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'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.
Lees meerShifting States: EASA Anthropologies of the State Network Conference
From 22 to 24 October 2025, the EASA Network on Anthropologies of the State takes place at the UvA. The conference Shifting States will convene to examine shifting forms of state power and governance amid ongoing global crises. The conference explores how conflicts, migration restrictions, economic inequality, and technological developments such as artificial intelligence generate new tensions between citizens and state institutions. The keynote speaker is Alice von Bieberstein.
Lees meerIntermediate bodies: mothers, neighbourhoods and the elastic welfare state in France
On 4 November Alice Daquin will give a talk titled Intermediate Bodies: Mothers, Neighbourhoods and the Elastic Welfare State in France. In this lecture, she will explore how everyday actors such as mothers and local communities interact with and reshape state welfare structures, revealing the flexible, often invisible layers through which care, responsibility, and governance are negotiated in contemporary France.
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