University of Helsinki
Thursday 26 March
10.00-12.00. Welfare and recent developments in the labour market
Professor Guðmundur Jónsson (Professor of history, University of Iceland): Introduction
Pauli Kettunen (Professor of political history, Helsinki University): From welfare state to competition state. The Nordic model reconsidered
Stefan Olafssson (Professor of sociology, University of Iceland): Work in the Life of Icelanders
12.00-13.30: Lunch
13.30-17.00. Family, work and welfare
Professor John Stewart (Professor of history, Caledonian Glasgow): Scottish Family and welfare policies
Åsa Lundqvist (Associate Professor in sociology, Lund University): Family and Labour Market in the Swedish welfare state
Guðný Eydal (Senior lecturer in social work, University of Iceland): Family, children and work
Margrét Einarsdóttir (Ph.D. student in sociology, University of Iceland): Paid work of children and youth and the welfare state
Friday 27 March
10.00-12.00. The construction of social and economic rights
Gylfi Dalmann Aðalsteinsson (Lecturer of business administration, University of Iceland): Characteristics and development of the Icelandic model of labour relations
Klaus Petersen (Professor in Welfare history, University of Southern Denmark): Immigration and social citizenship – the case of Denmark
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13.30-16.00. Open meeting: The challenge of globalisation to the welfare state
Chrisopher Lloyd (Professor of economic history, University of New England): Spectres of globalization
Guðmundur Jónsson (Professor of history, University of Iceland): Social protection and economic volatilty in Iceland
Panel discussion