University of Helsinki
Workshop: Towards a Social Investment Welfare State?
The Institute for Futures Studies and the Nordic Centre of Excellence, NordWel, invites you to an open seminar on the topic of the new book Towards a Social Investment Welfare State? Ideas, Achievements and Challenges, edited by Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier and Joakim Palme. During the course of the workshop, the editors Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier and Joakim Palme will, together with authors of chapters in the volume, talk about the core issues of the book. The results of the studies will also be discussed by a panel of invited experts.
Time: 9.00-12.00 November 18, 2011, Coffee served from 8.30
Place: Westmanska palatset, Holländargatan 17, Stockholm
Presentations by: Kerstin Jacobsson, Thomas Lindh, Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, and Joakim Palme, as well as a panel of experts. Katinka Hort is the moderator.
The seminar is free of charge but you have to register your attendance in advance. Please sign up by writing your name and affiliation in an e-mail to fokus@framtidsstudier.se<mailto:fokus@framtidsstudier.se> The number of admissions is restricted.
Program
08.30-09.00 COFFEE AND SANDWICHES
09.00-09.10 Welcome by Urban Lundberg, Swedish NordWel representative and Joakim Palme, Institute for Futures Studies
09.10-09.30 The Social Investment Perspective. Origins and Ideas by Nathalie Morel, Sciences-Po, Paris
09.30-09.50 Policy Instruments and Achievements by Bruno Palier, NordWel and Sciences-Po, Paris
09.50-10.10 Is Activation ‘Social investment’? by Kerstin Jacobsson, Södertörn University College
10.10-10.30 Social Investment and Ageing Populations by Thomas Lindh, Institute for Futures Studies
10.30-10.45 Towards a Social Investment Welfare State? by Joakim Palme, Institute for Futures Studies
10.45-11.00 COFFEE and REFRESHMENTS
11.00-12.00 Panel and general discussion: Invited experts
Moderator: Katinka Hort