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ESPAnet France: Gender and the Welfare State: Understanding, Categorizing and Dealing with Gender (In)equalities

ESPAnet France

In connection with the European network EspaNet, the RT 6 of the French Sociology Association organizes a scientific meeting open to all researchers specializing in the analysis of social protection, social policies and solidarity. Next year’s symposium is devoted to gender in social policies.  Gender analysis of the welfare state has made a significant contribution …

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ESPAnet 2022 – Registration reminder

Dear Colleagues, We would like to inform you that the registration for the ESPAnet Vienna 2022 Conference is open and you can register at early bird rate until June 22nd. In order to register to the Conference, please use the following link: https://www.espanet-vienna2022.org/registration. Date of ESPANET2022 VIENNA CONFERENCE: Online sessions 12 September 2022 – On site 14 September / 16 September …

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Call for Pitch Your Book Session (ESPAnet Vienna)

Dear colleagues, During the ESPAnet2022 VIENNA CONFERENCE (14-16 September 2022), we would like to offer participants additional opportunities to present their work. During the Pitch your Book sessions, it will be possible to present a book that is published in 2021 or 2022, or a book that will be published later in 2022.  Each pitch will be allocated 10-15 minutes in a series of pitch sessions that will …

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Postdoc Position “The Politics of Labor Market Inequality” – University of Konstanz

Reference Number 2021/XY. The research group “Politics of Labor Market Inequality and Occupational Mobility” as part of the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” invites applications for a postdoctoral position for a duration of 24 months starting in September 2022 (or upon agreement). In principle, this position can be divided into two part-time positions. …

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PhD Position: Public Attitudes Towards Social Inequality and Preferences for Redistribution in the Age of Inequality: Britain and Scotland in Comparative Perspective

This studentship is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS), supervised jointly by Dr Christopher Deeming and Professor Sir John Curtice at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Project details This is a call for a PhD position in Social Policy and Political Science …

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ReNEW-Nordic ESPAnet workshop for doctoral students and early career researchers: Social Citizenship, Democracy and Sustainability in the Nordic countries –– 26-27 May 2022, University of Iceland (accommodation & workshop participation covered)

Ongoing changes during the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic in the Nordic welfare states call for a new understanding of social citizenship and solidarity among citizens, communities, and societies, as well as social and citizens groups. The Nordic countries are faced with unprecedented structural transformations in the labour market under the fourth industrial revolution (digitalisation, robotisation, …

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Vacancy Research Team Leader ‘Health and Care’ | European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

The European Centre has a vacancy for a Research Team Leader to design, manage and carry out research on a broad range of issues on long-term care and related health issues in an international comparative perspective in the UNECE region. Further details concerning the position are available in the vacancy note.  We would welcome candidates to send …

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: ESPAnet 2022 Vienna

Dear Colleagues, You are cordially invited to submit your abstracts for the ESPAnet2022 VIENNA CONFERENCE ‘Social Policy Change between Path Dependency and Innovation’. You can find the Conference Streams/Tracks on the Conference website: https://www.espanet-vienna2022.org/ IMPORTANT = To submit an abstract, please create an account in the conference management tool and follow the (very easy) step-by-step submission process: https://espanet-vienna2022.exordo.com/ In the submission process you …

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JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize 2022 submission deadline extended

The Journal of European Social Policy (JESP) and the Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) are offering a prize to the best paper by a doctoral researcher presented at any of the ESPAnet conferences, workshops or seminars in 2020 or 2021. The prize-winning paper is provided with high-profile opportunity of publication in JESP, and the winner also receives 1 year’s free subscription to the …

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JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize

The Journal of European Social Policy (JESP) and the Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) are offering a prize to the best paper by a doctoral researcher presented at any of the ESPAnet conferences, workshops or seminars in 2020 or 2021. The prize-winning paper is provided with high-profile opportunity of publication in JESP, and the winner also receives …

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