Social Policy Events Calendar

Better understanding the low fertility world

Thursday 14 October, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Professor Stuart Gietel-Basten (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Chair: Dr Timo Fleckenstein (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

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The health effects of wage setting institutions

Thursday 21 October, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Dr Aaron Reeves (Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University)

Chair: Dr Timo Fleckenstein (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

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Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis

Thursday 21 October 2021 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Hosted by the Department of Social Policy and the International Inequalities Institute

Join us for this event that will take the form of an open conversation about the new book by Fiona Williams, Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis. Following a presentation of the key themes and arguments in the book by Williams, the three discussants will share their perspectives. 

Speakers: Dr Timo Fleckenstein, Dr Armine Ishkanian,
Dr Isabel Shutes, Professor Fiona Williams
Chair: Professor Lucinda Platt

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The Positive Effect of Women’s Education on Fertility in Low-Fertility China

Thursday 4 November, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Dr Shuang Chen (Department of Social Policy, LSE)
Char: Dr Timo Fleckenstein (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

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Home Care Fault Lines: Understanding Tensions and Creating Alliances (book talk)

Thursday 11 November, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Professor Cynthia Crawford (University of Toronto)
Chair: Dr Isabel Shutes (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

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After Covid-19: what have we learned about the UK's labour market, inequality and the welfare system

Thursday 18 November, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Dr Mike Brewer (Resolution Foundation)
Chair: Profesor Lucinda Plat (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

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Tracking system in education and inequalities.  A longitudinal analysis of two school reforms in Switzerland

Thursday 25 November, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Professor Georges Felouzis (University of Geneva)
Chair: Dr Sonia Exley (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

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Career and Family: women's century-long journey toward equity

Thursday 25 November 2021 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Hosted by the Department of Social Policy and the Department of Economic History

Join us for this event that will take the form of an open conversation to discuss the themes of gender equity and couple equity as presented in Claudia Goldin’s book, Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity.

Speakers: Professor Claudia Goldin, Professor Jane Humphries,
Dr Berkay Ozcan, Dr Iva Tasseva
Chair: Professor Lucinda Platt

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Income source confusion using the SILC

Thursday 2 December, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Dr Iva Tasseva (Department of Social Policy, LSE)
Chair: Dr Thomas Biegert (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

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The Schumpeterian consensus: the new logic of global social policy to face the fourth industrial revolution

Thursday 9 December, 1.00pm-2.30pm

Department of Social Policy International Social and Public Policy seminar

Speaker: Vicente Silva (Department of Social Policy, LSE)
Chair: tbc

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