About Espanet

ESPAnet was established in 2002 to facilitate exchange and co-operation among social policy analysts in Europe and to provide a forum and network of communication for the development of European social policy analysis as a field of research and teaching.

It has the following specific objectives: 

  • Advancement of knowledge in the field of the analysis of European social policies
  • Stimulating the entry of young researchers into the field and enhancing the development of their knowledge, skills and experience
  • Promotion of a comparative approach to the analysis of social policy in Europe
  • Promotion of an inter- and multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of social policy

Towards these ends, ESPAnet seeks to develop contacts between social policy analysts throughout Europe and thus to act as a forum for the exchange of ideas and debates on social policy at a European level. It encourages the international dissemination and exchange of information on significant developments relevant to European social policy and facilitates and promotes international research in this field.

Objectives

ESPAnet was established in 2002 to facilitate exchange and co-operation among social policy analysts in Europe and to provide a forum and network of communication for the development of European social policy analysis as a field of research and teaching. It has the following specific objectives:  Advancement of knowledge in the field of the analysis …

Board

The ESPAnet Board ESPAnet is run by a co-chairmanship, a secretariat and a network board. Co-Chairs Mara Yerkes, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (Homepage) (E-Mail) Kenneth Nelson, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Sweden  (Homepage) (E-Mail) Honorary Presidents Jochen Clasen, Edinburgh University, Scotland (Homepage) Wim van Oorschot, Leuven University, The Netherlands …

National Associations

National and Regional ESPAnet associations In addition to the europewide ESPAnet-community, several countries and regions maintain national ESPAnet associations. There are National /Regional ESPAnet Associations in the following areas: Austria (visit ESPAnet AUSTRIA) Baltics (info ESPAnet BALTICS) Denmark (info ESPAnet VELNET) France (visit ESPAnet FRANCE) Germany (visit ESPAnet DE) Italy (visit ESPAnet ITALIA) Israel (visit ESPAnet …

Membership

Membership Members of ESPAnet undertake mainly comparative work, focusing on the analysis of social policy in European societies, the social policy of the European Union and of other cross-national bodies. The social policy focus is on cash benefits and services, fiscal and occupational welfare, and on the social relations, values, economics and politics of welfare. …

Contact

Secretariat Rense Nieuwenhuis Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) Stockholm University Universitetsvägen 10F 10691 Stockholm Sweden +46 8 16 43 17 info@espanet.org If you would like to add an announcement to the “news” or “links” section of this homepage, please send an email to the secretary with a brief description and add a link to …

Mailing Lists

ESPAnet runs two different mailing lists: The ESPAnet mailing list is for announcements of ESPAnet events only. The European Social Policy mailing list is for announcements of other conferences, workshops and relevant information which the list members want to circulate. The ESPAnet Mailing List Our ESPAnet mailing list contains the email addresses of all our …