Together the NORFACE partners organise large transnational research programmes.
Read MoreWSF Thematic Workshop and Summer School “The Future of Child and Family Welfare Policy”
Yesterday, the Summer School and WSF Thematic Workshop “The Future of Child and Family Welfare Policy: Looking Through Different Lenses” started off at the University of Groningen. The school jointly ...
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WSF Reseachers at the 113th APSA Annual Meeting
This year’s APSA conference theme is The Quest for Legitimacy. The concept of legitimacy is fundamental to many classic debates in political science. At the same time, legitimacy is core to numerous c...
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Prestigious NWO Visitors Grant for Prof. John Fluke to join project HESTIA
The Dutch team of project HESTIA has secured a Visitor’s Travel Grant for Prof. John Fluke of the University of Colorado to join the research project HESTIA at the the Faculty of Behavioural and Socia...
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Transformations to Sustainability
The Belmont Forum and NORFACE have launched the Programme ”Transformations to Sustainability” (acronym: T2S). T2S will contribute to re-structuring the broad field of sustainability research by placing social science and humanities at the heart of interdiscipl...
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Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course
Existing and rising inequalities pose fundamental challenges to European societies and economies. The increasing gap between rich and poor, exacerbated by the recent financial and economic crises, is a key concern. The sources of inequalities in contemporary s...
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Welfare state futures
The development of welfare systems was one of the defining characteristics of the 20th century, especially in Europe. However, in times of change, it will be important to re-think “the welfare state”. The title of the research programme ERA-NET Cofund Welf...
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