Category: Conferences
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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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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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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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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…
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Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy, 8-9 May 2025 Barcelona
Deadline for abstracts: February 2nd, 2025. We are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for the second Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy, to be held on 8-9 May 2025. This workshop, organized by doctoral students from UAB, UB and UPF aims at bringing together young scholars of the social policy academic community in an…