8th ESPAnet Conference 2010

Social Policy and the Global Crisis:
Consequences and Responses

Budapest 2-4 September 2010


Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Faculty of Social Sciences
Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A,
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary

Programme

2nd September 2010, Thursday

9.00- Registration

11.30-13.30 Welcome speech: Prof. Katalin Tausz Dean of the Social Science Faculty, Eötvös Loránd University

Plenary speaker: Prof. Ian Gough, Professorial Research Fellow at LSE and Emeritus Professor at University of Bath
'Decarbonising the welfare state'
[abstract]

13.30-14.00 Coffee break

  Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8
14.00-16.00 Sessions 11.1/A 13. /A   7.1 /A 12.1 /A 16. /A 6.
16.00-16.30 Coffee break                
16.30-18.30 Sessions 11.1 /B 13. /B 9.1 7.1 /B 12.1 /B 16. /B 8.1  
19.00-  Welcome reception                

 

3rd September 2010, Friday

  Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8
9.00-11.00 Sessions 11.2 /A 13. /C 9.2 /A 7.2 12.1 /C 16. /C 8.2 /A RECOWE
11.00-11.30 Coffee break                
11.30-13.30 Sessions 11.2 /B 4. /A 9.2 /B 3. /A 5. /A   8.2 /B  
13.30-14.30 Lunch break                
14.30-16.30 Sessions 11.2 /C 4. /B 9.2 /C 3. /B 5. /B 15. 10. /A 2. /A
16.30-17.00 Coffee break                
17.00-19.00 Sessions 11.3 /A 4. /C 9.3 /A 3. /C 14. /A 17. /A 10. /B 2. /B
19.30-  Dinner                

 

4th September 2010, Saturday

  Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8
9.00-11.00 Sessions 11.3 /B 12.2 9.3 /B 1. 14. /B 17. /B 18. 2. /C
11.00-11.30 Coffee break                

11.30-13.30 Plenary speeches:

Prof. Zsuzsa Ferge, Emeritus Professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences;
'Inequalities in new capitalism' [abstract]

Prof. Abram de Swaan, Emeritus Professor of social science at the University of Amsterdam. 
'Social security and the global collectivizing process; some polemical and theoretical notes'
[abstract]

Closing of the Conference

Eötvös Loránd University Budapest FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
www.erstestiftung.org

Important dates

17 November 2009 = Call for stream convenors
18 December 2009 = Deadline for stream convenors
25 January 2010 = Call for abstracts
29 March 2010 = Deadline for abstract submission
3 May 2010 = Registration starts
6 June 2010 = Reduced fee application deadline
21 June 2010 24:00 (CET) = Early bird registration deadline
13 August 2010 24:00 (CET) - Deadline for submission of papers
16 August 2010 - Deadline for Registrations and payments

Registration fee is 160 Euros for early birds, 210 Euros for late birds. Central and Eastern European PhD students and professionals can apply for a reduced fee of 60 Euros at info@espanet2010.net until 6th June.
Registration opens on the 3rd May, early bird registration closes on the 21th June at 24:00 (CET).

Theme of the Conference

The theme of ESPAnet’s 2010 Annual Conference is the social consequences of the global financial crisis and its differential impact across Europe. The main questions for consideration include:
How is the crisis affecting already existing inequalities? How are different social classes and groups, especially those in poverty, affected by the crisis? What are the adaptable capacities of the different “worlds of welfare”? Does the intensifying social vulnerability lead to the re-structuring of the programs to provide more security? How far have new programs been developed, and how far have new questions of social policy and welfare been opened up by the crisis?
We would like to broaden the horizon of social policy analysis and see global environmental concerns taken into account: How far are responses to the crisis re-thinking the role of the national and international/global state and the role of the European Union in creating economically, socially and environmentally sustainable societies?