This Forum will provide a key platform for the sharing of information and discussion of the most important regional social security trends and priority issues in Africa. A unique networking opportunity, the Forum will bring together social security administrators, policy-makers and international...

In den westlichen Staaten gehört Sozialpolitik zweifelsohne zu den gut erforschten Themen der Gesellschaftswissenschaften. Die Tagung geht der Frage nach, inwiefern uns die bewährten Methoden der westlichen Sozialpolitik- forschung bei der Analyse von Sozialpolitiken in Afrika, Asien,...

This pension day is targeted mainly (though not exclusively) at junior Netspar researchers. However, all senior researchers, including those who have not had an opportunity to present their Netspar research at recent Netspar workshops, are also encouraged to submit their paper(s). Netspar...

In this workshop we want to consider both the economic dimension and the social dynamics of ageing societies. We welcome submission of theoretical, empirical and policy papers. The suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the relation between population ageing and the...

Topics: - Awarding Procedures, Incentives and Efficiency - Performance and Renegotiation in Public Procurement - Public Procurement and Innovation - Green Public Procurement - Macroeconomic Implications of Public Procurement Policies - Corruption in Public Procurement - SMEs Participation -...

Papers – theoretical or applied – may address, amongst others, the following issues: I. Cross-sectional topics - Organizational models for infrastructure sectors: vertical integration vs. unbundling, concessions, role of public ownership etc. - Regulation of liberalized infrastructure...

Vom Freiwilligendienst bis zum privatisierten Sozialkonzern: Die Infrastruktur des modernen Wohlfahrtsstaats hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten massiv gewandelt. Die Sektion Sozialpolitik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie widmet ihre Jahrestagung mit dem Titel...

The aim of this Ph.d. workshop is to illuminate what the “post-crisis post-Lisbon” period comprises in terms of economic and then social policy development. A brief retrospective analysis of European governance transformation, since 1999, points out the spillover from monetary and financial...

We welcome papers analyzing: - The measurement of both, inter and intra generational income mobility - The effect of educational, labor market and social policies in enhancing / obstructing social mobility - Political economy aspects of an emerging middle class: Do the poor face the risk of...