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• European Social Policy Association Annual Conference 2015
• 22.11.2012
• The Centre for Welfare State Research will host the Annual Conference of the European Social Policy Association in 2015.
• Open position for Assistant Professor
• 22.11.2012
• The Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark in Odense invites applications for a 3-year position as Assistant Professor within the research programme ‘Reforming the Welfare State Institutions’ as of February 1, 2013 or soon thereafter.
• Seminar on Welfare State Criticism
• 31.08.2012
• The aim of the seminar is to focus on the criticism of the welfare state, both past and present.
• Comparative welfare seminar
• 31.08.2012
• On the occasion of Herbert Obinger's stay at the Centre for Welfare State Research, the Centre will host a seminar on October 10. Among the participants will be Birgit Pfau-Effinger (Hamburg University), Kees van Kersbergen (Aarhus University) as well as Moira Nelson and Johan Davidsson (both Lund University)
• Call for papers: Workshop on Poor Relief through History: A Comparative Perspective
• 07.08.2012
• Workshop on Poor Relief in a comparative perspective. Deadline for submission of abstracts and a short CV is August 31
• Velfærdsstaten i støbeskeen
• 16.05.2012
• Med "Velfærdsstaten i støbeskeen" foreligger det tredje af i alt seks bind i værket Dansk Velfærdshistorie.
• International Conference
• 28.03.2012
• The Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE), The Nordic Welfare State - Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (Nordwel) and the Centre for Welfare State Research at the University of Southern Denmark organise an international conference about "Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development." The conference takes place in Odense, 14-16 June 2012.
• New Book: Changing Social Equality
• 24.02.2012
• "This impressive volume by leading Nordic researchers on how their much-vaunted welfare model has coped with recent external and internal pressures is a fascinating read for anyone interested in equality or wellbeing." - Brian Nolan, Professor of Public Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland
• New Postdoctoral Researcher at CWSR
• 25.01.2012
• Dorota Szelewa is the new postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Welfare State Research (CWSR).
• New Assistant Professor at CWSR
• 25.01.2012
• Paul Marx began as assistant professor at the Center for Welfare State Research (CWSR) on December 1 2011.
• New HCA Professor
• 25.01.2012
• Olli Kangas is the new Hans Christian Andersen Professor at the Centre for Welfare State Research (CWSR).
• Interview with Professor Jørn Henrik Petersen in the newspaper Information
• 01.12.2011
• "We have an obligation to take care of each other, before we turn to the state." Professor Jørn Henrik Petersen is interviewed in the newspaper Information.
• Literature, Happiness and Life in the time of the Welfare State
• 17.10.2011
• Danskerne er verdens lykkeligste folk. Når man spørger dem selv om det. Har det noget at gøre med vores særlige form for velfærdssamfund og det, at vi lever en slags ’velværelse’? Hvad siger den nyeste litteratur egentlig om vores lykke og vores velfærd? Det spørgsmål belyser en række indbudte forskere på denne konference, som afholdes på SDU, Gennemsigten, den 14. december 2011.
• Seminar with Charles Ragin
• 13.10.2011
• The Centre for Welfare State Research is proud to present a two-day seminar with Professor Charles Ragin on Configurational Comparative Methods: QCA and Fuzzy Sets. The seminar, which takes place on 2-3 November 2011, is open to PhD students at SDU and from political science departments in Denmark as well as to faculty at SDU. Moreover, there are a number of places for scholars from abroad.
• Migration, Institutions and Welfare States - Negotiating Practices of Inclusion and Exclusion
• 05.10.2011
• Centre for Welfare State Research and Nordwel invite you to an exciting afternoon seminar arranged by the Ph.D.-Student Network for Research on Immigration, Integration & Welfare (WelMi). The seminar takes place on October 27 2011. All are welcome - no registration needed.
• Book Launch: Danish Welfare History, 1898-1933
• 15.09.2011
• Centre for Welfare State Research releases the second volume of Danish Welfare History. The volume covers the period 1898-1933. The book will be launched on September 28 in the unique surroundings of the workhouse museum in Svendborg.
• Ph.D.-Defence
• 15.09.2011
• Lis Holm Petersen defends her Ph.D.-dissertation: "The Terms of Reciprocity - How can attitudes to Retirement Benefit be Analysed Theoretically and Empirically" on September 30 2011 14:00 in U91.
• New book about the birth of the early retirement benefit
• 31.08.2011
• SDU-Professor Klaus Petersen behind new book about the birth of the early retirement benefit in Denmark.
• New paper on comparative method
• 09.06.2011
• New paper on comparative method by Klaus Petersen and Patrick Emmenegger
• Call for Stream Convenors
• 01.12.2009
• Annual ESPAnet Conference 2010
• Conference on: "An American Dilemma"?
• 30.09.2009
• Race/ethnicity and welfare states in the U.S, Europe and the Nordic countries
• New publications in "Politica"
• 15.07.2009
• Several researchers associated with the Centre for Welfare State Research have published articles in the current issue of "Politica"
• Bernd Henningsen is a visiting scholar at the centre in June 2009.
• 01.06.2009
• We are pleased to welcome Professor Bernd Henningsen, Humboldt University, as a guest researcher at the Centre for Welfare State research in June 2009
• Centre for Welfare State Research welcomes two guest researchers
• 10.04.2009
• Centre for Welfare State Research welcomes two guest researchers
• Americanisation of North European Social Science and Welfare Policies?
• 26.02.2009
• A research seminar organized by: NCoE Nordwel, the project “Americanization Processes in Denmark”, and Centre for Welfare State Research at University of Southern Denmark
• The Church on Welfare
• 26.02.2009
• Call for papers: NordWel Summer School 2009
• 26.02.2009
• State, Society & Citizen - Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development
• NCOE Nordwel and Centre for Welfare state Research invites you to Workshop
• 30.10.2008
• Citizenship, collective identity & welfare state nationalism
• New publication: School Vouchers and the New Politics of the Welfare State
• 27.10.2008
• Seminar on: VELFERD, ETNISITET OG REPRODUKSJON I NORDEN
• 27.10.2008
• CALL FOR PAPERS: Labour Markets and Welfare States
• 27.10.2008
• The Nordic Model in Comparative and Transnational Historical Perspectives
• Welfare for the elderly - attitude and action
• 18.05.2008
• Invitation to a seminar on welfare for the elderly (in Danish)
• 18.05.2008
• New book out (in Danish)
• 14.04.2008
• Workfare policies and welfare state legitimacy
• 02.04.2008
• The Nordic Centre of Excellence
• 02.04.2008
• The Nordic Welfare State - Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (NordWel) announces mobility fellowships for postdoctoral researchers working within the research themes of the Centre.
• NordWel Summer School 2008
• 02.04.2008
• State, Society & Citizen – the Multilayered Historicity of the Welfare State. Date: 21-26 August 2008, place: Helsinki, organisers: NCoE NordWel in cooperation with the Danish Research School for History and Nordic Research School for Contemporary History.
• Millions for research on welfare (in Danish)
• 10.07.2007
• Guest lecture by former leader of the Social Democrats (in Danish)
• 08.06.2007
• New Article in Western European Politics
• 08.06.2007
• Guest lecture by Peter Baldwin
• 01.05.2007
• Peter Baldwin is Professor of European History at University of California, LA and honorary Professor at Centre for Welfare State Research
• Guest lecture by Bo Rothstein (in Danish)
• 01.03.2007
• Book seminar (in Danish)
• 01.02.2007
• CWSR has received a grant of 2½ Mio. DKK
• CWSR has received a grant of 2½ Mio. DKK to a project on the history of the pension scheme ATP.
• Call for papers: Post-Crisis Post-Lisbon Economic and Social Policy: A New Era?
• A two day Ph.D. Workshop on the Post-Crisis Post-Lisbon era. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 May 2011.
• New publication in European Journal of Political Research
• New publication by Patrick Emmenegger
• Grant for Patrick Emmenegger
• Patrick Emmenegger has been awarded a grant by the Danish Council for Independent Reseach
• Study a semester in Japan
• An exchange agreement between Department of Political Science, SDU and Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, gives you the opportunity to study a semester in Japan.
• Call for papers
• Adapting European welfare states to the emergence of new social risks. Deadline for submission is March 15, 2011.
• Seminar in Social History
• Call for papers for Research Seminar in Social History in Svendborg in May. Deadline for submission is 1 March.
• Call for papers
• NordWel Summer School 2011. Deadline for submission is 15 February 2011.
• Call for papers
• Crisis and Renewal: Welfare States, Democracy and Equality in Hard Times. Deadline for submission is 1 February, 2011.
• Call for papers
• Communication and Power - Openness and "Closure" in Nordic and Western Polities. Deadline for submission is 6 December, 2010.
• Danish Welfare State History volume 1
• The first monograph on Danish Welfare State History from the Carlsberg Project will be released November 12 at BogForum.
• New publications in WEP, IPSR and SPS
• New publications by Patrick Emmenegger
• New publication - In Experts We Trust
• Book information and flyer
• Towards a New Political History
• Research Training Seminar
• New Publication - Nordic Welfare in Chinese
• Book information and flyer
• Call for applications - RECWOWE Doctoral Workshop
• The politics of employment‐friendly welfare reforms, deadline 1st of June 2010
• The EU and futures of the Welfare States?
• Deadline for registration: Thursday June 17th, 2010
• New publications
• Seminar on welfare state change
• 18th of May, 12.00-15.00 in room U59
• Inaugural lecture by honorary Professor Bruno Palier
• 11th of May 2010, 14.15-15.30
• In Heaven, so also on earth? (I himlen således også på jorden)
• Information on a new book and seminar
• 8th Annual ESPAnet Conference "Social Policy and the Global Crisis: Consequences and Responses"
• Call for abstracts - Deadline 15th of March
• Guest lecture by Kirsten Grønbjerg
• 15th of March 2010, 11-13, room U52
• The Joint NordWel / REASSESS Summer School 2010 received great interest
• Close to 100 applications for the State, Society and Citizen Summer School.
• Events in the winter/spring of 2010
• Events in the winter/spring of 2010
• NordWel mobility fellowships for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
• Deadline 5th of February
• Summer School 2010: State, Society & Citizen
• Call for papers:Deadline 1st of February 2010
• The city, the industry and welfare since 1945
• Time: 21 January 2010. Place: Århus University
• Velfærdsfortællinger om aldring og livskvalitet
• Tid: Tirsdag den 15. december 2009 kl. 10.00-15.30. Sted: SDU Campus Odense lokale O 95 (konferenceafdelingen)
• Seminar: A historical focus on the 1950s.
• Time: 9 December 2009. Place: University of Southern Denmark
• Arrangement af Folkeuniversitetet i Odense
• Spørg universitetet om velfærd
• Events at the Centre for Welfare State Research this autumn
• Seminar with Jean-Claude Barbier
• The European Union: How and to what extent does it govern social policy?
• Perspectives on the Nordic Model
• Program for two inaugural lectures by adjunct Professors Pauli Kettunen and Olli Kangas
• New Honorary Professors at Centre for Welfare State Research
• We are proud to announce the appointment of five new honorary professors at the Centre for Welfare State Research. They are all prolific researchers on different aspects of the welfare state and have all contributed immensely to the existing (and future) knowledge and research on the welfare state.
• Collaboration on welfare between Centre for Welfare State Research and Svendborg Museum
• Grant from the AP Møller Foundation
• Grant from the AP Møllers Foundation to the publication of a book on the Nordic welfare model in Chinese
• New book out by Patrick Emmenegger
• Patrick Emmenegger has published a new book entitled "Regulatory Social Policy: The Politics of Job Security Regulation"