Conference Programme

Wednesday 2 September 2026

Parallel Sessions
Time	Title	Room
9:15-10:15	Registration and Refreshments	Alan Walters Foyer
10:15-10:45	Conference Welcome and Walter Korpi Prize Ceremony RC19 President, Dr Juliana Martínez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica Professor Rune Halvorsen, Oslo Metropolitan University University of Birmingham Conference Organising Team	Main lecture
10:45-12:15	Keynote - Civil Society Panel Professor Reza Gholami, University of Birmingham Professor Rebecca Riley, University of Birmingham Sophie Wilson, Birmingham Voluntary Services Council Chair: Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	Main lecture
12:15-13:15	Lunch	Alan Walters Foyer


Time	Session/Theme	Paper	Title	Participating author	Discussant	Chair	Room
13:15 -14:45	A1: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	A1-1	Is tenure a key determinant of households' investments in their children? Households in three liberal welfare regimes compared	Professor Gerry Redmond, Flinders University	Professor Lauren Graham, University of Johannesburg	Dr Gëzim Alpion, University of Birmingham	103
13:15 -14:45	A1: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	A1-2	Experiencing Welfare: Comparative Digital Ethnography of Social Benefit Systems in Estonia and Hungary	Dr Erle Rikmann, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences	Merike Blofield, University of Hamburg	Dr Gëzim Alpion, University of Birmingham	103
13:15 -14:45	A1: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	A1-3	Revisiting the Paradox of Redistribution: Taxation as a Conditioning Factor	Dr Ellie Suh, University of Birmingham	Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	Dr Gëzim Alpion, University of Birmingham	103
13:15 -14:45	A2: Globally-connected issues and crises	A2-1	Welfare services in the green transition: a scoping review	Dr Anne Skevik Grødem, Oslo Metropolitan University	Dr John Berten, Bielefeld University	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	111
13:15 -14:45	A2: Globally-connected issues and crises	A2-2	Making transnational families: cross-border intergenerational support in first-generation Chinese families in the UK	Dr Jiaxin Liu, University of York	Radwa Aboshady, Eipr	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	111
13:15 -14:45	A2: Globally-connected issues and crises	A2-3	Global Governance Networks in Eco-social Security: Mapping International Actors through Social Network Analysis	Tiantian Li, Bielefeld University	Dr Gabriele Koehler, UNRISD	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	111
13:15 -14:45	A3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	A3-1	Stagnant progress: Why European Economic Recovery Has Failed to Reduce Poverty (2013–2024)	Dr Alba Lanau, Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Dr Daniel Edmiston, Autonomous University of Barcelona	Dr Marianne Ulriksen, University of Southern Denmark	111
13:15 -14:45	A3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	A3-2	Social Work Practice in Light of the Family Concept: A Scoping Review of Professional Roles and Values in Social Services	Professor Bettina Leibetseder, Haw Landshut	Maria Nathalia Ramirez Chaparro, Unumerit/ Maastricht University	Dr Marianne Ulriksen, University of Southern Denmark	112
13:15 -14:45	A3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	A3-3	Poverty, Social policy, and Welfare for Children in Africa	Dr William Rudgard, University of Oxford	Anjali Sharma, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)	Dr Marianne Ulriksen, University of Southern Denmark	112
13:15 -14:45	A3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	A3-4	Social protection and child mortality in relatively poorer countries?	Enrique Delamonica, UNICEF	Dr Hans Ekbrand, University of Gothenburg	Dr Marianne Ulriksen, University of Southern Denmark	112


Time	Activity	Room
14:45-15:15	Refreshment break	Alan Walters Foyer


Time	Session/Theme	Paper	Title	Participating author	Discussant	Chair	Room
15:15-16:45	B1: Globally-connected issues and crises	B1-1	Seeing like a policy laboratory: How international organizations develop policy models of eco-social security	Dr John Berten, Bielefeld University	Dr Anne Skevik Grødem, Oslo Metropolitan University	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	Main lecture
15:15-16:45	B1: Globally-connected issues and crises	B1-2	Strengthening primary healthcare reach through shared learning across the Global South and North	Professor Viola Burau, Aarhus University	Emeritus Professor Siri Hettige, University of Colombo	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	Main lecture
15:15-16:45	B1: Globally-connected issues and crises	B1-3	The 2nd World Summit for Social Development and social policy intersections and impacts	Dr Gabriele Koehler, UNRISD	Tiantian Li, Bielefeld University	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	Main lecture
15:15-16:45	B1: Globally-connected issues and crises	B1-4	Interspecies Sociology from the Local to the Global: Why this matters for equity, security and solidarity	Dr Harriet Clarke, University of Birmingham	Dr Marianne Ulriksen, University of Southern Denmark	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	Main lecture
15:15-16:45	B2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	B2-1	Communities of Practice as Social Welfare Policy Innovation: Lessons from South Africa for inclusive and responsive welfare systems	Professor Lauren Graham, University of Johannesburg	Ben Geiger, King's College London	Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	103
15:15-16:45	B2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	B2-2	Family Policy as a Tool of Social Exclusion: a historical reflection on constructing motherhood and the marginalisation of fatherhood in Hungary	Eirini Ktori, University of Edinburgh	Dr Ellie Suh, University of Birmingham	Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	103
15:15-16:45	B2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	B2-3	The colonial roots of Kenya’s National Hospital Insurance Fund: Exploring fateful path dependency	Daniel Künzler, University of Fribourg	Dr Nokuthula Ngubane, University of Kwazulu Natal	Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	103
15:15-16:45	B2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	B2-4	Neoliberalism, social policy, and the state: searching for the transformative potential of Zambia’s Social Cash Transfer	Dr Anna Wolkenhauerm, University of The Western Cape	Professor Gerry Redmond, Flinders University	Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	103
15:15-16:45	B3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	B3-1	Why Conditionality Fails: Alienation and the Moral Economies of Poverty Governance	Dr Gerardo Javier Arriaga-garcia, University of Birmingham	Dr Alba Lanau, Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	111
15:15-16:45	B3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	B3-2	What consideration is given to the impact of poverty on children and families social work practice?	Francesca Brown, University of Birmingham	Dr Hans Ekbrand, University of Gothenburg	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	111
15:15-16:45	B3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	B3-3	Digital Empowerment for Nutrition: A new form of agency or a new form of inequality	Anjali Sharma, International Institute For Population Sciences (IIPS)	Dr Gerardo Javier Arriaga-garcia, University of Birmingham	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	111
15:15-16:45	B3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	B3-4	Dementia, Inequality and Civil Society: Mapping VCFSE Support in Birmingham	Christelle Bay Chongwain, University of Birmingham	Lucie Trlifajová, Charles University	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	111
15:15-16:45	B4: Governance and political perspectives	B4-1	The Digital Institutionalization of Social Rights: A Critical Analysis of Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Model	Radwa Aboshady, Eipr	Dr William Rudgard, University of Oxford	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112
15:15-16:45	B4: Governance and political perspectives	B4-2	Health Without Borders? Political Economy and Equity Challenges in Ghana’s NHIS	Lydia Adjei-tutu, University of Dundee	Dr Jiaxin Liu, University of York	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112
15:15-16:45	B4: Governance and political perspectives	B4-3	Global Standards, Local Realities: The Dynamics of Social Security Reforms in Indonesia	Dr Victoria Fanggidae, PRAKARSA	Dr Klara Babinska, Université de Lille	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112


Time	Activity	Room
16:45	RC19 Business Meeting	Main lecture
17:45	Close of Day 1

Thursday 3 September 2026

Parallel Sessions
Time	Title	Room
08:30-09:00	Registration and Refreshments	Alan Walters Foyer


Time	Session/Theme	Paper	Title	Participating author	Discussant	Chair	Room
09:00-10:30	C1: Financing social policy	C1-1	“The future lies in children”: Commodifying childbearing and the discursive construction of “ideal families” through family policy in Hungary	Eirini Ktori, University of Edinburgh	Zihan Chen, University of Birmingham	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	Main lecture
09:00-10:30	C1: Financing social policy	C1-2	Social Spending as a Welfare State Asset: The Financialization of Social Investment in Finland	Dr Asa Maron, University of Haifa	Dr Lydia Mehrara, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	Main lecture
09:00-10:30	C1: Financing social policy	C1-3	Affordability of Social Cash Transfers- Case of Malawi’s old age pension	Patience Masi, University of Cape Town	Dr Gabriele Koehler, UNRISD	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	Main lecture
09:00-10:30	C2: Globally-connected issues and crises	C2-1	The water-energy-food-climate nexus: diluting contestation in global eco-social policy?	Dr Robin Schulze Waltrup, Bielefeld University	Professor Viola Burau, Aarhus University	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	103
09:00-10:30	C2: Globally-connected issues and crises	C2-2	Do market freedom and globalization improve labor precarity in non-OECD countries?	Junghi Ha, University of Erfurt	Dr Harriet Clarke, University of Birmingham	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	103
09:00-10:30	C2: Globally-connected issues and crises	C2-3	Governing through futures: Anticipatory eco-social investment in global social security discourse	Olivia Jane Whelan, Universität Bielefeld	Dr Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Universidad Iberoamericana	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	103
09:00-10:30	C3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	C3-1	Who is missing from poverty statistics and why it matters	Dr Daniel Edmiston, Autonomous University of Barcelona	Dr Juliana Martínez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica	Professor Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town	111
09:00-10:30	C3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	C3-2	The gender gap in severe educational deprivation viewed from the lens of religion	Dr Hans Ekbrand, University of Gothenburg	Francesca Brown, University of Birmingham	Professor Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town	111
09:00-10:30	C3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	C3-3	Pension income of (formerly single) mothers in Europe: Life-course risks and the institutional design of European pension systems	Daria Frost, University Mannheim	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	Professor Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town	111
09:00-10:30	C4: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	C4-1	Beyond Rhetoric: International Child Rights and the Measurement of Policy Outputs	Merike Blofield, University of Hamburg	Dr Anna Wolkenhauerm, University of The Western Cape	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112
09:00-10:30	C4: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	C4-2	Can social policy protect democracy? The Swedish case in the Interwar Years	Dr Paula Blomqvist, Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen	Anh Tran, University of Bremen	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112
09:00-10:30	C4: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	C4-3	Protective Legislation: Neglected Third Pillar in Comparative Welfare State Research	Dr Gregg Olsen, University Of Manitoba	Ye Yang, Keio University	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112


Time	Activity	Room
10:30-11:00	Refreshment break	Alan Walters Foyer
11:00- 12:00	Keynote - The global social policy implications of and for high-income countries Professor Kate Bedford, University of Birmingham Professor David Gordon, University of Bristol Professor Ruth Patrick, University of Glasgow Chair: Tbc	Main Lecture
12:00- 13:00	Lunch	Alan Walters Foyer


Time	Session/Theme	Paper	Title	Participating author	Discussant	Chair	Room
13:00-14:30	D1: Global social policy, knowledge and policy transfer	D1-1	Perceptions of social protection and conflict prevention in Lebanon and Jordan among policymakers and household recipients of cash transfers: principles, policies and politics	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	Dr Carla Valadas, University of Coimbra & Polytechnic Institute of Leiria	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	G11
13:00-14:30	D1: Global social policy, knowledge and policy transfer	D1-2	Climate Crisis and the Welfare State: Comparing Japanese Eco-Social Policy with Europe	Dr Yasuhiro Kamimura, Nagoya University	Dr Jolanta Aidukaite, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	G11
13:00-14:30	D1: Global social policy, knowledge and policy transfer	D1-3	Including experiential knowledge in scientific knowledge production: An analysis of problematizations in Mexico’s and Norway’s research policies	Erika Gabriela López Arteaga, Oslo Metropolitan University	Dr Tobias Schillings, University of Oxford	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	G11
13:00-14:30	D2: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	D2-1	Re-mapping Poverty: a Spatial Approach to Identifying Hidden Poor in Colombia	Maria Nathalia Ramirez Chaparro, Unumerit/ Maastricht University	Dr Christelle Bay Chongwain, University of Birmingham	Dr Ellie Suh, University of Birmingham	103
13:00-14:30	D2: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	D2-2	"Those people, those are the poor“: Possibilities and limits of participatory approaches	Lucie Trlifajová, Charles University	Beibei Gao, King's College London	Dr Ellie Suh, University of Birmingham	103
13:00-14:30	D2: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	D2-3	Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Neighbours Think and Spouses Do	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	Dr Alexandra Kaasch, Bielefeld University	Dr Ellie Suh, University of Birmingham	103
13:00-14:30	D3: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	D3-1	Who benefits? Understanding barriers to inclusion in targeted child transfers in the Philippines and Cambodia	Anh Tran, University of Bremen	Daniel Künzler, University of Fribourg	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	111
13:00-14:30	D3: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	D3-2	The Welfare Annihilation Regime: Evidence from Gaza Before, During, and After War	Dr Juliana Martínez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica	Dr Paula Blomqvist, Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	111
13:00-14:30	D3: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	D3-3	Competing Logics in Primary Health Care Reform: NPM and Community-Based Care in Italy	Dr Vanessa Mascia Turri, University of Milano-bicocca	Chen Zhan, University of Birmingham	Dr Mary Ayim, University of Birmingham	111
13:00-14:30	D4: Social movements and civil society perspectives	D4-1	Building Policy Bridges: Eco-Social Contracts and Capabilities Approach for a Post-WSSD2 Social Policy Architecture	Dr Gabriele Koehler, UNRISD	Professor Rune Halvorsen, Oslo Metropolitan University	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	112
13:00-14:30	D4: Social movements and civil society perspectives	D4-2	The Democratic Welfare State: How does the Welfare State moderate Political Participation Gaps between Labor Market Insiders and Outsiders?	Nastia Nedjai, Max Planck Gesellschaft	Dr Asa Maron, University of Haifa	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	112
13:00-14:30	D4: Social movements and civil society perspectives	D4-3	Placing Work Hour Reduction at the Center of the Debate: The Brazilian Workers' Movement Driving the Agenda	Dr Flavia Oliveira, Universidade Federal Fluminense	Dr Paula Saikkonen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	112


Time	Activity	Room
14:30-15:00	Refreshment Break	Alan Walters Foyer


Time	Session/Theme	Paper	Title	Participating author	Discussant	Chair	Room
15:00-16:30	E1: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	E1-1	Housing and intergenerational solidarity in societies with high home ownership: the case of Lithuania	Dr Jolanta Aidukaite, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences	Junghi Ha, University of Erfurt	Professor Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester	103
15:00-16:30	E1: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	E1-2	Explaining the penalties: A comparative analysis of social policy as a determinant of the association between social risks and relative poverty	Dr Sebastian Sirén, Uppsala University	Jakub Tomášek, Prague University of Economics and Business	Professor Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester	103
15:00-16:30	E1: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	E1-3	Care migration: Policies, implementation and patterns of inequality	Dr Hildegard Theobald, University of Vechta	Kassahun Dejene Zeleke, Lingnan University	Professor Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester	103
15:00-16:30	E2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	E2-1	Social Cohesion and Policy Processes in Aging Societies	Professor Jiwon Kim, Hankyong National University	Dr Cordula Zabel, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	111
15:00-16:30	E2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	E2-2	A new conceptual framework for experiences of receiving benefits: Bringing together diverse literatures, a platform for new questions, and a new policy agenda	Ben Geiger, King's College London	Dr Vanessa Mascia Turri, University of Milano-bicocca	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	111
15:00-16:30	E2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	E2-3	Lights within the Shadow: Considering Social Policy Successes in Central America	Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	111
15:00-16:30	E3: Global social policy, knowledge and policy transfer	E3-1	From Local Innovation to Global Knowledge Exchange: The Basic Package of Support for Young People who are NEET. Redistributing Knowledge in Global Social Policy	Professor Ariane De Lannoy, University Of Cape Town	Saif Nihal, International Institute For Population Sciences	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	G11
15:00-16:30	E3: Global social policy, knowledge and policy transfer	E3-2	The Political Economy of Knowledge Production on Social Protection in Africa	Professor Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town	Merouani Walid, Research Center in Applied Economics for Development	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	G11
15:00-16:30	E3: Global social policy, knowledge and policy transfer	E3-3	Local Jobs, Transnational Skills: Skill Recognition in a Zero Long-Term Unemployment Enterprise	Dr Klara Babinska, Université de Lille	Dr Victoria Fanggidae, PRAKARSA	Professor Rianne Mahon, Carleton University	G11
15:00-16:30	E4: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	E4-1	From Global Discourses to Local Lives: Social Policy, Religion, and Hui Muslim Women’s Education in Contemporary China	Beibei Gao, King's College London	Lydia Adjei-tutu, University of Dundee	Boxu Wang, University of Birmingham	112
15:00-16:30	E4: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	E4-2	Poverty, agency and social citizenship: linking social policies, citizens’ practices and outcomes	Professor Rune Halvorsen, Oslo Metropolitan University	Eirini Ktori, University of Edinburgh	Boxu Wang, University of Birmingham	112
15:00-16:30	E4: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	E4-3	Re-visiting Global Social Justice and Redistribution	Dr Alexandra Kaasch, Bielefeld University	Professor Bettina Leibetseder, Haw Landshut	Boxu Wang, University of Birmingham	112
15:00- 16:30	E5: Critics Meet the Author(s): Universal Health Coverage: Foundations and Horizons	E5-1	Universal Health Coverage: Foundations and Horizons	Dr. Tuba Agartan, Providence College, USA	Dr. Sarah Cook, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Dr. Juliana Martinez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica, and Dr. Paula Blomqvist, Uppsala University	Dr Andrew Jolly, University of Birmingham	Main Lecture


Time	Activity	Room
16:30	Close of Day 2
19:00	Conference Dinner	Tbc

Friday 4 September 2026


Time	Activity	Room
08:30-09:00	Registration and Refreshments	Alan Walters Foyer
09:00-10:30	Keynote - Global south expansion of social policy practice and scholarship Professor Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester Professor Shireen Hassim, Carleton University Chair: Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham and Dr Gëzim Alpion, University of Birmingham	Main Lecture
10:30-11:00	Refreshment break	Alan Walters Foyer


Time	Session/Theme	Paper	Title	Participating author	Discussant	Chair	Room
11:00-12:30	F1: Governance and political perspectives	F1-1	Divide and Cover: Regime Type and Healthcare Expansion Trajectories in the Global South	Dr Tobias Schillings, University of Oxford	Dr Yasuhiro Kamimura, Nagoya University	Professor Shireen Hassim, Carleton University	Main lecture
11:00-12:30	F1: Governance and political perspectives	F1-2	What is behind the words? Situating government statements at the World Summit for Social Development in an era of multiple crises	Dr Marianne Ulriksen, University of Southern Denmark	Erika Gabriela López Arteaga, Oslo Metropolitan University	Professor Shireen Hassim, Carleton University	Main lecture
11:00-12:30	F1: Governance and political perspectives	F1-3	Social Policy Dismantling by the Left: Healthcare in Mexico between 2020 and 2024	Dr Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Universidad Iberoamericana	Professor Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town	Professor Shireen Hassim, Carleton University	Main lecture
11:00-12:30	F2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	F2-1	Not Just Covered: Health Insurance Generosity and Health Inequality Trajectories in Aging China	Ye Yang, Keio University	Dr Gregg Olsen, University Of Manitoba	Boxu Wang, University of Birmingham	103
11:00-12:30	F2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	F2-2	Lone mothers’ welfare exits via employment: The importance of a long-term policy perspective	Dr Cordula Zabel, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)	Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	Boxu Wang, University of Birmingham	103
11:00-12:30	F2: Welfare systems, approaches and domestic policies	F2-3	Resettlement, Compensation, and Housing Pathways: A Qualitative Study of Urban Shantytown Redevelopment in China	Chen Zhan, University of Birmingham	Dr Erle Rikmann, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences	Boxu Wang, University of Birmingham	103
11:00-12:30	F3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	F3-1	Welfare States under Populist Radical-Right Parties: Explaining the Divergent Pathways of Hungary and Poland	Jakub Tomášek, Prague University of Economics and Business	Dr Sebastian Sirén, Uppsala University	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	111
11:00-12:30	F3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	F3-2	Between Selectivity and Universality: Health Equity and Neglected Tropical Diseases in Low-Income Settings	Kassahun Dejene Zeleke, Lingnan University	Dr Hildegard Theobald, University of Vechta	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	111
11:00-12:30	F3: Poverty, inequality, and social justice	F3-3	Eligible vs actual beneficiaries’ population dynamics: a district level assessment of gaps in maternal health care interventions in India	Saif Nihal, International Institute for Population Sciences	Dr Robin Schulze Waltrup, Bielefeld University	Dr Mary Zhang, University of Birmingham	111
11:00-12:30	F4: Employment and Work	F4-1	Neoliberal Economic and Social Policies, Unequal Development and Spread of Precarious work in Sri Lanka	Emeritus Professor Siri Hettige, University of Colombo	Daria Frost, University Mannheim	Dr Nick Beech, University of Birmingham	G11
11:00-12:30	F4: Employment and Work	F4-2	In-Work Poverty and the Transformation of Employment: A Sociological Analysis of EU Social Policy Responses	Dr Carla Valadas, University of Coimbra & Polytechnic Institute of Leiria	Professor Ariane De Lannoy, University of Cape Town	Dr Nick Beech, University of Birmingham	G11
11:00-12:30	F4: Employment and Work	F4-3	Does Formalization Improve Welfare? Evidence from Social Security in Algeria	Merouani Walid, Research Center in Applied Economics for Development	Olivia Jane Whelan, Universität Bielefeld	Dr Nick Beech, University of Birmingham	G11
11:00-12:30	F5: Social cohesion and social inclusion	F5-1	Central-Local Policy Structure in Urban Migrants’ Integration in China	Zihan Chen, University of Birmingham	Nastia Nedjai, Max Planck Gesellschaft	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112
11:00-12:30	F5: Social cohesion and social inclusion	F5-2	Revitalizing the Discussion on Race: Health Equity and Diversity in Nordic Welfare States	Dr Lydia Mehrara, Western Norway Universityof Applied Sciences	Dr Flavia Oliveira, Universidade Federal Fluminense	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112
11:00-12:30	F5: Social cohesion and social inclusion	F5-3	Income Inequality, Subjective Well-being, and Political Trust in Europe	Dr Paula Saikkonen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)	Patience Masi, University of Cape Town	Professor Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham	112


Time	Activity	Room
12:30-13:30	Close of conference and lunch	Alan Walters Foyer

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