December 2007

WP28

On 17-18 December 2007 a conference took place in Milan (Italy) on Immigrants in the health-care system: the connection among migrants and health-care systems in different European Countries. The conference was arranged by University of Trento, Department of Sociology and Social Research. Contact: giulia.bigot@soc.unitn.it.

January 2008

WP38

On 25-26 January 2008 a conference will take place in Brussels (Belgium) on The Governance of the European Union: Theories, practices and myths. The conference is organized in cooperation between the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento (Italy), and Institute for Social Research ISF of Oslo (Norway). Contact: Carlo Ruzza, cinefogo@soc.unitn.it.

February 2008

WP24

On 4-5 February 2008, a conference on Work/Life Balance in Europe: Possibilities and Constraints will take place in Plovdiv (Bulgaria). The conference is organized by New Europe Centre for Regional Studies in Plovdiv. Contact: Siyka Kovacheva, skovacheva@mbox.contact.bg or siyka@pu.acad.bg.

WP13

On 15-16 February 2008 an international conference will take place in Paris with scholars and policymakers. The conference topic is The Changing Faces of Security and Social Protection, and their Impact on Citizenship. The activity is a cooperation project between University of Paris/Sorbonne (France), Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany) and Charles University Prague (Czech Republic). Contact: Benjamin.Ewert@sowi.uni-giessen.de.

March 2008

WP15

A conference titled Between State and Citizens - The Role of Civic Elements in the Governance and Production of Social Services will take place 6-8 March 2008 in Ljubliana (Slovenia). The conference is organized in cooperation between Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany) and Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana. Contact persons: tomaz.dezelan@fdv.uni-lj.si and zinka.kolaric@fdv.uni-lj.si.

WP37

On 13-14 March 2008 an international conference will be held in London (UK). The theme is European Development Aid and NGOs: Changing Notions of Civil Society in ‘North’ and ‘South’. The conference target group consists of scholars, NGOs and policy makers. The conference is organized by Centre for Civil Society at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and will be chaired by professor Jude Howell. Contact: Jane Schiemann, css@lse.ac.uk.

April 2008

WP36

A conference on Gendering Theories of Citizenship: Europeanization and Care will be held in Roskilde (Denmark) on 2-3 April 2008. The conference is organized by Department of Society and Globlisation, Roskilde University. Contact: Hanne Marlene Dahl, hmdahl@ruc.dk, Anne Kovalainen, Anne.Kovalainen@tse.fi, or Marja Keränen, markera@yfi.jyu.fi.

WP11

A conference titled Europe - with or without you? will be organized in Vienna (Austria) on 2 April 2008 by Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Conference theme is Developments in civic participation and their implications on the role of Nonprofit Organisations and Civil Society. Contact: Stefanie Bixa, stefanie.bixa@wu-wien.ac.at.

WP27

On 18-19 April 2008 an international conference will be held at the Justus Liebig University, Giessen (Germany). The theme is Third Sector Organizations facing turbulent environments: the impact of commerzialisation on organizational legitimacy and the quality of services. The core group of the conference consists of academic scholars that have been invited by the organizers for a contribution. However the meeting is basically open for academic colleagues interested in the topic. The conference is co-chaired by Professor Adalbert Evers (Giessen) and Professor Annette Zimmer (Wilhelms Universität Münster). Contact: benjamin.ewert@sowi.uni-giessen.de.

May 2008

WP30

An International Conference on Civil Society will be held on 8-10 May 2008 in Grythyttan Inn (Sweden). The theme is Normative Implications of New Forms of Participation for Democratic Policy Processes, and the conference is organized and funded by Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Örebro University (Sweden) and CINEFOGO. Contact: Erik Amnå, erik.anma@sam.oru.se, or Monica Wettler, (administrative matters) monica.wettler@sam.oru.se.

WP21

On 22-25 May 2008 a seminar will be held Kaunas (Lithuania). The annual meeting for the PhD Network on the Third Sector and Civil Society will for the first time be organised in Central and Eastern Europe. Kaunas University of Technology offers a four days intensive workshop for PhD students from all over the Europe. Contact: Egle Vaidelyte, egle.vaidelyte@gmail.com.

June 2008

WP25

A conference titled Squaring the Circle: The Relationship between Civil Society and Social Capital in Central and Eastern Europe? will be held on 13-16 June 2008 in Kaunas (Lithuania). The conference is organized in cooperation between Aberdeen University and University of Kaunas. Contact: Timofei Agarin, t.agarin@abdn.ac.uk , or David Galbreath, d.galbreath@abdn.ac.uk.

July 2008

WP34

An international conference will be held on 9-12 July 2008 in Barcelona (Spain). The theme is The Third Sector and Sustainable Social Change: New Frontiers for Research. The conference is organized by the 8th International Conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) and the 2nd EMES-ISTR European Conference in partnership with the CINEFOGO Network of Excellence. Contact: ISTR: Margery Daniels, istr@jhu.edu ,  CINEFOGO: Thomas Boje, boje@ruc.dk.

WP41

On the 14-18 July 2008 a Summer School for doctoral students will be held at the University of Crete (Greece). The theme is Sociology and the Quality of Life. The summer school is organized by University of Aberdeen (UK), and sponsored by the European Sociological Association and CINEFOGO. Contact: Lloyd Dodd, l.dodd@abdn.ac.uk.