Seminars in Politics and Society
Seminars in Politics and Society
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Agnieszka Wykowska (Italian Institute for Technology, Genova)
"Social cognition in human-robot interaction"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Marco Tosi (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Boomerang Kids and Parents’ Well-Being: Adaptation, Stressors and Social Norms"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Lucas Ronconi (Centro de Investigación y Acción Social (CIAS))
"From citizens' rights to civic responsibilities"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Jennifer Hook (University of Southern California – WZB Berlin)
"Explaining Women’s Employment Trajectories across Countries, 1992-2016: What Matters and for Whom?"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Myra Hamilton (University of New South Wales)
"Migration regulation, grandparent childcare and transnational family life in Australia and Canada"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Petteri Eerola (University of Tampere | UTA · School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
“Ordinary” and “Diverse” Families? Two Discourses on Family by Finnish Childcare Administrators
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Francesca Giardini (ICS/University of Groningen)
"Gossip, reputation and sustainable cooperation"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Sarah Carol (University of Cologne)
"Sex composition of children: Evidence from Germany"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society CANCELLED: Ludovica Gambaro (DIW Berlin – German Institute for Economic Research)
"Early childhood care services and refugee children: Differences in attendance and consequences for integration"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Sönke Matthewes (WZB Berlin, DIW Berlin & Freie Universität Berlin)
"De-Tracking at the Margin – A County-Level Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Comprehensive Schools in Germany"
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Annabelle Berthiaume (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
"The "Activation" Funnel: Mother's Involvement in Anti-Poverty Intervention in the Era of Social Investment" Abstract How anti-poverty interventions are involving mothers ? Recent redefinition of policies and programs in the social sector has been concomitant with a reconfiguration of responsibilities and responses to poverty from the state, the private sector, community organizations, families and individuals.…
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Fabien Accominotti (London School of Economics)
How the Reification of Merit Breeds Inequality: Theory and Experimental Evidence Abstract: In a variety of social contexts, measuring merit and performance are crucial steps toward enforcing meritocratic ideals. At the same time, workable measures are bound to obfuscate the fuzziness and ambiguity of merit, i.e. to reify performance into an artificially crisp and clear-cut…
[Academic Events] Seminars in Politics and Society Camilla Gaiaschi (Univesrità di Milano)
"Women’s progression in medical careers parallel worsening work-conditions. A case of gender paradox? Findings from Italy"
Seminars in Politics and Society Pedro Ferreira Marques (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia)
"Innovation in less developed regions"
Seminars in Politics and Society David Nicolas Hopmann (University of Southern Denmark, SDU)
"Comparing Political Journalism" at Campus Luigi Einaudi (Aula 3d233)
Seminars in Politics and Society Camilla Borgna (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Old habits die hard? Educational inequalities in Germany after the rise of comprehensive schools" abstract Comparative research has shown that in Germany the level of intergenerational mobility in educational attainment is one of the lowest of the industrialized world. This negative record has often been attributed to the country’s rigidly tracked secondary school system. At the…
Seminars in Politics and Society Andreas Schedler (Center for Economic Research and Teaching, Mexico)
"A Threat to Democracy? Donald Trump in Comparative Perspective" at Campus Luigi Einaudi (Sala Lauree Rossa piccola) abstract Since his irruption into the 2016 presidential contest, Donald Trump has engendered intense public debate about him representing a “threat to democracy” and herewith forming part of a wider international trend of democratic subversion by illiberal leaders. In…
Seminars in Politics and Society Glyn Morgan (Maxwell Syracuse University)
"Is the European Union Imperialist?" abstract A common charge of Eurosceptics is that the project of European Integration constitutes a form of imperialism. In recent years, this charge appeared during the Eurozone Crisis, it was reiterated by “Leavers” both during and after the Brexit campaign, and it can be heard today in Hungary and Poland…
Seminars in Politics and Society Rhonda Breitkreuz (University of Alberta)
"Closing the gap? Making sense of mothers’ employment in Canada" Abstract In international comparison, Canadian mothers have exceptional educational attainment and above average employment rates. However, Canadian mothers have lower employment rates and lower earnings than their male counterparts. In this lecture, I first provide an overview of the conceptualizations of mothers’ employment. I then…
Seminars in Politics and Society Mara Yerkes (Utrecht University)
"Creating capabilities: Childcare policies in comparative perspective" Abstract This paper analyses childcare services in six countries, assessing this policy instrument’s potential to facilitate parents’ real opportunities to arrange childcare. It draws on Sen’s capability approach to investigate cross-national varieties of defamilialism and gender assumptions in a regime perspective. We seek to conceptualise and assess five…