21st ESPAnet Annual Conference 2023 "Challenges for the welfare state in turbulent times" - Fachportal Pädagogik

21st ESPAnet Annual Conference 2023 "Challenges for the welfare state in turbulent times"

07.09.2023, 11:00 Uhr - 09.09.2023, 14:00 Uhr

University of Warsaw Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927  Warsaw, Poland
29
espanet2023@uw.edu.pl

https://espanet-warsaw2023.org/

Rapid technological change, rising environmental risks and armed conflicts are reshaping the European economies and transforming the demographic landscape of Europe, posing new challenges for the welfare state. The worlds of work and education underwent substantial transformation in the last decades and therefore, the conditions in which Europeans acquire education, pursue economic activity and form families have changed drastically. Development of digital technologies and their recent accelerated use during the Covid-19 pandemic, have enabled remote work and education, which allows for a better integration of persons with care responsibilities in our society, but may also cause social isolation and contribute to new inequalities; both of which create a need for a rapid policy response.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have seriously affected the economic well-being of Europeans as well as their physical and mental health. All this requires academic research and debate on how to address these complex challenges in an efficient and sustainable way. The 21st ESPAnet Annual Conference will aim to address these, as well as other issues that are currently researched and discussed within the community of social policy and welfare state researchers in Europe and beyond.