University of Helsinki
Changing meanings of (un)employment
University of Helsinki, 27-28 February 2012
Venue: Forest House (Metsätalo), Unioninkatu 40, room 10
Open seminar on the making and defining of unemployment from a comparative historical perspective.
PROGRAMME
Monday 27 February, 13-17
13.00 Opening words
13.10 NOEL WHITESIDE (University of Warwick): The Historical Construction and Reconstruction of Unemployment – a Comparison
14.10 Coffee
14.30 NILS EDLING (Stockholm University): Creating National Labour Markets: The Public Labour Exchange 1890–1920”
15.30 MATTI HANNIKAINEN (University of Helsinki): Unemployment and Labour Market Flexibility in the Great Depression. The Case of Construction Workers in Helsinki
Tuesday 28 February, 9-13
9.15 MIRJA ÖSTERBERG (University of Helsinki): Arguments by the Finnish Social Democrats concerning unemployment in the 1930s
10.15 Coffee
10.30 SAMI OUTINEN (University of Helsinki/Stockholm University): The Changing Concept of Unemployment in Finland in the Late 20th Century
11.30 PATRICK EMMENEGGER (University of Southern Denmark): The Politics of Job Security Regulations: From Drift to Layering on Job Security
12.30 Closing discussion
The workshop is open for public. However, for coffee please register to Heidi Haggrén, heidi.haggren[at]helsinki.fi, by 23rd February 2012.
Organiser: The Nordic Centre of Excellence NordWel (The Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future Challenges).