Dr. Kilpi-Jakonen appointed as Scientific Programme Coordinator of NORFACE inequality programme29/03/18
The NORFACE partners are pleased to announce that Dr. Elina Kilpi-Jakonen of Turku University, Finland has been appointed as Scientific Programme Coordinator for the research programme Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (acronym: DIAL). As Scientific Programme Coordinator she will work ov
TransJudFare Puzzle Piece: No Welfare Tourism in Denmark22/03/18
by Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen (TransJudFare) As part of the TransJudFare team, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen from University of Copenhagen wrote a puzzle piece to disseminate recent findings from the project to Danish media and stakeholders. The findings were featured in two articles in the Danish newspa
The Everyday Language of Moral Welfare Judgement22/03/18
Project WelfSOC studies the ideas of ordinary people about the future development of welfare in Europe, based on five innovative deliberative forums and focus groups conducted in Denmark, Germany, Norway, Slovenia and the United Kingdom which addressed the question “What should the priorities of the
Unemployment Provisions for Self-employed EU Citizens22/03/18
A European Law Blog Commentary on the Gusa Case by Dion Kramer (TransJudFare) The WSF research project TransJudFare studies the impact of the European Court of Justice on national welfare policies. As part of this, the Amsterdam team of TransJudFare regularly publishes blogposts commenting on legal
Welfare Bricolage in Portuguese Service Providers: From Challenges to Strategies 201722/03/18
by Jessica Lopes, Beatriz Padilla, Simone Castellani and Vera Rodrigues (UPWEB) Project UPWEB explores the multiple approaches that residents living in superdiverse neighbourhoods use to meet their health needs, encompassing the perspectives of service users and providers based on innovative techniq
Logics of Welfare Bricolage among UK Service Providers22/03/18
by Simon Pemberton and Lucy Doos (UPWEB) As part of delivering the Welfare Bricolage project (UPWEB), a team of researchers from the UK have published a WSF Working Paper which explores the ways in which health service providers in the UK have engaged in practices of ‘bricolage’ in order to meet the
Welfare State Futures Featured in the Latest Issue of EU Research Magazine20/03/18
In late December, EU Research interviewed Prof. Ellen Immergut, Scientific Coordinator of the Welfare State Futures Programme. EU Research is a leading journal for research dissemination in Eruope, with more than 50,000 hard copy subscribers in 33 countries, and more than 60,000 online subscribers.
How Discourses of Belonging Affect the Portability of Social Security Rights25/02/18
Project TRANSWEL has recently published to WSF Working Papers presenting research from their third of five work packages on reconstructing discourses of belonging incorporated into portability regulations to determine how they shape individuals’ access to social security. This discursive approach is
Understanding the Micro and Macro Politics of Health25/02/18
A Research Agenda by Project HiNEWS by Anna Gkiouleka We live in times that austerity, conflict, increased forced migration and socio-political instability fuel traditional and new social struggles. In this climate, health inequalities emerge as the outcome of structural forces and unequal power rel
Why British People Don’t Trust the Government Any More24/02/18
by Adrienn Győry In a recently published article on The Conversation, Peter Taylor-Gooby and Benjamin Leruth discuss the issue of trust between citizens and government in the United Kingdom. They use data from the Welfare State Futures ‘Our Childrens’ Europe’ research project which uses innovative d
Cognitive Determinants of Healthcare Evaluations06/02/18
A Comparison of Eastern and Western European Countries by Simone Schneider and Tamara Popic Knowing the public opinion of healthcare is essential when assessing healthcare system performance; but little research has focussed on the links between the public’s general attitude to the healthcare system
Accessing Healthcare in Times of Economic Growth and Economic Downturn06/02/18
Evidence from Ireland by Simone Schneider and Camilla Devitt In this article we examined the accessibility of healthcare in Ireland between 2003 and 2011 in the context of strong economic growth (2003–2007) and the subsequent financial crisis, which began in 2008. We investigated, in particular, cha