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Chair of Sociology, especially Family and Work

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ESPAnet Germany

ESPAnet (The European Network for Social Policy Analysis) is a scientific network that promotes the exchange and cooperation of social policy researchers in Europe.

National offshoots of ESPAnet have developed in many European countries. ESPAnet Germany has also established itself as a regional network in Germany. ESPAnet Germany is supported by the interdisciplinary cooperation of the Sektion Sozialpolitik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) and the Arbeitskreises Wohlfahrtsstaatsforschung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW). Current contact persons are Dr. Florian Blank (WSI Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut), Prof. Dr. Katja M?hring (University of Bamberg), Prof. Dr. Michaela Schulze (University of Applied Labour Studies) and Dr. Hannah Zagel (Berlin Social Science Center).

ESPAnet Germany follows the basic concerns of ESPAnet Europe and is committed to promoting the visibility of social policy research in Germany. One focus of our work is to support young researchers in developing their skills and knowledge in social policy analysis through regular events for doctoral students. The focus is on German social policy in a comparative European and global perspective as well as international and supranational social policy in its significance for social policy in Germany.

If you are interested in the activities of ESPAnet Germany, please contact espanet.sfa(at)uni-bamberg.de

 

ESPAnet Germany has organized the following events in the past:

2023: 7th PhD Workshop of ESPAnet Germany, “Social Policy and Crises – Multiple Perspectives”. WZB Berlin, Germany 16-17 March 2023.

2021: 6th Doctoral Workshop of ESPAnet Germany (with CARMA Aalborg University, German University of Applied Labour Studies, ESPANet Nordic & the working group Welfare State Research of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)) “Stability and Sustainability of Active Labour Market Policies in Times of Crises: National and International Comparisons”, September 20th, 2021, online)

2018: 5th Doctoral Workshop of ESPAnet Germany and the Research Institute for Societal Development (FGW) , “20 Years of Social Investment: Empirical Evidence and Future Perspectives”. University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Germany 22-23 February 2018.

2015: 4th Doctoral Workshop of the German ESPAnet Section, “What Welfare States do to People and how People use Welfare State Programmes”, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, 28 – 29 May 2015.

2013: 3rd Doctoral Workshop of the German ESPAnet Section. “Privatisation and Marketisation of Social Services and Social Programs”. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Cologne, 14-15 November 2013.

2013: 2nd ESPAnet doctoral workshop 2013 at Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany. “Comparing Welfare States: Applying Quantitative and Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Social Policy Research”, Mannheim, Germany, 4-6 July 2013.

2009: 1st Doctoral Workshop of the German ESPAnet Network. “Changing Welfare States, changing theoretical concepts?”. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, 13-14 May 2009.