Welfare
and Values in
Transitions
related to Religion, Minorities and Gender
International
Research Conference at
26-28
March 2009
This
conference aims to provide a forum for debate on values and
welfare, focusing on values leading to cohesion or conflict and the extent
to which these dynamics are related to religion, minorities or gender. Exploring
these three major and inter-connected dimensions of social change through the
prism of welfare provides an approach through which the intangible concept of
‘values’ can be grasped. With increased mobility and diversity in
These
issues bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines
whose work relates to welfare, values and religion, or to the intersections
between them. This enables a show-casing of research taking place in this field
as well as stimulation of theoretical, empirical and methodological
developments.
The
first day of the conference is devoted to the presentation of material from the
project Welfare and Values in
Among
the main speakers are:
·
Professor
Nancy Ammerman (Professor of Sociology of Religion,
·
Professor
Anders Bäckström (Professor of Sociology of Religion,
·
Professor
Grace Davie (Professor of Sociology of Religion,
·
Professor
Yilmaz Esmer (Professor Political Science,
·
Professor
Philip Manow (Professor of Politics and Management,
·
Professor
Göran Therborn (Professor of Sociology,
Call
for papers
The
following subthemes are of particular interest:
·
The
study of values per
se
·
The
intersections of welfare and religion in late modern societies
·
Methodological
issues for work in these fields
·
The
gender dimensions to the study of welfare, minorities and
values
·
The
role of religious and other minorities in welfare as both providers and
recipients
·
Faith
based organisations as agents of social development
·
Policy
implications at local, national and European levels
·
A
global perspective on welfare and religion (including
migration)
·
Pan-European
comparisons and Nordic perspectives
·
The
challenges of comparative and interdisciplinary research
·
The
Impact of Religion: challenges for society, law and
democracy
·
The
links between law and religion from European and global perspectives
The
conference is hosted by The Centre for
the Study of Religion and Society at
·
The
WaVE project funded by the Framework
6 Programme of the European Commission
·
The
project Welfare and Religion in a
European Perspective (WREP) funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary
foundation.
·
The
project Welfare and Religion in a Global
Perspective (WRIGP) funded by SIDA and the National Research Foundation of
South Africa.
For
Information visit www.akademikonferens.uu.se/wave09
or contact the organisation committee at [log in to unmask]
Further
details including programme, registration, abstract format and venue information
will be made available continuously during autumn 2008.
(Updated
25/09/2008)