Soziologie

The “Work-care policies, gender and social inequalities” Training School took place from 16 April to 20 April. Leading international scholars and early-career researchers came together in Dubrovnik and discussed questions regarding sociology, social policy, gender studies and demography.

Participants benefited from lectures by renowned scholars and in-depth feedback on their own research projects. A meaningful exchange arose on conceptual and methodological challenges in researching the interconnections between work-care policies, gender and social inequalities.

Two researchers from Bielefeld University contributed to the discussion with their respective papers as well. Anna Karmann (Working Group Martin Kroh) presented her research topic titled “The political economy of welfare state transformation in the European Union – A typology of female labour force participation in the context of retrenchment & expansion”. Alexandra Mellies (Working Group Anja Abendroth) participated with her paper “The individual choice option between time or money: A new path in work-care policies initiated by unions in Germany”.

The international scholars who provided feedback and input through their lectures are Rossella Ciccia (University of Oxford, UK), Andrea Doucet (Brock University, CA), Ann-Zofie Duvander (Stockholm University, SE), Wim Van Lancker (KU Leuven, BE), Sonja Blum (Bielefeld University, DE), and Ivana Dobrotić (University of Zagreb, HR).

The Training School was organized by Sustainability@Leave COST Action, University of Zagreb and committee members Ivana Dobrotić (WG5), Sonja Blum (WG2), Ruta Braziene (WG2) and Johanna Lammi-Taskula (WG2).

The organizing committee would like to thank all participants for the productive discussions and new input for further research.