Author: espanet
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Call for Abstracts: ESPAnet Germany PhD Workshop 2027 – Contested Welfare – Contested Democracy
Democracy and the welfare state are among the central defining characteristics of modern societies, and both are under considerable pressure to transform. Democracies are confronted with growing polarization, authoritarian tendencies, and an erosion of the principles of the rule of law. At the same time, welfare state arrangements face demographic shifts, funding issues, problems of…
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Early Career & PhD Workshop – Socioeconomic Mobility and Public Policies (22nd – 23rd October 2026)
The Early Career & PhD Workshop on Socioeconomic Mobility and Public Policies takes place the 22nd and 23rd October in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain. The program is attached and all the information is available here. If anyone would like to register, please use this link.
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ESPAnet 2027 Antwerp – Save the Date: 15-17 September 2027
We are delighted to announce that the ESPAnet Annual Conference 2027 will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, on 15–17 September 2027, hosted by the Centre for Social Policy at the University of Antwerp. This will be a particularly special edition as ESPAnet celebrates its 25th anniversary! We look forward to welcoming the European social policy community to Antwerp for…
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Researcher position at Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI, Stockholm University), in MakingTime ERC project
Job title: Researcher in Social Sciences Institution: Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University Deadline for applications: 13 August 2026 Weblink for full call for applications: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:946907/ The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University is currently accepting applications for a researcher position. The position is linked to the project, Making Time: Organised Labour and…
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Postdoctoral Position in Social Policy at SOFI, Stockholm University
The postdoctoral position in sociology is attached to the institute’s Social Policy research unit. Members of the unit study the causes and consequences of social policies at both individual and societal levels. Research is conducted using macro- as well as micro-level approaches, primarily with quantitative data. Macro analyses examine social policy development within and across…
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24th ESPAnet Annual Conference: Call for Papers
ESPAnet 2026 will be held in Lisbon, August 26-28, at the Lisbon School of Economics & Management (ISEG), University of LIsbon. The conference is organised by the Institute of Public Policy – Lisbon (IPP) (link: https://www.ipp-jcs.org/en/home-page_en/), with the support of ISEG Research in Economics and Management (ISEG Research) (Link: https://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/investigation/). The European Social Model faces growing pressure from global economic tensions, rising…
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Nordic ESPAnet Seminar for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers: Social Policy Context of Life-course Transitions
The 2026 Nordic ESPAnet seminar for doctoral students and early career researchers will be organised by the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, in collaboration with the Sustainable Synergies research project. The seminar will be held in Stockholm, on 4 and 5 June 2026. The seminar invites early career scholars (PhD and postdoc) to submit their research abstracts on any topic…
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Early Career & PhD Workshop on Socioeconomic Mobility and Public Policies, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (Spain), October 22–23, 2026
This two-day event is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers in the Social Sciences (including Economics, Sociology, Political Science, among other disciplines) interested in issues related to social and economic mobility, labour market, housing, inequality, poverty, and public policies from an interdisciplinary perspective. See the Call for Abstracts here. The program will be organized into…
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Postdoctoral Position – Division of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
We are offering an attractive position with the opportunity for academic qualification (Habilitation) in our interdisciplinary division of sociology, social policy and social work. We are an international team with qualitative, quantitative, comparative and mixed-methods expertise researching a broad array of social issues in global perspective and drawing on sociological, social policy and social work…
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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…