REASSESS Final International Conference

Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model – Final International Conference

21-22 August 2012, Oslo

See the reassess web site for program and updated information

A Nordic Centre of Excellence in Welfare Research – "REASSESS" (www.reassess.no) – has since 2007 investigated whether five Nordic welfare societies (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) succeed in living up to the idea of a distinct Nordic Welfare Model. The overarching research question for the centre is whether these countries are able to reconcile economic effectiveness and social inequality. Researchers from nearly twenty university departments and research centres in the five Nordic countries have worked together in cross-national teams studying issues related to

Care,
Childhood,
Disability and inclusion,
Diversity and universalism,
Family and parenthood,
Gender relations,
Globalisation and competition,
Housing,
Immigration,
Income inequality and poverty,
Intergenerational relations,
Pensions and income transfers,
Social regulation,
Welfare governance
Welfare-to-work (activation) policies

In many instances, this research has included colleagues from non-Nordic countries.

Keynote speakers
Three leading international scholars will give keynote talks at the Conference:

Mary Daly - Professor, Queen’s University, Belfast, the UK:
"The Welfare State in Society: Re-assessing the Social Challenges to the Nordic Model"?
Read more about Daly

Ann Orloff - Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA:
"Toward a Gender-Open Future? Equality and Diversity in Feminist Social Politics and Policy"
Read more about Orloff

Sven Steinmo - Professor, European University Institute in Florence, Italy:
"The greediest of generations"
Read more about Steinmo

Yet, the greater part of the conference will be parallel paper-based sessions around the main topics of the research in REASSESS (see bullets above).

Important dates!

Deadline for submission of full paper: 1 August 2012

Paper proposals (abstracts) and full papers should be sent to Mi Ah Schøyen (miah.schoyen@nova.no) or reassess@reassess.no.

Conference Venue
The Conference will take place at OSLO QUALITY HOTEL 33 (close to public transport and the Edward Munch Museum ().

See the reassess web site for updated information

RC19 Conference – same week & same venue!
Please note that Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19) of the International Sociological Association has its annual conference in Oslo 23-25 at the same venue (Quality Hotel 33). The deadline for abstracts to the RC19 conference is 1 March 2012. You are welcome to register for both conferences! For more information see the RC19 2012 webpage www.nova.no/rc19oslo.