The theme of the 2022 RC 19 annual conference is social policy development in the post-Covid-19 era. It welcomes comparative and case study papers that cover a broad range of social policy issues. The focus is on the post Covid-19 world, the implication of the pandemic on people’s wellbeing,...

We invite papers that address the changing nature of the Nordic welfare states and other European countries in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic (as an external shock) or in response to other structural and institutional changes. Both quantitative and qualitative investigations and studies...

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...

The conference will provide a robust but relaxed forum for researchers and policy makers to come together and discuss issues related to the design, financing, delivery and impact of social security. Topics. - Child Poverty and Public Policy in Anglo-Saxon Countries: - Intra-Household Allocation...

This year’s conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on how social security systems are responding to the many challenges they face, including growing inequality, the adverse impacts of poverty in all its dimensions, the equitable treatment of vulnerable groups, the changing nature of...

The aim of the workshop is to discuss welfare system reforms which have been implemented during the recent financial and economic crisis of 2008/2010 and post-crisis period, and major social problems in the three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). Topics: - social policy reforms; -...

All submissions, from both academics and practitioners,are welcome but particularly those focussing on the following issues: (1) Administration and Public Policy: Welfare state, Elderly care (including facilities, community care and in-home services for the older people), Spatial planning and...

We invite Ph.D. students from different disciplinary backgrounds both within and outside the Nordic countries to participate in discussing the development of the welfare states, their preconditions, present status and how we ought to study them. Ph.D. Students present their papers in parallel...

The Conference will provide a forum for the first international academic debate on the Fifth Cohesion Report between regional studies researchers and senior officials from the European institutions. The key topics of the conference will be: the contribution of cohesion policy to Europe 2020, the...