Upcoming events
The 2026 Nordic ESPAnet seminar for doctoral students and early career researchers will be organised by the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, in collaboration with the Sustainable Synergies research project. The seminar will be held in Stockholm, on 4 and 5 June 2026. See info here!
Local organiser: Rense Nieuwenhuis
Past events
Nordic ESPAnet workshop for doctoral students and early career researchers – Trust and legitimacy of the Nordic welfare states, October 22.–23 at the University of Helsinki (Finland).
Local organisers: Minna van Gerven (University of Helsinki), Mia Tammelin (Tampere University) & Paula Saikkonen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare).
Early career workshop at University of Bergen "Life Transitions in Nordic Welfare States: Youth, Work, Family, and Retirement. November 7–8.
Local organisers: Thomas Lorentzen (University of Bergen), Rune Halvorsen (Oslo MET) & Anne Skevik Grødem (Institute for Social Research)
Early career workshop at Copenhagen Business School "Adequate social policy responses for transformational challenges in the Nordic countries?", December 2023.
Local organisers: Caroline de la Porte & Janine Leschke
Early career workshop at University of Iceland "Social Citizenship, Solidarity and Sustainability in the light of Covid-19", 26–27 May 2022 (Reykjavík).
Local organisers: Guðný Björk Eydal & Kolbeinn Hólmar Stefánsson
Early career workshop at Stockholm University “The Nordic welfare states after COVID – momentum for reform or back to steady state?”, 9–10 December 2021 (hybrid).
Local organisers: Kenneth Nelson, Rense Nieuwenhuis & Anna Kahlmeter
Early career workshop at Oslo Metropolitan University "Social Citizenship, Solidarity and Sustainability – The changing landscape of welfare in the Nordic countries", 10 December (Online).
Local organisers: Rune Halvorsen
Towards Resilient Nordic Welfare States: Challenges, Responses and Consequences - The Nordic Welfare Research Conference, 14-15 March 2019, University of Helsinki, Finland