The school targets PhD-students who have started or are about to start a project related to welfare and social policy in Eastern and Western Europe. Topics that will be addressed are the comparative analysis of welfare state and social policy reform, role of social actors, policies for work and...

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...

Main topics 1. Mental Health Economics; European Network 2. Risk Equalization in competitive health insurance markets 3. Ageing and health care 4. Long term care of elderly people - European overview 5. Decision-analytic Modelling in Health Technology Assessment and Economic Evaluation 6. What...