Theme
In
the context of the current wave of enlargement and
the search for a new constitutional framework, the
European Union is simultaneously becoming more internally
differentiated and politically integrated than ever
before. Its member states differ more than ever in
terms of the size and orientation of their social
effort. At the same time, European states are both
increasingly interdependent and confronted with some
important common challenges, such as population ageing,
an ever more competitive international economic environment
and rising inequality. The conference is focused on
the fundamental questions that are posed by this context.
How well adapted are different policies and policy-making
frameworks at the sub-national and national levels
to reconciling solidarity and competitiveness, to
balancing security and adaptability? What instruments
are needed at the supra-national level to promote
and diffuse ‘best practice’ in European
social policy, or, indeed, a ‘social Europe’?
In other words, how can social policy in Europe best
meet the needs of a new Europe?
Plenary Speakers
The
conference will open with a plenary session, and close
with a plenary round-table on the interface between
the European- and national-level in social policy.
Confirmed plenary speakers for the conference are:
Professor
Jos Berghman (KU Leuven)
Professor Mary Daly (Queens University Belfast)
Professor Zsuzsa Ferge (Eotvos Lorand University
Budapest)
Professor Maurizio Ferrera (University of Pavia)
Professor Stephan Leibfried (University of Bremen)
Dr. Anton
Hemerijck (Director of the Netherlands Scientific
Council for Government Policy)
The venue
The
conference will take place in St.
Antony’s college, the most international
of the University of Oxford’s graduate colleges.
Car
parking
Please
note that car parking at the college is very limited
and only available by special arrangement. Car parking
is available at the "Peartree Park and Ride",
from where buses leave every 10 minutes to Oxford.
There is a bus stop outside St Antony's College. Further
information is available on the following web sites:
Oxford
Park & Ride Interactive Map
Oxford
Park & Ride Information and Maps
