Nordic Feminism and Gender Research 2008 The Centre for Gender Studies at Karlstad University invites Nordic gender researchers to a conference on feminism and gender research in the Nordic countries 6-8 October 2008. |
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The Role of Ideas, Discourses and Frames in Welfare Policies ´Research School - Welfare State and diversity´ offers a new PhD course, at Aalborg University, October 1-3 2008. |
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Second workshop for strand 7 Reassess strand 7 ´Activation and New Governance Structures´ arranges its second workshop on September 26 2008, at Oslo University College. The theme of the workshop will be evaluating the effectiveness of activation programmes and policies. Deadline for abstract submission is 1 September. |
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Velferdssamfunnet - Ser vi mulighetene? Høgskolen i Harstad, Norge, inviterer til jubileumskonferanse 22. og 23. september 2008. |
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Cross-border Influence in Social Policy Call for papers: The Annual ESPAnet Conference will this year take place in Helsinki, 18-20 September 2008: CROSS-BORDER INFLUENCE IN SOCIAL POLICY. Deadline for abstract submission is 14 March. |
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RECWOWE Doctoral Workshop A two-day doctoral workshop, Work, care and well-being: public and private arrangements, will be organised in Helsinki, Finland, on September 16-17 2008. |
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Workfare policies and welfare state legitimacy Call for papers: Nordic Centre of Excellence: The Nordic Welfare State - Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (NCoE NordWel) is organising a conference on September 11-12 2008, at the Rokkan Centre for Social Studies in Bergen. |
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NordWel Summer School 2008 NCoE NordWel in cooperation with the Danish Research School for History and Nordic Research School for Contemporary History are organizing the summer school "State, Society & Citizen - the Multilayered Historicity of the Welfare State" in Helsinki, August 21-26 2008. |
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Universalism, Diversity and Inequality Strand 9 ´Drivers of Change´ arranges a working seminar in Reykjavik 21-23 August 2008 to present and discuss draft chapters for two books from REASSESS. |
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Summer School The 4th ESPAnet Summer School: "New Risks and New Governance in Europe" will take place at the University of Utrecht, 8-18 July, 2008. |
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Transforming Elderly Care at Local, National and Transnational Levels International Conference in Copenhagen, 26-28 June 2008 |
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First workshop of strand 1 The aim of the workshop of Strand 1: Care in ageing and diversifying societies is to investigate the possibilities for research exchange and collaboration around the issues of the strand. The workshop will take place in Copenhagen 25 June 2008. |
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Reassess strand 4 and NordWel arrange joint workshop The workshop on ´Historical and social scientific perspectives on Nordic pension reform´ takes place on Tuesday June 17, in Oslo, Munthesgate 31. |
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Call for interests - research strand 10 The first workshop of research strand 10 ´Changes in patterns of poverty, social exclusion and other outcomes in the Nordic countries´ will take place on June 17-18 2008 in Turku, Finland. |
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First meeting of Strand 5 The first meeting of Strand 5 ‘Migration as a challenge to the Nordic Welfare Model´ will take place in Stockholm on June 11. |
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The Politics of Recalibration: Welfare Reforms in the Wider Europe ESPAnet Doctoral Workshop. Forli, University of Bologna-Forli, Italy, 5-7 June 2008 |
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PhD Course: Academic Writing We are pleased to announce a new Reassess PhD Course: Academic Writing in English given by Natalie Reid. The course will take place in Oslo 19-23 May 2008. Reassess will cover the cost and accommodation of participants. Application deadline is 14 March. |
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The Nordic Model: Solutions for Continental Europe´s Problems? The question will be critically examined at a conference held by the Center for European Studies, at Harvard University, May 9-10 2008. |
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Pension Systems for the Future The Social Research Centre of the University of Iceland together with the Nordic Center of Excellence in Welfare Research REASSESS are joint organizers of the conference: Pension Systems for the Future. Reassessing the Nordic Welfare States at the University of Iceland, May 7th 2008. |
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First workshop of strand 9 The first workshop of research strand 9 ´Nordic welfare state paths - drivers of change´ will take place in Tampere, Finland, April 24-25 2008. |
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Seminar om den nordiske modellen ved AFI Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet arrangerer seminaret ´Den nordiske modellen og den norske samarbeidstradisjonen: Hva er dens historie, dens fortrinn, og dens framtid?´, torsdag 24. april kl. 14 til 16 i Oslo. |
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Strand 6 Seminar: Combating Exclusion The first seminar of Strand 6: Combating Exclusion - The Case of People with Disabilities will take place on March 5th in Oslo. |
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Welfare State Change 4th International conference on Welfare State Change: Policy feedback, the role of ideas, and incrementalism. Store Restrup Herregaard, 30 January - 1 February, 2008. Announcement and call for papers. An ESPA Net Expert Seminar. |
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Workshop: Welfare reform and economic challenges A joint workshop of Research Strand 4: ´Ageing populations and income security in old age´ and RS8: ´Globalisation and the competitiveness of the Nordic Welfare Model´ takes place 15-16 January at NOVA in Oslo. |
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Workshop: Family change, public policies and birth-rates The first workshop of Research Strand 2: Family change, public policies and birth-rates will take place in Copenhagen December 12th to 13th. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss drafts of proposals for research participants want to conduct as part of the strand 2 activities - and to plan the activities of strand 2. |
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PhD course in Oslo Reassess announces a three-day PhD Course 7-9 November 2007 in Oslo: Social Policy, Gender, and the Life Course. The aim of the course is to explore the interplay of social policy and the lives of men and women, with focus on aldulthood. |
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Network, Unemployment and Employment Chances International conference arranged by Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies & BPFNET at Aalborg University, Denmark, 29 October 2007. |
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Kick-off conference for REASSESS The first conference of the centre will take place 24-25 October 2007 in Oslo. Invited speakers include Kristin Clemet, Mogens Lykketoft and Ann Shola Orloff. The Nordic welfare states will be scrutinized as researchers debate challenges facing the Nordic welfare model. |
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RS7 Workshop: Activation and new governance structures The first workshop of Research Strand 7: Activation and new governance structures takes place 22-23 October 2007 at Oslo University College. |
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Kick-off seminar in Helsinki NordForsk invites you to the kick-off for the Nordic Centre of Excellence Programme in Welfare Research 2007-2011 in Helsinki Finland. |
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Kick-off meeting for Reassess in Oslo 13 April the NCoE held its first meeting. |