The goals of the ESPAnet Poland 2019 conference being promoted are to summarize and develop knowledge in the analysis of European social policy, to attract young scientists and to help them deepen their knowledge, skills and experience, equal opportunities and promote an interdisciplinary...

Topics: - what controversies appear in separate social policy fields? - what choices and alternative solutions occur in social policy? - what unexpected results are or might be caused by social tasks performance? Streams in English: - Challenges of Ageing Policy – Successful and Unsuccessful...

The theme of the conference this year is Social Investment and Development. The list of streams with description available in english (for the full list of streams, check Polish version): 1. Social and Technological Innovation in Ageing Policies in the European Union 2. Co-production in the...

The conference is open to all who are interested in the problems of contemporary welfare state. Stream Themes: - Comparative methodology - Pensions - Health care - Labour market policy - Family policy - Social services and social work - Poverty and social assistance - Education - Inequalities...

Policy studies increasingly focus on the role of ideas. It is not altogether a new insight that ideas matter in policy making, but it is a new phenomenon that it has become a dominant approach. This Ph.D. course offers a vide variety of theories and methods that theorize on how and under what...