Strand 6 Seminar: Combating Exclusion

PROGRAMME

Introduction
09.40 Introduction to the Nordic Centre of Excellence in Welfare Research: Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model. Project leader, Professor Bjørn Hvinden, NOVA
10.00 Introduction to strand 6: Combating exclusion - the case of people with disabilities, Strand leader, Professor Jan Tøssebro, NTNU

Seminar part:
10.15 The evolving international equal treatment regime and Nordic disability protection, senior researcher Rune Halvorsen, NOVA
10.45 Discussion
10.55 Break
11.10 Disability, measurement and living conditions (preliminary), senior researcher Steen Bengtson, SFI
11.40 Discussion
11.50 The state of inclusion politics and research, professor Anders Gustavsson, Stockholm University
12.20 Discussion
12.30 Lunch
13.15 Work, disability and the Nordic Welfare Model: a comparative perspective, professor Bjørn Hvinden, NOVA
13.45 Discussion
13.55 European Disability Rights Projects, Professor Lisa Waddington, University of Maastricht
14.15 Break

Meeting part:
14.30 Planning the priorities, activities and outcome of the disability strand
16.00 Closing ceremony

Venue will be announced later

Contact person: Rune Halvorsen (rune.halvorsen@nova.no)