APOLOGIES FOR CROSSPOSTING
“Social Security and Participation in Social and Economic Life”
Organised by The Foundation for International Studies of Social Security
(FISS)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The tenth annual International Research Seminar on Issues in Social
Security will take place at the Sigtunahöjden Conference Centre in
Sigtuna, near Stockholm, Sweden, on the 14th to the 17th June 2003.
The theme of the seminar will be ‘Social Security and participation in
social and economic life’.
The seminar will examine how unemployed and economically inactive people
can be helped back into the labour market, as well as the broader issue
of how social security can encourage participation in social and
economic life by those who are unable to work or have unpaid caring
responsibilities. It will also explore the question of how to determine
the boundary between capacity to work and incapacity, the criteria that
should govern entitlement to incapacity benefits and how these should be
implemented in practice. The seminar will also discuss how
hard-to-employ groups can be helped to move closer to the labour market.
Keynote speakers include:
Dr Paul de Beer (WRR, Den Haag)
Professor Neil Gilbert (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Professor Jane Millar (University of Bath, UK) Professor Peter Saunders
(Social Policy Research Centre, Australia) Dr Einar Øverbye (NOVA –
Norwegian Social Research, Norway)
Papers are invited on any aspect of the general theme of the seminar.
They should normally be based on research or scholarship and written
with an international audience in mind. Papers that are international
in perspective or based on comparative research are especially welcome.
It is anticipated that a selection of the papers will be included in an
edited volume within the FISS book series ‘International Studies on
Social Security’ published in association with Ashgate Publishing.
Those wishing to present a paper should submit by email attachment a
title and an abstract in English of less than 500 words to Peter Kemp
at: [log in to unmask], before 17th February 2003.
FISS is able to offer Han Emanuel Scholarships - covering the
registration fee, accommodation and cost of travel (up to a limit) - for
up to two full-time PhD students presenting a paper at the seminar.
Foundation for International Studies of Social Security (FISS) SPRU,
University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, Great Britain Tel. +44
1904 433599 Fax. +44 1904 433618
Email: [log in to unmask]
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