Kick-off conference for REASSESS

The conference is open for policy-makers, organisations, the media and researchers from the Nordic countries.

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PROGRAMME:
Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model
Nytt blikk på den nordiske velferdsmodellen

24 October

Velkomst
Magnus Rindal, direktør Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring, Norge

Introduksjon til konferansens tema
Bjørn Hvinden (professor, leder REASSESS)

Den nordiske velferdsmodell og liberale verdier
Kristin Clemet (leder CIVITA - Senter for næringsliv og samfunn, Norge)

Hvilke utfordringer står den nordiske modell overfor - og hvordan kan vi møte dem?
Mogens Lykketoft (Folketingsmedlem, Socialdemokraternes udenrigsordfører, Danmark)Globalization, Competitiveness and Social Inequality
Jørgen Goul Andersen (Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark)

Globalization, Economic Success and Welfare Trends:
The Case of Iceland 1995-2006
Stefán Ólafsson (Professor, University of Iceland)

Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Nordic Countries
- Preliminary Results from the EU-SILC 2005
Veli-Matti Ritakallio (Professor, University of Turku, Finland)

Life-course and Generations: Some Missing Themes in Contemporary Policy Discussions
Gunhild Hagestad (Professor, Agder University & NOVA, Norway)

25 October

The Nordic Centres of Excellence on Welfare Research Porgamme:
NordForsk´s Ambitions and Expectations
Liisa Hakamies-Blomquist (Director, NordForsk)

Gender, Employment and Social Policy - US-Scandinavian Differences
Ann Shola Orloff (Professor, Northwestern University, USA)

Migration as a Challenge for Nordic Welfare States - Net Gaines, Potentials and Prospects
Eskil Wadensjö (Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden)

Three parallel sessions:
WS-1: Family and intergenerational relations - gender & private/public interplay in care provision

• Tine Rostegaard (SFI): Comparing care - conondrums and knots
• Teppo Kröger (Univ. of Jyväskylä): Combining care responsibilities with participation in paid employment: contributions of formal and informal care
• Katja Forssen (Univ. of Turku): Children at risk in the Nordic countries

WS-2: Bird´s-eye views of change in the Nordic welfare state: macro-perspectives, globalisation, pension reforms, social protection systems and their popular support

• Jon Kvist (SFI): The Europeanization of social protection
• Henning Finseraas (NOVA): Voter turnout, income inequality and redistribution
• Gudny Eydal (Univ. of Iceland): From punishment to participation: The history of Nordic welfare policies for children

WS-3: At the margins of society - migration, disability and different arenas of social participation - new approaches to inclusion and full citizenship

• Pernille Andersson (SOFI/SULCIS): Exits from self-employment: Is there a native-immigrant difference in Sweden?
• Sille Ohrem Naper (Oslo Univ. College): Mortality at the margins of society: Causes of excess mortality among social assistance recipients and implications for social policy
• Rune Halvorsen (NOVA): People with disabilities and anti-discrimination legislation - background and potentials

The Nordic Welfare Model - state-of-the-art & tasks for further research
Bjørn Hvinden (Professor, Leader REASSESS)

The conference is free of charge.

Date: 24 & 25 October
Venue: The Oslo University College (Høgskolen i Oslo), Pilestredet 35, Oslo, Norway

For more information, contact Bjørn Hvinden: bjorn.hvinden@nova.no or Tale Hellevik: tale.hellevik@nova.no

Links for more information about the Centre and the NordForsk Programme:

REASSESS: http://www.reassess.no
NordForsk: http://www.nordforsk.org/
CIVITA: http://www.civita.no/english.php
Ann Shola Orloff: http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu/faculty/orloff/home.html
Map of Oslo University College: http://www.it.hio.no/helpdesk/hiokart/

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