Development of Work and Welfare Reform in European Societies

Where: Hamburg University, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

When: October 5-6, 2007.

What: 2nd joint Doctoral Workshop - ESPAnet/RECWOWE.

Costs: There is no workshop fee and accommodation will be free of charge.

About the workshop: PhD students are invited to present papers on findings of their PhD research which could be further developed for publication in academic journals. In the framework of the workshop, leading social scientists in the field will act as lecturers and present papers. They will also comment on the papers presented by PhD students in the framework of small groups, where the papers will be presented to and discussed by other PhD students. The main questions at the workshop include:

• How did the relationship of welfare state policies on one hand, and the organisation of different forms of work on the other, develop as a consequence of welfare reform in European societies? (This relates to work within formal employment as well as to informal forms of work like care work and undeclared work.)
• What kinds of tensions have developed in this context, and why?
• How does this development differ in a cross-national perspective, and how can differences be explained?
• What are the consequences in relation to the social structures, family structures and social cohesion in European societies?

Papers are welcome that relates to the theme and main issues of the workshop.

Responsible local organiser: Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger

Application: Abstracts, not exceeding 350 words, should be sent to Sladana Sakac Magdalenic: Sladana.sakac-magdalenic@uni-hamburg.de

Deadline: July 31, 2007.

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Secretary: Jakob Rathlev

Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg Oest, Denmark

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