Hoe krijgt de toekomst van de verzorgingstaat vorm in een kritiek moment?
‘Prototyping Welfare in Europe: Experiments in State and Society' onderzoekt hoe de verzorgingsstaat opnieuw wordt uitgevonden tegen de achtergrond van groeiende precariteit en een snel toenemende hulpvraag in vier Europese steden. Wie komt in actie als de gevestigde instellingen geen antwoord kunnen geven op menselijke noodsituaties? En wat voor sociaal-politieke toekomst zien we ontstaan in programma's die proberen welzijn anders te doen?
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Welfare Future Seminar with Anouk de Koning
The December Welfare Futures Seminar will celebrate the launch of Anouk de Koning’s forthcoming Remaking Welfare in the Netherlands: Fantasies of an Intimate State, bringing the author into conversation with scholars from anthropology, sociology and political science.
Lees meerWelfare Future Seminar with Martha Kapazoglou and Vénicia Sananès
To kick off this round of the Welfare Future Seminars, Martha Kapazoglou and Vénicia Sananès (both at the University of Amsterdam) will each give a talk on Tuesday 3 November about their work for the Prototyping Welfare in Europe project.
Lees meer'Working like a Dog' - Welfare Future Seminar and workshop by Prof. Carr
On Tuesday 23rd June, Prof. Carr (University of Chicago) will give a talk drawing on multi-sited research in a rapidly expanding domain of social service provision in the United States: the deployment of full-time facility dogs as human service workers.
Lees meerDecolonization and the European Welfare State by Dr. Emil Wolff
On May 12, Dr. Wolff’s Welfare Future Seminar explores decolonization within the European welfare state. Focusing on the postwar decades, the lecture examines the striking overlap between welfare expansion and large-scale migration from former colonies—challenging the common belief that immigration undermines welfare systems.
Lees meerImagining Welfare State Futures - Seminar by Prof. John Clarke on 21 april
Prof. Clarke explores how welfare states are shaped by competing social imaginaries rather than fixed institutional designs. He argues that this perspective challenges the narrow empiricism that has long dominated welfare state research. The seminar takes place on the 21st of april and is part of the Welfare Futures Seminar Series.
Lees meerWelfare Reform by Stealth? How Social Entrepreneurs in Germany and Greece Envision the Future of Welfare by Dimitri Soudias
In the next Welfare Future Seminar, Dr. Dimitri Soudias (Ghent University) will talk about Welfare Reform by Stealth? How Social Entrepreneurs in Germany and Greece Envision the Future of Welfare. This seminar takes place on the 10th of March in Amsterdam.
Lees meerWelfare future seminar by Tessa Bonduelle: The values of volunteering: Race, class, and the politics of unwaged labour in London-based food aid
In the next Welfare Future Seminar, Tessa Bonduelle will talk about The values of volunteering: Race, class, and the politics of unwaged labour in London-based food aid. This seminar takes place on the 17th of February in Amsterdam.
Lees meer‘Being there for our neighbours’. Volunteering during the pandemic and the depoliticization of volunteer support networks in England.
On 11 December, Dr. Rosie Read (Bournemouth University) will give a talk entitled ‘Being there for our neighbours’: Volunteering during the pandemic and the depoliticization of volunteer support networks in England.
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