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Special Issue CfP – Journal of European Social Policy
The editors of the Journal of European Social Policy (JESP) invite teams interested in a special issue (to be published in JESP in 2023) to prepare a proposal for submission by 31 October 2021. Please send a proposal of no more than 1400 words. The JESP editorial board will judge the proposals according to the following criteria: The proposals…
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Nordic ESPAnet workshop for doctoral students and early career researchers –The Nordic welfare states after COVID
9‐10 December 2021Doctoral students and early career researchers in the social sciences are cordially invited to submit a paper proposal to this workshop organized by the Nordic ESPAnet. Call for abstracts/papersThe COVID‐19 pandemic hit the Nordic countries to varying degrees, and the responses also differed. Like in many other European countries, lock‐down measures of different…
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Post-doctoral research position in Social Work on gender inequality in working life and family life
The Department of Social Work at Umeå University is calling for applicants for the position of postdoctoral fellow. Work responsibilities and duties The postdoctoral fellow will mainly be expected to conduct their own research. In addition to this research, the position may include a maximum of 0.2 FTE of teaching or other departmental duties. The…
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Postdoc position in Konstanz – Gender inequality and COVID-19 Policies for Gender Equality
For those who might be interested: We are looking for a postdoc with advanced quantitative skills and an interest in gender inequality for the internationally comparative research project COPE (COVID-19 Policies for Gender Equality) located at the University of Konstanz (see attached). It’s a great opportunity, for 2.5 years. Application deadline is 6 June, start…
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CfP: 6th Doctoral Workshop: Stability and Sustainability of Active Labour Market Policies in Times of Crises: National and International Comparisons (September 20th-21st, 2021, online)
The coronavirus pandemic is one of the most challenging social crises of modern welfare states. However, it is only one of the crises that welfare states have been confronted with since the turn of the millennium (e.g., the so-called refugee crisis and the euro crisis). It seems that different crises have resulted in different mechanisms…
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PhD Opportunity: Changing Public Attitudes to Inequality, Poverty and Redistribution
This studentship aims to advance understanding of trends in social attitudes towards poverty and inequality in Britain by undertaking secondary analysis of existing datasets derived from the British and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys. It will be supervised jointly by Dr Christopher Deeming and Professor Sir John Curtice at the University of Strathclyde and the placement…
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Espanet2021 – Call for Papers and Opening Registration
This is a call for papers for the ESPAnet 2021 Online conference. Additionally, we would like to inform you that the conference registration has now opened. Abstract submissionTo submit an abstract of a paper that you wish to present, please create an account in the conference management tool and upload your abstract by indicating the…
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Doctoral Stipends in a Graduate School Scholarship Program at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications for 2 stipends for international doctoral researchers in its new Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP), “Global Inequality, the Middle Classes, and the Welfare State” (GloWel), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). BIGSSS is an international inter-university graduate school in the social sciences,…
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JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize 2021 – Deadline extension
We would like to announce that the deadline for the annual JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize 2021 has been extended. The new deadline is 31 January 2021. If you are a PhD student who has presented a paper at an ESPAnet event in 2019 or 2020, you could be eligible to apply. Please also note that…
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4th Social Policy Research Conference – ESPAnet Austria ‐ April 8-9 2021 – CALL FOR PAPERS
4th Social Policy Research Conference, Version 4.1 ESPAnet Austria ‐ CALL FOR PAPERS 08‐09 April 2021, University of Graz We would like to invite you to the upcoming Research Conference of ESPAnet Austria ‐ the network of social policy researchers in Austria. Although social policy issues feature strongly in the public discourse, scientific exchange based on research and…