2003 International Conference

Pension Reform in Europe: shared problems, sharing solutions?

Friday, 5 December 2003
Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

The Hellenic Observatory hosted an international conference on Pension Reform in Europe  in the Shaw Library, LSE on Friday 5th December 2003. LSE Academics (Professors Nick Barr, Kevin Featherstone) were joined by specialists from across Europe: Prof Peter Abrahamson from the University of Copenhangen; Mr Giorgos Glynos (EU Commission); Prof Karl Hinrichs (University of Bremen); Prof Bruno Palier (Paris) and Prof Martin Rhodes (EUI, Florence); Dr Platon Tinios (Greece;  as well as from the UK:  (Prof Peter Taylor-Gooby, Kent; Dr Dimitris Papadimitriou, Manchester).

Some eighty guests attended and engaged in a lively discussion, comparing trends and agendas. The feedback received from all participants and attendants was very positive and supportive.

 

PROGRAMME

 

Opening Remarks: the Challenge of Reform

• The Politics of Pension Reform in Europe
  Professor Kevin Featherstone (LSE) 
• The Economics of Pension Reform in Europe
  Professor Nicholas Barr (LSE) 

 

A European Perspective
Chair: Dr Dimitris Papadimitriou

• Welfare Regimes and Pension Reform Agendas
  Professor Martin Rhodes (EUI, Florence)
• The European Union and Pension Reform: Eurozone membership and the Open Method of Co-ordination
  Mr Georgios Glynos, Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission

 

Reforming Europe's pension systems: processes and solutions? 
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone 

• The politics of pension reform in Germany
  Professor Karl Hinrichs (Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Bremen) 
• The politics of pension reform in Denmark
  Professor Peter Abrahamson & Dr Cecilie Wehner (University of Copenhagen) 

 

Open Discussion: Can we share and learn?
Chair: Dr Dimitris Papadimitriou