The theme of ESPAnet’s 2010 Annual Conference is the social consequences of the global financial crisis and their differential impacts across Europe. The main questions for consideration include: How is the crisis affecting already existing inequalities? How are different social classes and...

The ESPAnet Summer Schools are open to doctoral students with projects related to social policy from any discipline. They usually last between 10 and 14 days. Topics covered during summer schools are, for example, the origins and development of social policy, principles and practices of benefit...

The overall theme of the workshop is the transformation of social policies in a comparative perspective. We welcome abstracts related to one of the three topics below. 1) Employment policies 2) Private insurance 3) Care

The purpose of this Ph.d.-course is to shed light on the concept and measurements of welfare. The course focuses on the following questions: Has the transition from the industrial to the post-industrial society changed our ideas and conceptions about welfare? What is the relationship between...