Events

Social Policy Group

The Social Policy Group gathers Hertie School faculty, senior and early-stage career researchers from different disciplines whose work relates to social policy. The "Social Policy Research Colloquium" offers an informal setting for Hertie School scholars and external speakers to present work in progress. The seminar is hosted bi-weekly during the semester at the Hertie School in Berlin. The upcoming colloquium sessions are listed on this page and in the main events calendar. To explore past events click on the "past events" button.

Research event

An equal transition to parenthood?
Social transfers and earnings development among couples transitioning to parenthood in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

Monday, 08.05.2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

A presentation by Marie Evertsson (Stockholm University)

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Professionals’ responses to knowledge disturbances:
How doctors created a new relational-affective competence in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in an Italian hospital

Monday, 17.04.2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

A presentation by Amit Nagim (Bayes Business School)

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The focus on excellence and the redefinition of the fight against educational inequalities: French widening participation policies since 2000

Monday, 13.03.2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

A presentation by Agnes van Zanten (Centre de recherche sur les inégalités sociales (CRIS) Sciences Po-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))

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The politics of law and economy struggles for the socialization of housing in Berlin

Monday, 13.02.2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

A presentation by Joanna Kusiak 

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Fathers’ parental leave in Sweden – a success story with permanent problems

Monday, 28.11.2022 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Ann-Zofie Duvander (Stockholm University). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

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Gender, parenthood, and intra-household inequality in Europe

Monday, 14.11.2022 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Alba Lanau (Barcelona). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

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Global mega-science: Universities scientise the world

Monday, 10.10.2022 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Justin Powell (University of Luxembourg). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

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Disruption to diffusion: Activating the process of social innovation

Monday, 26.09.2022 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Gary Painter (University of Southern California). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

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Higher education in an age of disruption: English, French, and German higher education internationalisation policies amid Brexit and COVID-19

Monday, 12.09.2022 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Anna Prisca Lohse (Hertie School). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

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Coeliac disease and the British Equality Act 2010: an exclusionary experience in the workplace

Monday, 09.05.2022 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Anne Steinhoff (University of Essex, UK). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

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Numbers, selectivity and rights: The conditional nature of immigration policy preferences

Monday, 25.04.2022 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Rahsann Maxwell (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

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The contentious politics of the welfare state in the Global South

Monday, 11.04.2022 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Erdem Yörük (Koç University). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium.

On-site event

Call for abstracts | Family diversity in ageing European societies: Trends, patterns, and policy challenges

This workshop will address the growing diversity of living arrangements at advanced ages. We seek insights from demography, sociology, economics, political sciences, statistics, or anthropology.

Click here to get the full programme for this workshop. 

Learn more and submit your abstract