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JESP / ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize
The Journal of European Social Policy (JESP) and the European Social Policy Analysis network (ESPAnet) are offering a prize to the best paper by a doctoral researcher presented at any of the ESPAnet conferences, workshops or seminars in 2024 or 2025. The prize-winning paper is provided with high-profile opportunity of publication in JESP, and the winner also…
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24th ESPAnet Annual Conference: Call for Streams
The Organising Committee for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference invites expressions of interest from colleagues willing to act as stream convenors. The streams should be devoted to major fields in Social Policy and key issues/debates on social policy and the welfare state. We also invite streams that focus on innovative topics and on relevant methodological approaches within Social Policy.…
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Vacancy: Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology – SOFI, Stockholm University
The Postdoctoral position is part of the research programme “Sustainable synergies” (www.su.se/english/research/research-projects/sustainable-synergies). The aim of the programme, which is based on both internationally comparative research and in-depth analyses of Sweden and the Nordic countries, is to study how social policy and the welfare state can be developed to support a sustainable working life for everyone.…
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Save the Date: ESPAnet 2026, 26-28 August in Lisbon
ESPAnet 2026 will be held in Lisbon, August 26-28. The conference is organised by Amílcar Moreira, at the Lisbon School of Economics & Management. More information will be made available soon.
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New ESPAnet co-chairs
At the ESPAnet board meeting on 26 August 2025, in Milano, Janine Leschke and Ive Marx were appointed as co-chairs of ESPAnet. Rense Nieuwenhuis will stay on as secretary. The board thanks Mara Yerkes and Kenneth Nelson for their service as co-chairs for the last six years.
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PhD Position SOFI/Stockholm University: “Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave”
The PhD position is part of the comparative social policy research conducted at SOFI and the project, “Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave”. Dr. Cassandra Engeman (SOFI) leads the project, which is funded by a European Research Council 2024 Starting Grant. The project uses mixed methods to examine the role of trade…
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See you in Milan!
As we are gearing up for our annual conference in Milan, we look forward to exciting research and interesting dialogue. All up-to-date information, including the program, is available on this year’s conference website: https://www.espanetmilano2025.it Safe travels, and see you all soon.
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Call for Papers: Espanet/AIPRIL Workshop. Zero poverty world: Minimum income protection across the globe – University of Antwerp, Belgium, 16-17 September 2025
Organizers: Ive Marx, Sarah Marchal, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Ninke Mussche The notion that every person living amidst the relative affluence has a right to a minimum income enabling social participation, be it frugally and soberly, holds as a fundamental matter of social justice to most people. But how can we ensure decent minimum incomes allowing…
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Nordic ESPAnet workshop for doctoral students and early career researchers
Trust and legitimacy of the Nordic welfare states 22 –23 October 2025, Finland, University of Helsinki This workshop focuses on the foundations of the Nordic welfare states, the trust and legitimacy of the Nordic welfare states, and how current local and global challenges – including migration, the digital and green transformation, and the changing political…
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Early Career & PhD Workshop SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY AND PUBLIC POLICIES (12th – 13th June 2025)
Join us at the first Early Career and Doctoral Workshop on Socioeconomic Mobility and Public Policies. This workshop is organized by Doctoral Researchers from the Department of Economics at the University of Alcalá and aims to be an opportunity for young scholars in Social Sciences (Economics, Sociology, Political Science, etc.) to connect and share their insights…