European welfare states are at the center of various crises. In contrast to earlier decades, current crises are often not crises of the welfare state, but rather exogenous developments that affect social policy making and/or need to be addressed by social policy measures. These developments...

Debido a las circunstancias derivadas del COVID19, el VIII Congreso de la REPS se celebrarán de forma telemática y presencial. Conference motto "Caring for life, guaranteeing inclusion, living together in diversity: consensus and challenges". El lema del congreso es: "Cuidar la vida,...

The 17th annual ESPAnet conference in Stockholm will increase the interest to bridge research on migration, social protection and European welfare states, thus creating a solid foundation for evidence-based policymaking, not only in Sweden but also internationally. Topics: European refugee...

The 16th annual conference of the ESPAnet will be an exciting opportunity to discuss the challenges, problems and future prospect of European welfare systems at the time of great political, economic and environmental uncertainties of the globalized world. For centuries the welfare state in...

We invite submissions of papers from PhD students who focus on one or several of the mentioned aspects. Country case studies as well as comparative papers on social investment from theoretical and empirical perspectives are welcome. We are especially interested in different policy fields (e.g....

The aim is to bring together social policy experts and practitioners from Baltic States and other European countries, to share latest research, experiences and best practices in the field of social policy analyses and data.

European countries have transformed. Fiscal consolidation, the 2008 financial collapse, demographic changes, the refugee crisis, social movements, unemployment, and new political forces are all a threat to social dialogue, solidarity and the European project. Social policy has played a key role...

The conference theme is “Debates for a new consensus on welfare.” Two panels will accept papers in English. These are panels: 5.1) Assessing changes and outcomes of Family Policies 7.2) On developments in the field of minimum income in Southern Europe. En nombre de los organizadores y de la...

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...

Conference theme: "Welfare Models and Models of Capitalism. The challenges for socio – economic development in Italy and Europe" Tema della conferenza: "Modelli di welfare e modelli di capitalismo. Le sfide per lo sviluppo socio-economico in Italia e in Europa" Le sessioni previste includono i...