State, Society & Citizen – Cross- and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development
Odense, 15-20 August 2010
Call for papers for Ph.D. students
Deadline 1st February 2010
NCoE NordWel and NCoE Re-Assess in cooperation with the Centre for Welfare State Research,
University of Southern Denmark, organize an international summer school in Odense, 21-25 August 2010.
The aim of the summer school is to stimulate discussions across disciplines and thereby foster
innovative cross-disciplinary and multi-perspective research. To this purpose the Summer
School bring together Ph.D. students and well-established scholars in scientific exchanges.
Distinguished international scholars lecture in thematic sessions on: Religion & the Welfare
State, Immigration & the Welfare State, The Service Sector in the Welfare State, as well as
Agency & Welfare State Development.
We invite Ph.D. students from different disciplinary backgrounds both within and outside the
Nordic countries to participate in discussing the development of the welfare state, its
preconditions, present status and how we ought to study it. Ph.D. Students present their
papers in parallel sessions and get feedback from senior scholars and junior colleagues.
We welcome paper proposals by Ph.D. students on the themes of the thematic sessions as well
on welfare and the welfare state more generally. Papers are selected on basis of their quality.
Papers can be written from a broad historical or contemporary perspective and from
disciplines such as sociology, history, social policy, political science, and political philosophy.
Participants who complete the summer school successfully are credited with 6 ECTS credits.
Course fee
The Course fee is 100 Euros.
Accommodation is financed by NCoE NordWel and NCoE Re-Assess. It is possible to apply for a travel grant after a confirmation of acceptance by the organizing committee.
How to apply
Ph.D. students interested in participating in the summer school should send an abstract (½ page) for a paper proposal and a short biography (including list of publications) by email no later than 1 February 2010 to coordinator Tina Drejer: tidr@sam.sdu.dk.
For inquiries, please contact the organizing committee:
Assistant professor Patrick Emmenegger: emm@sam.sdu.dk
Professor Jon Kvist: kvi@sam.sdu.dk
Professor Klaus Petersen: klaus.petersen@hist.sdu.dk
