The New Welfare State in Europe

_{Thursday 10 December}

_{09.00 – 09.30     Opening Session}

_{Welcome from Y. Mény, President European University Institute}

_{Introduction to the workshop}

_{D. Natali, University of Bologna-Forli}

_{09.30 – 10.45     First Session, Defining the ‘New’ Welfare State}

_{The Social Investment Perspective in Europe}

_{J. Jenson, University of Montreal}

_{Self-transforming European Welfare States}

_{A. Hemerijck, University of Amsterdam}

_{10.45 – 11.00     Coffee Break}

_{11.00 – 13.00     Second Session, ‘New’ Economic and Societal Dynamics}

_{Welfare States and Global Economic Crisis}

_{T. Boeri, Bocconi University of Milan}

_{Social and Economic Uncertainty: Conflicts and Deals on Welfare Reforms}

_{C. Crouch, University of Warwick and M. Keune, University of Amsterdam}

_{Changing families solidarity}

_{M. Kohli, European University Institute}

_{13.00 – 14.30     Lunch}

_{14.30 – 15.45     Third Session, ‘EU Integration and National Welfare States’} 

_{European Welfare States ‘beyond limits’}

_{M. Ferrera, University of Milan}

_{EU Integration and welfare policies After Lisbon}

_{P. Pochet, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels}

_{15.45 – 16.00     Coffee Break}

_{16.00 – 17.15     Fourth Session (A), ‘New Functions, New Welfare Policies’}

_{The Reorientation of Unemployment Protection}

_{J. Clasen, Edinburgh University}

_{Education Policy and the Welfare State in Europe}

_{G. Capano, University of Bologna-Forli}

_{17.15 – 17.30     Coffee Break}

_{17.30 – 18.45     Fourth Session (B), ‘New Functions, New Welfare Policies’}

_{Family and Work Tensions}

_{T. Knijn, University of Utrecht}

_{The Politics of Childcare}

_{I. Naumann, Edinburgh University}

_{20.30          Dinner}

_{Friday 11 December}

_{09.00 – 11.00     Fifth Session, The ‘New’ Politics of Welfare Reforms}

_{Beyond Competitive Corporatism}

_{M. Rhodes, University of Denver}

_{Political Coalitions and Welfare Reforms}

_{S. Hausermann, University of Zurich}

_{Insider/Outsider Politics}

_{D. Rueda, Oxford University – Princeton University}

_{11.00 – 11.15       Coffee Break}

_{11.15 – 12.30       Round Table, ‘Policymakers and Welfare Reforms: Between National and EU Constraints’}

_{Reforming the Italian Welfare State}

_{T. Treu, Former Italian Minister}

_{Reforming the Belgian Welfare State}

_{F. Vandenbroucke, Former Belgian Minister}

_{Reforming the French Welfare State}

_{M. Hirsch, Haut Commissaire aux solidarités actives contre la pauvreté - Haut Commissaire à la jeunesse}

_{12.30 - 14.00      Lunch}

_{14.00 – 16.00     Sixth Session, ‘New’ Institutional dynamics in the Welfare State}

_{The New Welfare State in CEE Countries}

_{D. Bohle, Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute of Florence and B. Greskovitz, Central European University Budapest}

_{Evolutionary welfare change}

_{S. Steinmo, European University Institute of Florence}

_{Reform Trajectories in Bismarckian welfare states}

_{B. Palier, Institut d’études politiques, Science Politique, Paris}

_{16.00 - 16.30      Closing Session}

_{G. Bonoli, Institut des Hautes Etudes d’Administration Publique, Lausanne}

_{D. Natali, University of Bologna-Forli}