| 30th
June to the 2nd July 2010
The
thirteenth BIEN congress
Basic
Income as an Instrument for Justice and Peace
Sao
Paulo, Brazil
The
organizers write: 'For the very first time in its history,
the international basic income network will hold a meeting
in Latin America, more specifically in Brazil. Every other
year researchers, scholars, policy makers and politicians
from different parts of the world get together to discuss
alternatives that could lead to the promotion and implementation
of an elementary principle of social justice: the guarantee
of a monetary income, of equal value, unconditional and
free of quid pro quo, to all citizens that are members of
a community. This debate arose in Europe over 20 years ago
and today it integrates the agenda of discussions on socioeconomic
rights in the developing countries as well. Ideas, experiences
and new designs for public policies will be addressed by
specialists and several guests for three days.'
The
organizers are asking for submissions of papers proposals
of panels. The deadline is the February 25th 2010.
For
further details, please see the website: www.bien2010brasil.com
Wednesday
7 July 2010
The
Directors of the Board of The Foundation for Law, Justice
and Society in association with the Centre for Socio-Legal
Studies, University
of Oxford
invite
you to a symposium at The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
The
Social Contract Revisited ~ Programme Appraisal
Wednesday
7 July 2010
Gray’s
Inn, High Holborn, London WC1R 5ET
Over
the past three years, the Foundation for Law, Justice and
Society has been engaged in a programme of study to evaluate
rights and responsibilities between citizens and the state
through the notion of the social contract.
This
Programme Appraisal will assess the results of this body
of work, which aims to bring to bear the acuity of scholarly
research to a range of contemporary policy issues, including
taxation, pension reform, employment and industrial relations,
equality and personal responsibility, and the effect of
the economic crisis on the social contract.
An
extensive collection of reports and policy briefs from this
programme are available from our website at www.fljs.org/SCpublications
Please
register online at www.fljs.org/7July
Or
email phil.dines@fljs.org for further information
Social
Policy Association Annual Conference 2010 - Social Policy
in Times of Change
5-7
July 2010, University of Lincoln, UK
The Social Policy Association’s Annual Conference will
be held at the University of Lincoln from 5-7 July 2010.
The plenary speakers for this year’s event will be
Professor Peter Dreier (Occidental College, Los Angeles),
Professor Ruth Lister (Loughborough University), and Dr
Branko Milanovic (World Bank).
Proposals
are invited for papers on any aspect of social policy. We
particularly encourage proposals reflecting high quality
research or which explore questions of social policy in
practice or the teaching of social policy. In 2010, in addition
to standard papers, we are also calling for proposals for
symposia, with three or four abstracts linked to a particular
theme. Symposia will potentially allow participants to engage
more deeply with their special interests.
For
papers, abstracts of up to 400 words indicating the appropriate
stream should be submitted as an email attachment to SPA2010@lincoln.ac.uk.
Proposals
for symposia should consist of a 200 word outline of the
aims of the symposium together with the relevant abstracts.
Proposals will be reviewed by a Programme Committee prior
to acceptance. The closing date for the submission of abstracts
and proposals is Friday 12 February 2010. Full papers must
be submitted in pdf form by 18 June 2010. All proposals
will be reviewed by a small team before approval.
Streams
1.
Children and families
2. Work, economy and welfare
3. Governance and the policy process
4. Comparative social policy and research into international
institutions,
policy and practice
5. Poverty, inequalities and human rights
6. User perspectives
7. Teaching and learning
8. Health and social care
9. Innovations in social policy research
10. Crime, policing and criminal justice
11. Housing and welfare
12. Ageing and the lifecourse
13. Demographic and environmental change
14. Service design, delivery and use
15. The future of social policy
16. Open stream
Further
information about the conference can be found at: www.lincoln.ac.uk/conferences/spa2010.
To
book online go to www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/conferences/spa2010/index.htm
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