The participants will discuss Friederike Römer's draft paper "What drives migration? Revisiting the welfare magnet hypothesis using new measures of immigrant welfare rights".

The event is part of the programme of the Political Economy Workshop.
PEW discusses early/unpublished papers or research plans that investigate the political economy (broadly construed) of social policy and inequality.

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The OPEN CAMPUS is an interactive public event in the Campus Park of the University of Bremen. With an information and entertainment programme for prospective students, pupils, families with children and the general public. The CRC 1342 will presumably present itself and its research topics in a pavilion and with presentations.

The talk is part of the series "Bremen Conversations on Global Solidarity". Find out more about the event here.

Please follow this zoom link:

https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/9461422783
Meeting ID: 946 142 2783

There will also be a live stream in the BIGSSS Conference Room.

The participants will discuss Kerem Gabriel Öktem's, Johanna Kuhlmann's, Laura Andrea Alvárez Tobar's, Frank Nullmeier's and Delia González de Reufel's draft paper "How are groups constituted through social policy legislation? Exploring temporal sequences of inclusion into old-age protection in a global perspective".

The event is part of the programme of the Political Economy Workshop.
PEW discusses early/unpublished papers or research plans that investigate the political economy (broadly construed) of social policy and inequality.

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Governments all around Europe responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with massive budgetary expansions. A third wave of Euro-austerity is imminent, however – just like in the first two episodes during the 1990s and after the Great Recession of 2008. Many are already concerned the pandemic will provide a trump card for conservative governments wishing to cutback welfare programs. Does the third episode of Euro-austerity after COVID-19 represent the final nail in the coffin of Europe’s welfare states? Or is this episode yet another ordinary blow these welfare states have grown to survive? I offer comparative historical insights for these hot-button policy questions based on my recent book Euro-Austerity and Welfare States. In the talk, I trace developments in social expenditures and social rights in the first episode of Euro-austerity in the run-up to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) during the 1990s. I then show how governments reformed welfare states in Belgium, Greece, and Italy – countries where austerity’s impact was expected to be greatest. I close by discussing key takeaways from the politics of welfare state reform during the earlier episodes of Euro-austerity for the final Episode of Euro-austerity looming large after COVID-19.

About the speaker:

Tolga Bolukbasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Bolukbasi’s work cuts across the fields of comparative public policy and comparative political economy. His most recent research explores questions lying at the heart of distributive politics in Turkey in a comparative European perspective.

The participants will discuss Fabian Besche-Truthe's, Tobias Böger's and Johanna Fischer's draft paper "Sequence analysis of social policy adoptions".

The event is part of the programme of the Political Economy Workshop.
PEW discusses early/unpublished papers or research plans that investigate the political economy (broadly construed) of social policy and inequality.

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The participants will discuss Anna Wolkenhauer's draft paper "Policymaking without technocrats: peasants, the state, and farmer input subsidy reform in Zambia".

Discussant: Hudu Banikoi

The event is part of the programme of the Political Economy Workshop.
PEW discusses early/unpublished papers or research plans that investigate the political economy (broadly construed) of social policy and inequality.

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International female researchers face additional challenges due to their status as foreigners and women. On the one hand, international scholars often find it difficult to manage conflicts in the workplace since they may be unfamiliar with social norms and formal regulations in Germany. On the other hand, they may encounter gendered role expectations and struggle to build networks. In addition, international female researchers find it more difficult to balance their work and family life compared to German researchers given the absence of close kin in Germany, although informal childcare support would be necessary to complement the insufficient childcare system in Germany. The presenter argues that a strong network among international female scholars could be key to alleviating the above-mentioned challenges. The session includes a short overview of literature on the difficulties faced by international female scholars and biographical notes from the presenter, who worked as an international female researcher in the German academia for eight years. Most importantly, the session aims to encourage participants to exchange their experiences in Germany and form a network.

The Talk is part of the Study Work Life Week 2023 of the University of Bremen.

Registration at https://www.uni-bremen.de/familie/vereinbarkeitswoche/anmeldungen

Following the registration, you will receive the Zoom link by email. If there are any problems with the registration or if you have not received this email after a few hours, please contact vereinbarkeitswoche@uni-bremen.de. 

The participants will discuss Helen Seitzer's and Tobias Böger's draft paper "Pathways towards caring countries. Mapping the diffusion of early childhood education and care entitlements".

The event is part of the programme of the Political Economy Workshop.
PEW discusses early/unpublished papers or research plans that investigate the political economy (broadly construed) of social policy and inequality.

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Members of the University of Bremen and of BIGSSS at Constructor University are therefore cordially invited to the Oral Defense of Marlene Seiffarth's PhD Thesis "The perpetuation of the Migrant-in-the-Family Care Model in Italy".

The Examination Board is composed of:

Prof. Dr. Karin Gottschall
Prof. Dr. Heinz Rothgang
Dr. Giovanni Lamura
Dr. Mandi Larsen
Dr. Lorraine Frisina-Doetter
Dr. Gabriela de Carvalho
Greta-Marleen Storath

The lecture by Catherine Boone is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

The lecture by William Moseley is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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Other dates and speakers: 

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

Mehran Haji Mohammadian defended his doctoral dissertation in 2022 at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. His dissertation project "Retirement in Iran: From the Establishment of the Pension System to the Emergence of a New Life Course" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexandra Kaasch (Bielefeld University) and Dr. Rana Jawad (Bath University). His research interests include social policy in developing countries, informality, and the implementation of the Bismarckian social insurance system in the global south. He has published a book "Piri" (2019) an ethnographic study of older adults in Tehran. In 2016 he also published an article "Gender in a Justice-Centered Society: A Review of Abu-Hamid Ghazel's Ethical Views".

Mehran Haji Mohammadian is member of the B01 country expert network.

The lecture by Caitlin Ryan is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be held in-person and online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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Other dates and speakers: 

9 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Iva Peša (Groningen University)
Resource extraction, rural trajectories and responses to environmental change: Johannesburg, the Zambian Copperbelt and the Niger Delta compared

16 February 2023, 14.00 (CET)
William Moseley (Macalaster College)
Decolonizing African agriculture: food security, agroecology, and the need for radical transformation

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

Nate Breznau of project A02 will present his research on social policy and replication. In this (non-CRC) project, 73 research teams examined whether immigration reduces public support for government provision of social policy, using identical cross-country survey data. The results results varied greatly!

Nate's paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2203150119

You can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-policy-and-the-replication-crisis-tickets-519644509717

Join the event at:
https://cardiff.zoom.us/j/85840792171?pwd=QlNBSm1aWC9OcFJkUERKTFdRS0tFQT09

This event is part of  Political Economy Workshop series, The participants will discuss Gonzalo Arévalo Iglesias' draft paper "Labour market outsiders, downward intergenerational support through cohabitation, and social policy attitudes in Europe".

The paper is available upon request - please contact Johanna Kuhlmann or Jakob Frizell.

The lecture by Marion Ouma is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be held via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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The other dates and speakers: 

19 Janaury 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Iva Peša (Groningen University)
Resource extraction, rural trajectories and responses to environmental change: Johannesburg, the Zambian Copperbelt and the Niger Delta compared

2 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Caitlin Ryan (Groningen University)
Women’s land tenure security: Imaginaries of land rights and materialities of agrarian economies

16 February 2023, 14.00 (CET)
William Moseley (Macalaster College)
Decolonizing African agriculture: food security, agroecology, and the need for radical transformation

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa