[H-verkko] CFP: Joint NordWel and REASSESS International Summer School: State, Society & Citizen – Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development

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 Joint NordWel and REASSESS International Summer School: State,
Society & Citizen – Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State
Development

The Nordic Centres of Excellence in the NordForsk NCoE Programme on 
Welfare Research:
NordWel, The Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future
  Challenges
REASSESS, Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model


CALL FOR PAPERS

JOINT NORDWEL AND REASSESS INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL:
STATE, SOCIETY & CITIZEN - CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON WELFARE
STATE DEVELOPMENT

Helsinki, 12 -17 August 2012


NCoE NordWel and REASSESS organize a joint international summer
school in Hanasaari,
Espoo, 12-17 August 2012.

Welfare states can be studied with a number of theoretical and
methodological approaches,
from various chronological perspectives and with a focus on Different
empirical
phenomena. The summer school aims to stimulate discussions across
disciplines and foster
innovative  cross-disciplinary research on the development of welfare
states over time.
The summer school brings together PhD students and well-established
scholars in
scientific Exchanges.

Distinguished international scholars representing different
disciplines and
cross-disciplinary approaches lecture in sessions covering a vast
range of themes. The
list of senior scholars, who have confirmed their participation,
includes Jonathan
Bradshaw (University  of York), Jochen Clasen (University of
Edinburgh), Christoph Conrad
(University of Geneva), Olli Kangas (The Social   Insurance
Institution  of Finland
KELA/University of Southern Denmark), Christopher Lloyd (University
of New England,
Armidale), Kimberly Morgan (George  Washington University, Washington
DC), Bruno Palier
(Sciences Po,  Paris), Dorottya Szikra (Eötvös Loránd University,
Budapest), Noel
Whiteside (University of Warwick), Anneli Anttonen (University of
Tampere), Pauli
Kettunen (University of Helsinki), Pirjo Markkola  (University of
Jyväskylä), Klaus
Petersen (University of Southern  Denmark, Odense) and Veli-Matti
Ritakallio (University
of Turku).

We invite PhD students from different disciplinary backgrounds both
within and outside
the Nordic countries to participate in the discussion on the
development of welfare
states, their preconditions, present status and how we ought to study
them. PhD Students
present their papers in parallel sessions and get feedback from
senior scholars and
junior colleagues. Poster sessions are included.

We welcome paper proposals by PhD students. The approved proposals
will be selected on
the basis of their quality. Papers can be written from a broad
historical or contemporary
perspective and come from different disciplines such as history,
social policy,
sociology, political science, and political philosophy. Guidelines
for papers and posters
will be sent in connection with the letters of approval.

Participants who complete the summer school successfully are credited
with 6 ECTS credits.


COURSE FEE
The course fee is 150 euros. Accommodation is financed by the
organizing centres. A
limited number of travel grants will be available.

HOW TO APPLY
Interested applicants are asked to submit an abstract (max 400 words)
for a paper and a
short biography (including a list of publications) by e-mail no later
than 29 February
2012 to our coordinator Heidi Haggrén, heidi.haggren at helsinki.fi.

For updates, please check http://blogs.helsinki.fi/nord-wel/.

For inquiries, please contact coordinator Heidi Haggrén   
(heidi.haggren at helsinki.fi,
tel. +358-9-19124958).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Pauli Kettunen
University of Helsinki
pauli.kettunen at helsinki.fi

Anneli Anttonen
University of Tampere
anneli.anttonen at uta.fi

Pirjo Markkola
University of Jyväskylä
pirjo.markkola at jyu.fi

Klaus Petersen
University of Southern Denmark
klaus.petersen at hist.sdu.dk

Veli-Matti Ritakallio
University of Turku
veli-matti.ritakallio at utu.fi


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Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 01.03.2012
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