We invite PhD students with projects that deal with issues on or related to the Summer School theme to apply for participation. We value a multi-disciplinary setting and welcome students from a range of academic disciplines, like sociology, economy, law, political science and (European) social...

The school targets PhD-students who have started or are about to start a project related to welfare and social policy in Eastern and Western Europe. Topics that will be addressed are the comparative analysis of welfare state and social policy reform, role of social actors, policies for work and...

The ESPAnet Summer Schools are open to doctoral students with projects related to social policy from any discipline. They usually last between 10 and 14 days. Topics covered during summer schools are, for example, the origins and development of social policy, principles and practices of benefit...

The ESPAnet Summer School is open to doctoral students who have recently started their project and feel a need for a broader introduction to social policy. At the summer school they are introduced in the origins and developments of social policy, in principles and practices of benefit systems...

Aim of the course is introducing students to the origins and developments of social policy, to principles and practices of benefit systems and social services, to European social policy, methods of comparative research, and to available quantitative and qualitative data sets.