Wie könnte aktuell eine zukunftsfähige und geschlechtergerechte soziale Sicherung gestaltet werden? Wie sollten die verschiedenen Säulen der Sozialversicherung ausgestaltet werden, damit sie das Ziel der Zukunftsfähigkeit und Geschlechtergerechtigkeit unterstützen? Welche Umgestaltungen...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers from a broad range of economic disciplines to present and discuss ongoing research leveraging data sets made possible through the digitization of economic activity. The conference will have a focus on work at the intersection of...

Conference Theme: Advancing Policy Research with Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Public policy as a field is inherently cross-disciplinary, and some of the best policy research engages perspectives from sociology, political science, psychology, economics, history, education, law, public health,...

It is with a heavy heart that the NTA leadership has decided to cancel the 2022 Annual Conference, set to start on Thursday, November 10 in Miami, FL. Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to hit the Miami area on Wednesday night/Thursday morning and we are afraid that even if the storm does not...

At this conference, experts from academia, trade unions and the European Commission will exchange perspectives on the impact of NextGenerationEU (NGEU) on national and EU social and labour policies. How different is this recovery strategy from the way the EU managed the 2011 euro crisis? What...

Since 2008, the Bank for International Settlements and the World Bank, in corporation with partner institutions, have organized this biennial conference to discuss policy issues, quantitative methods and current challenges for central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension plans. The...

The WSSF 2022 will occur at a key moment for social security. Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented social security responses, it will provide a unique opportunity to review the lessons learnt and the longer-term impact of the crisis. The WSSF will highlight the key role...

Against the background of rising support for right-wing populist parties (RWPPs) in Europe, FES Democracy of the Future has recently published the report Understanding Right-Wing Populism And What To Do About It which unpacks the reasons for the success of these parties. The report identifies...

Small states have been ignored in the literature of the welfare regime, though it is likely that they are confronted with specific issues or problems when dealing with social security. Of course, small jurisdictions are very diverse: they can be rich or poor, reflect different legal traditions,...

The pandemic, the crisis in many geopolitically diverse areas and the resulting migration flows, environmental and economic changes extend the range of social challenges to be faced by welfare states. We can observe several paths of change and adaptations that differ across countries,...