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Aktuelle Vorträge und Ankündigungen

Künzler, Daniel (2024). Panelist at the Plenary panel “Sustainable welfare in global context: responding to societal and environmental transformations”. Annual Meeting RC19 on “Sustainable welfare in global context: responding to societal and environmental transformations”, Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway), 5 September 2024.

Edler, Susanne and Tali Kristal (2023). Computerization and the transformation in workplace employment practices. Presentation at Annual COIN Meeting 2023: Workshop and Mini Conference of the Comparative Organizational Inequality Network, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Budapest (Hungary), 7-9 June.

Gibilisco, Saro (2023). Workers’ insecurity as a process of normalization in the activation state regime: A temporal analysis of unemployment risk perception in social secure standard employment conditions in Switzerland. Presentation at ECSR 2023 Conference Prague (Czech Republic), 18 - 20 September.

Gibilisco, Saro (2023). Workers’ insecurity as a process of normalization in the activation state regime: A temporal analysis of unemployment risk perception in social secure standard employment conditions in Switzerland. Presentation at 12th International Conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland, University of Lausanne (Switzerland), 14 -15 June.

Hadjar, Andreas, Sercan Erer and Susanne Backes (2023). Classroom and School Impacts on Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review of Multilevel Modelling Studies in Primary Schooling. Presentation at ECER 2023, European Conference on Educational Research, University of Glasgow (Scotland), 22 - 27 August.

Hadjar, Andreas, Sercan Erer and Susanne Backes (2023). Unpacking the Influence of Classroom and School Factors on Educational Inequality in Luxembourg: A Multilevel Trend Analysis. Presentation at ECER 2023, European Conference on Educational Research, University of Glasgow (Scotland), 22 - 27 August.

Hadjar, Andreas, Jan Scharf, Alyssa Grecu and Tina Hascher (2023). School Alienation and Student Disruptive Behaviour in Secondary Education in Luxembourg and in the Swiss Canton of Bern.  Presentation at ECER 2023, European Conference on Educational Research, University of Glasgow (Scotland), 22 - 27 August.

Hadjar, Andreas, Juliette Torabian (2023). Global and European social and educational inequalities and the recent pioneering policy and practice responses: The cases of Switzerland & Luxembourg. Presentation at Konferenz der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung, PH Zürich (Switzerland), 29 June 2023

Hadjar, Andreas (2023). Soziale und migrationsbezogene Herkunft, die Covid19-Pandemie und die Erfüllung von Entwicklungsaufgaben von Jugendlichen in der Schweiz (Co-Author: Dirk Baier). Presentation at JuBilA «Jugend – Bildung – Arbeit. Wie Raum und Herkunft die Integration in Bildung und Beruf strukturieren», Sektion Bildung & Erziehung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BiBB), Franckesche Stiftungen, 20.-21. April 2023, Halle/Saale (Germany), 20 April 2023

Hadjar, Andreas (2023). Schulentfremdung und Lehrstile. Presentation at Forschungsatelier der Abteilung Schul- und Unterrichtsforschung, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Bern (Switzerland), 15 March 2023

Hadjar, Andreas (2023). Bildungssysteme und Bildungsungleichheiten in der Schweiz und international: Theorien und empirische Befunde. Presentation at Workshop: Eliten und Chancengleichheit in der Schweiz/Elites et égalité des chances en Suisse, Schweizerische Studienstiftung, Université de Lausanne (Switzerland), 11 March 2023.

Künzler, Daniel (2023). The drivers of trial institutional development of the Kenyan health care system. Presentation at the Expert Workshop “Exploring healthcare system introductions and historical developments in Kenya and Nigeria within the context of nation-building and post-colonialism”, University of Bremen (Germany), 1-3 November 2023.

Künzler, Daniel (2023). Altersvorsorge, Beschäftigung im formalen Sektor und Binnenmigration in Kenia. Vortragsreihe “Migration. Wie Sozialpolitiken die Lebenschancen von migrierten Menschen prägen“, University of Fribourg (Switzerland), 28 March 2023.

Meier, Laura (2023). Becoming a transnational collective actor: contemporary informal groups and their organization against gender-based violence as a continuity of feminist struggles in the post-Yugoslav space. Presentation at 16th Postgraduate Course: Feminism in a transnational perspective: Re/Configuration. Worlds in Motion. IUC, Dubrovnik (Croatia), 22- 26 May.

Meier, Laura (2023). How do informal collectives become a transnational actor in the struggle against gender-based violence within post-Yugoslav civil society?  Presentation at Paper Workshop Research Network Gender and Political Science, University of Bern (Switzerland), 11- 12 October.

Meier, Laura (2023). Becoming a Transnational Collective Actor? Informal Feminist Groups in the Post-Yugoslav Space. Presentation at Conference: Territories an dIdentities. Acritica perspective on belonging. Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence (Italy), 9 - 10 November.

Odermatt, Eveline (2023). Chair of panel: Return migration and Transnationalism. 'A woman can always find a new home': Perceptions and Experiences of Gender-related challenges and inequalities in the return process of Guinean and Senegalese Migrants. Online Presentation at 20th IMISCOE Annual Conference. Migration and Inequalities: In search for answers and solutions, Warsaw (Poland), 03 July 2023.

Odermatt, Eveline (2023). 'I am no longer under any illusions about Europe': Counter Narratives of Return in Senegal and Guinea. Presentation at ECAS 2023: 9th European Conference on African Studies. African Futures, Cologne (Germany), 31 May 2023.

Weitere Vorträge

  • 2022

    Hadjar, Andreas and Alieva Aigul (2022). Language background and educational inequalities in Luxembourg. First results of the PIONEERED project. Presentation at Workshop “Patterns of Linguistic Inequalities in Education”, Observatoire National de l’Enfance, de la Jeunesse et de la Qualité Scholaire, EduPôle, Walferdange (Luxembourg), 17 November 2022.

    Hadjar, Andreas (2022). Bildungssysteme und Bildungsungleichheiten. Keynotespeech at ABIBA I Meta Nachwuchsakademie, Workshop, DIPF - DIPF - Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Metavorhaben der BMBF-Förderrichtlinie «Abbau von Bildungsbarrieren: Lernumwelten, Bildungserfolg und soziale Teilhabe», Frankfurt a. M. (Germany), 29 September 2022.

    Hadjar, Andreas, Christina Haas and Irina Gewinner (2022). The Roles of Individual Characteristics and Institutional Support in Students’ Higher Education (HE): Dropout Intentions in Luxembourg. Presentation at ECER Annual Conference "Education in a Changing World" 2022, Yerevan State University (Armenia), 23 August 2022.

    Hadjar, Andreas (2022). Societal impacts on the inequalities in subjective well-being along the axis of disability: Welfare-state regimes and disability indices. Presentation at International Sociological Association (ISA) Spring Meeting "Social Stratification and Social Policy for a Post-Covid 19 World", London School of Economics (England), 21 April 2022.

    Hadjar, Andreas and Christina Haas (2022). Social inequalities in study trajectories in the United States and Germany. Presentation at International Sociological Association (ISA) Spring Meeting "Social Stratification and Social Policy for a Post-Covid 19 World", London School of Economics (England), 23 April 2022.

    Künzler, Daniel (2022). Social policies with a focus on civil servants: The double legacies of colonialism and socialism in the authoritarian Republic of Congo. Presentation at the University of Bremen (Germany), 9 December 2022

    Künzler, Daniel (2022). Social policies with a focus on civil servants: The double legacies of colonialism and socialism in the Republic of Congo. Annual Meeting RC19 on “Challenges to social policy in the Covid-19 and (post)Covid recovery period: implications, solutions and innovations”, 24-26 August 2022, Lithuanian Centre for Social Policy, Vilnius (Lithuania) (mixed format)

    Künzler, Daniel (2022). Social Polices in sub-Saharan Africa and the Non-Globalization of World Society. “After Globalization: The Future of World Society”, 25-26 August 2022, World Society Foundation, Zürich (Switzerland) (online conference)

    Künzler, Daniel (2022). Swiss Companies in Africa. Presentation at the Summer School “What defines a country’s success? Switzerland’s experience in comparison” July 13 (online), University of Zurich, Switzerland.

    Odermatt, E., Jurt L., and Gueye D. (2022). "It is much more difficult for a man to come back than for a woman": Gender Aspects in the Reintegration Process of Return Migrants, Annual Conference Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD), African Centre for Transnational Research (ACT), Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg im Breisgau (D), June 7-10 2022.

    Odermatt, E. and Jurt, L. (2022). Migration de retour – des lois et des destins. Présentation ‘Research goes Public - Café Scientifique’, University of Fribourg, 9 février 2022.

  • 2021

    Budowski, Monica and Nina Jany (2021). Comparing "Universalisms" and Their Legitimation: Healthcare in Costa Rica and Cuba. IV ISA Forum of Sociology Panel: Democratic Legitimation and Social Policies in the Global South, 23-28 February, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (Brazil) (online).

    Edler, Susanne und Ivo Staub (2021). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on financial and job (in)security in Switzerland: How the Covid-19 pandemic strengthens old and creates new labour market inequalities. Soziologiekongress 2021 der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (ÖGS) und Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) zu "Die Post-Corona-Gesellschaft? Pandemie, Krise und ihre Folgen", August 23-25, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Austria).

    Edler, Susanne and Ivo Staub (2021). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on financial and job (in)security in Switzerland: How the Covid-19 pandemic strengthens old and creates new labour market inequalities. RC19 Annual Conference on "Drivers and challenges of social policies: Global, regional, national, and local perspectives", 25-27 August, University of Fribourg (Switzerland).

    Künzler, Daniel (2021). Fragmented party systems and the politics of social policies: Attributable social policy declarations in Kenya. IV ISA Forum of Sociology “Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality”, 23-28 February, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (Brazil) (online).

    Künzler, Daniel (2021). Swiss Companies in Africa. Presentation at the Summer School “What defines a country’s success? Switzerland’s experience in comparison” July 15 (online), University of Zurich, Switzerland.

    Künzler, Daniel (2021). Chair Keynote 1, Panel 1B, Panel 3C, and Special Policy Panel. Annual Meeting RC19 on “Drivers and Challenges of Social Policies: Global, Regional, National, and Local Perspectives”, 25-27 August 2021, University of Fribourg (Switzerland) (mixed format)

    Künzler, Daniel (2021). The Colonial Legacies of Social Policies: Concession economies in the UN Middle Africa subregion. Presentation at the ECPR General Conference 2021, 31 August – 3 September, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

    Künzler, Daniel (2021). Politiques sociales en Afrique centrale : Héritage colonial, ressources naturelles, régimes autoritaires et les limites d'un modèle global. Présentation dans le cadre d’un cours de Prof. Dr. Christian Suter, Institut de Sociologie, Université de Neuchâtel, 15 décembre, 2021

    Odermatt, Eveline (2021). How does Gender Shape Reintegration Processes on the Individual and Policy Level?  Presentation at the 18th IMISCOE Annual Conference on "Crossing borders, connecting cultures", July 7-9 hosted by Luxembourg University (Luxembourg).

  • 2020

    Künzler, Daniel (2020). Who got rich in (post-)colonial economies? The case of the Swiss in Africa. Presentation at the Summer School “How Switzerland got rich - What defines a country's success?” July 15 (online), University of Zurich, Switzerland.

    Künzler, Daniel (2020). Role of colonialism over time. Expert input in Panel 3A in the ERC/CRC Online Workshop on “Colonialism and Social Protection”, October 8, University of Bremen, Germany.

    Künzler, Daniel (2020). Nairobi Governor Sonko as the epitome of the contemporary politician-cum-business(wo)man: The transformation of a Kenyan figure of success. Presentation at the Swiss Researching Africa Days, October 23-24, University of Bern, Switzerland.

    Künzler, Daniel (2020). Unequal citizenship as a colonial legacy of social policies and the biometric infrastructure of global social policies in Kenya. Annual Meeting RC19 on "Globalization in Retreat? Welfare States amid Regional Turbulence", 3-4 December, National Taiwan University, Taipei (Taiwan).

    Odermatt, Eveline (2020). Migrant*innen als Akteure der (transnationalen) Solidarität. Vortragsreihe "Solidaritäten zwischen Rhetorik und Realität", April 28, Universität Freiburg (Schweiz).

  • 2019

    Amir Sheikhzadegan, Michael Nollert (2019): Political engagement of orthodox, Muslim (re-)converts in Switzerland, Presentation at the International Conference, University of Siegen, "Pious radicals? Strong religion and politics in modern Europe", March 15, 2019.

    Kersten, Anne (2019). Gewalt im häuslichen Bereich – Konflikteskalation oder Herrschaftsinstrument? Vortragsreihe 2019: Soziale Konflikte – Typen, Ursachen und Bewältigung, 09.04.2019. Universität Fribourg, Departement für Sozialarbeit, Sozialpolitik und globale Entwicklung.

    Staubli, Silvia (2019). Gewalt von und gegen die Polizei. Gastreferat im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe 2019: Soziale Konflikte – Typen, Ursachen und Bewältigung. Studienbereichs Soziologie, Sozialarbeit und Sozialpolitik, Apr 2019, Fribourg, Schweiz.

    Künzler, Daniel (2019). Swiss Companies in Africa. Presentation at the Summer School “How Switzerland got rich”, University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 30 - July 19.

    Nollert, Michael (2019). Ties that bind and radicalize: How Muslim converts join the Jihad. Presentation at the ISSR Conference on “The Politics of Religion and Spirituality”, Barcelona, July 10, 2019.

    Nollert, Michael (2019). (Dis-)integrating effects of religion in politics. Presentation at the ISSR Conference on “The Politics of Religion and Spirituality”, Barcelona, July 10, 2019.

    Nollert, Michael (2019). The fruitfulness of Simmel’s legacy in the analysis of contemporary conflicts. Presentation at the 14th ESA Conference, Manchester, August 22, 2019.

    Künzler, Daniel (2019). Conflict and authoritarian regimes in Middle Africa: The limited provision of social services in a region rich in natural resources. Paper at the RC19 Annual Meeting, University of Mannheim (Germany), 28-30 August 2019.

    Kersten, Anne (2019). Häusliche Gewalt – Ein Blick auf die „ganze Geschichte“. Workshop – Gewalt: Grenzen der Erklärbarkeit?, 1. und 2. Oktober 2019. Institut für Sozialforschung, Frankfurt am Main.

    Odermatt, Eveline (2019). Without Decent Work there is No New Decent Life: Employment among Formerly Resettled Refugees in England. November 28-29, International Conference "Mainstreaming Decent Work?" funded by SNSF, Universität Freiburg (Schweiz)

    Staubli, Silvia (2019). Explaining variations in the state levels of police legitimacy in Europe. Global & Comparative Policing Review workshop, Dec 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.

    Staubli, Silvia and Daniel Fink (2019). Critical assessment of the reforms of the sanction system in Switzerland. 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Nov 2019, San Francisco, USA.

  • 2018

    Nollert, Michael (2018). The impacts of welfare markets and tax policy on economic inequality: A cross-national analysis. Keynote at the Conference "Social Inequalities: Features, Challenges and Perspectives", University of Tirana, November 14, 2018.

    Odermatt, Eveline (2018). We Want to Keep it Human: Moldovan Migrants' Transnational Engagement.  September 26-28 SIEF Conference Migration and Mobility Working Group "More than Money: Remittances as Social Practice", Department of Ethnology, University of Innsbruck (Austria).

    Nollert, Michael (2018). Verlagerungsprozesse in der Wohlfahrtsproduktion: Trends und Konsequenzen Halbplenarvortrag am 4. Internationalen Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit (SGSA / SSTS), 13.9.2018, EESP, Lausanne - HETS&SA

    Staubli, Silvia (2018). The police and private security companies in the eyes of the Swiss population. 18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC), Aug 2018, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir & Michael Nollert (2018). “Allah guided me to the right path”: A comparison of converts to Islam with the newborn Muslims in Switzerland. World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES): PA - 4119: 'Middle Eastern Communities Abroad And Converts In South East Asia And The Middle East‘. Seville, July 16th - July 22nd, 2018.

    Künzler, Daniel (2018). Swiss Companies in Africa. Presentation at the Summer School “How Switzerland got rich”. July 9-20, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

    Staubli, Silvia (2018). Trust in Private Security Companies and Trust in the Police in Switzerland: Similarities or Differences? XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, 15-21 July, Toronto, Canada.

    Nollert, Michael: Welfare Marketization, Tax Reform, and Redistribution: Cross-National Findings, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, 18 July, 2018.

    Nollert, Michael/Sheikhzadegan, Amir: Between Religious and National Identity – (Re-)Converts to Islam in Switzerland, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, 19 July, 2018.

    Odermatt, Eveline (2018). We take our time: Migrant Collective Transnational Practices and Temporalities. July 2-4, IMISCOE 15th Annual Conference "Europe, migrations and the Mediterranean: human mobility and intercultural challenges", Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona (Spain).

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir & Michael Nollert (2018). Religious conversion and changes in personal networks: A comparison of new and “born-again” Muslims in Switzerland, Sunbelt Conference: Varieties of Qualitative Perspectives in Social Network Analysis, Utrecht, June 26th - July 1st, 2018

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir (2018). “Only fruitful trees get stoned”: Narrative identities of salafi converts and “newborns” in Switzerland. Conference „Empirical approaches to Salafism in Europe”, 20.-21. April 2018, University of Cologne.

    Künzler, Daniel (2018). The trajectories of Kenya and Tanzania in comparative perspective. Presentation at the workshop “Building Social Protection Systems in the Global South: Different Trajectories and the Influence of External Factors”. June 7-8, University of Bremen, Germany.

    Staub, Ivo (2018). Think Tanks, Policy Advice and Interest Aggregation in a Comparative Perspective. Think tanks’ role in policy development in Albania. March 21, Tirana, Albania.

    Nollert, Michael (2018). Kulturelles Erbe und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt. Kongress „Kulturerbe, ein gemeinsames Gut. Für wen und warum?“. 15. März 2018, Berner Fachhochschule, Architektur, Holz und Bau, Biel.

    Nollert, Michael (2018). Oelrenten, globales Investment und Islamismus: Spezifika der saudi-arabischen Elitekonstellation. 18. Januar 2018, Institut für Soziologie, Universität Hamburg, Centre for Globalisation and Governance.

    Nollert, Michael (2018). Konversion zum Islam: Gründe und Folgen. 15. Januar 2018, Universität Siegen.

     

  • 2017

    Staub, Ivo (2017). The Impact of the European Social Survey on Policy Development. Preparation for Conducting the

     

    European Social Survey in Serbia – Ninth Round. December 14-15, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade, Belgrade.

     

    Nollert, Michael (2017). Oekonomische Ungleichheiten und staatliche Umverteilung. 12. Dezember 2017, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.

     

    Schäfer, Robert (2017). Theodizeetheoretische Implikationen der Kritiksoziologie. Ein Beitrag zur Konzeptualisierung der Ordnungsdimension von Weltsichten. VI. Offene Tagung der Sektion Religionssoziologie, 7.-9.12.2017, Rastatt (D).

     

    Staubli, Silvia and Janne Kivivuori (2017). The role of place in self-reported youth crime: findings from the ISRD3 data. 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC). November 15-18, Philadelphia, USA.

     

    Künzler, Daniel (2017). Movies on the move: Video films in East Africa and the dynamic processes of heterogenization and homogenization. Presentation at the Conference “Viva Africa 2017”. November 10-11, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.

     

    Budowski, Monica (2017). Social Citizenship and Universal Health Systems. Citizenship Lectures. November 9, Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity, University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee.

     

    Nollert, Michael (2017).  Konversion zum Islam. Kommunikative Wurzeln und mediale Rezeption. 25. Oktober, Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Universität Klagenfurt.

     

    Nollert, Michael (2017). Zwischen Oelrenten, globalem Investment und Islamismus: Spezifika der saudi-arabischen Elitekonstellation. 24. Oktober, Institut für Soziologie, Universität Graz.


    Budowski, Monica (2017). Political Use of Scientific Evidence. Social Sciences and Political Institutions: Challenging the boundaries of (non)cooperation. October 20, Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade. 

     

    Budowski, Monica (2017). Links between Science and Politics. Social Sciences and Political Institutions: Challenging the boundaries of (non)cooperation. October 20, Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade.

    Staub, Ivo (2017). Scientific Advisory Systems and Mechanisms. Social Sciences and Political Institutions: Challenging the boundaries of (non)cooperation. October 20-21, Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade.

     

    Richter, Marina (2017). Freiheitsentzug heute – Sind die Grundrechte noch gewährleistet? Veranstaltung DEMOKRATISCHE JURIST_INNEN SCHWEIZ zum Freiheitsentzug. 3. Oktober, Universität Bern, Bern.

     

    Monnet Lukash, Anastasiia, Silvia Staubli and Martin Killias (2017). Police legitimacy among Swiss Youth. 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC). September 13-16, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

     

    Staubli, Silvia (2017). Attitudes towards punishment and the role of the courts: comparative analyses for Switzerland and Europe. 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC). September 13-16, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

     

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir und Michael Nollert (2017). Analyzing spiritual transformation: A qualitative, multimethod approach. 13th Conference of the ESA, (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities. August 29 - September 01, Athens, Greece.


    Schief, Sebastian (2017). Industrial Relations in the European Union – A Race to the Bottom? Research Network/Research Stream: RN17 - Work, Employment and Industrial Relations. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association: (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities. August 29 - September 01, Athens, Greece.

     

    Nollert, Michael (2017). The distributive consequences of welfare marketization and tax competition: Comparative findings from European economies. 13th Conference of the ESA, (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities. August 29 - September 01, Athens, Greece.


    Richter, Marina (2017). Körper in geschlossenen Räumen: eine feministisch-geographische Perspektive auf Gefängnisse. Öffentlicher Vortrag, Geographie. 5. Juli, Universität Bonn, Deutschland.

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir und Michael Nollert (2017). Civic engagement and identity transformation: Narratives of Swiss converts to Islam. ISSR 34th Conference, Session STS 3: Conversion and socio-political commitment. July 4, Lausanne.

    Künzler, Daniel (2017). Research in Africa - on whose terms? Roundtable organised by the Swiss Society for African Studies and CODESRIA, Co-convenor. 7th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS). June 30, University of Basel, Switzerland.

    Künzler, Daniel (2017). Inequalities and social protection on the county level in Kenya. Annual Meeting RC19 on "Dimensions of Inequality: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses". June 22-25, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.

     

    Richter, Marina (2017). Der Justizvollzug im Spannungsfeld von gesellschaftlichen, organisationalen und individuellen Interessen. Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. 21.-23. Juni, Zürich.

    Richter, Marina (2017). Differing trajectories among economic migrants: Inclusion and exclusion along ethnicity and skills in the Bulgarian case. Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. 21.-23.Juni, Zürich.

    Staubli, Silvia (2017). Punitivität in der Schweiz: Eine Bestandesaufnahme. Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. 21.-23. Juni, Zürich.


    Schäfer, Robert (2017). Aktuelle Formen der Weltablehnung. Versuch einer religionstheoretisch erweiterten Soziologie der Kritik. Sektionstagung Kultursoziologie (DGS). 16.-17. Juni, Institut für Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Leipzig.

    Schief, Sebastian (2017). What Ever Happened to Keynes' Vision of Working Time Reduction? - Working Time Developments in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. LERA Annual Meeting. June 1-4, Anaheim.

     

    Nollert, Michael (2017). Zwischen Oelrenten und Islamismus. Spezifika der saudi-arabischen Elitekonstellation. ESSA-Frühjahrstagung: Eliten, Macht und Konflikt im Globalen Süden. 19. Mai, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.

    Schäfer, Robert (2017). Formen der Kritik als Gegenstand der empirischen Rekonstruktion von Weltanschauungen. Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Wissenssoziologie. Legitimierung und Konstruktion von Weltansichten in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. 4.-5. Mai, Universität Bayreuth. Link...

     

    Staubli, Silvia (2017). Measuring and Responding to New Dimensions of Public Trust & Confidence. Talk to members of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP Global Studies Program). May, Zürich, Switzerland.

     

    Staubli, Silvia (2017). Welcome and Introduction. Conference "The Police – between Social Security and Public Safety". March, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

     

    Künzler, Daniel (2017). Seychellen - Kolonialismus, Kapitalismus und eine "erfolgreiche" sozialistische Revolution. Vortragsreihe "Revolution!?". 28. Februar, Universität Fribourg.

     

    Nollert, Michael (2017). Das Ende der staatlichen «Ungleichheitsmoderation»? Distributive Folgen von Wohlfahrtsmärkten und Steuerreformen. Tagung "Oekonomien der Wohlfahrt". 27. Januar, Universität Basel.

  • 2016

    Budowski, Monica and Daniela William Vera Rojas (2016). Wellbeing, Health, and Welfare Regime: A Qualitative Analysis of Dealing with Health Problems Temuco, Chile and San Jose, Costa Rica. Presentation at the Third ISA Forum of Sociology, July 10-14, 2016. Vienna.

    Budowski, Monica and Sebastian Schief (2016). Welfare regimes, precariousness and social citizenship.  International Conference on Welfare Regimes in Eastern European Countries: Precariousness and Citizenship, December 1 to 3, 2016, funded by the Gebert Rüf Stiftung, University of Fribourg.

    Budowski, Monica and Sebastian Schief (2016). Strategies of households in precarious prosperity in Chile, Costa Rica, Spain and Switzerland.  RC19 Conference: Frontiers of Inequality, Social Policy, and Welfare, August 25-27, 2016, University of Costa Rica.

    Schäfer, Robert (2016). Social Criticism in Culture Industry. International Congress: Art & Market. Alienation or Emancipation? 17.-18.11.16, University of St. Gallen. Link...

    Staubli, Silvia and Janne Kivivuori (2016). Juvenile crime victimization risk: the role of religion. A comparison of Switzerland and Finland. 16th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC), 21-24 September 2016, Münster, Germany.

    Künzler, Daniel (2016). Fraud and norms in Kenya: rappers, born-again Christians and Mungiki. Presentation at the Workshop "Fraud, fake and make-believe", December 1-3, Goethe University Frankfurt.

    Nollert, Michael (2016). Does diversity enrich or jeopardize society? A critical answer to an oversimplified question, ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna, 12 July, 2016

    Nollert, Michael (2016). Pro und kontra nationale Erbschaftssteuer: Evidenzen aus der Schweiz, 38. Kongress der DGS, Bamberg, 27. 9. 2016

    Preoteasa Ana Maria, Rebekka Sieber, Monica Budowski and Christian Suter (2016). Perception of precarious work by households living in precarious prosperity. Evidence from qualitative research in urban Romania and Switzerland. Presentation at the Third ISA Forum of Sociology “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World”, 10-14.07.2016, Vienna (AT).

    Richter, Marina (2016). The dying body as a site of negotiation: care and control in end-of-life situations in Swiss prisons. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. 30.8.-2.9.2016. London (UK).

    Richter, Marina (2016). Lebensende im Gefängnis. Vortragsreihe Sterben und Tod. Studienbereich Soziologie, Sozialpolitik und Sozialarbeit, Universität Fribourg. 6.4.2016. Fribourg (Schweiz). (zusammen mit Ueli Hostettler und Irene Marti)

    Richter, Marina (2016). Dying in prison: Challenges of end-of-life under confinement. American Association of Geographers Annual Congress. 29.3.-2.4.2016. San Francisco (USA).

    Schief, Sebastian (2016). Industrial Relations in the European Union – A Race to the Bottom?,  ILPC Conference 2016, WZB Berlin, 4-6 April 2016, Berlin/Germany.

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir und Michael Nollert (2016). Public in(visibility or faith. The contrasting responses of two Muslim organisations on the public/private divide in Switzerland, ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna, 13 July, 2016

    Sieber, Rebekka (2016). Dealing with uncertainty in precarious prosperity: Adaption as a strategy to improve the quality of life of households. Presentation at the Third ISA Forum of Sociology “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World”, 10-14.07.2016, Vienna (AT).

    Staubli, Silvia and Janne Kivivuori (2016). Religion: protective or risk factor for victimization risk of juveniles? Third ISA Forum of Sociology, 10-14 July 2016, Vienna, Austria.

  • 2015

    Budowski, Monica (2015). Armutsforschung in der Schweiz: Ursachen und Dynamiken. Konferenz "Mehr Bildung für weniger Armut", Nationales Programm gegen Armut, Elternbildung.ch, 6.11.2015, Altes Spital, Solothurn/CH.  http://www.elternbildung.ch/anmeldung-mbwa.html.

    Budowski, Monica and Sebastian Schief (2015). Strategies of Households in Precarious Prosperity in Chile, Spain and Switzerland,  Conference "The Changing Nature of Citizenship", University of Potsdam, 4-6 June 2015, Potsdam/Germany.

    Budowski, Monica, Sebastian Schief and Rebekka Sieber (2015). Precariousness and Quality of Life – A qualitative perspective on determinants of quality of life of households in precarious prosperity in Switzerland and Spain, Quality of Life: a Challenge for Social Policy. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Research Institute for Quality of Life, Conference of the Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 23-25 April 2015, Bucharest, Romania.

    Kersten, Anne (2015). Wer ist Opfer? Die Relevanz sozialer Organisationen bei der Transformation von Gewaltbetroffenheit zum Opferstatus. Vortrag am 3. Internationalen Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit (SGSA): „Übergänge in der Sozialen Arbeit“, 03.-04. September 2015, Zürich.

    Knobloch, Ulrike (2015): Sorgeökonomie – eine feministische Kritik an den gegenwärtigen Modellen der Wirtschaftstheorie, Vortrag im Rahmen des von der Überparteilichen Fraueninitiative Berlin – Stadt der Frauen e.V. organisierten Kongresses "Was ist Leistung? Care und Arbeitsbedingungen in der Frauenarbeit", Berlin 20./21.11.2015.

    Knobloch, Ulrike & Christa Binswanger (2015): Geschlechterforschung in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften in der Schweiz, Organisation des Ateliers im Rahmen der Forschungswerkstatt des Netzwerks Gender Studies CH, Universität Lausanne 25./26.9.2015.

    Knobloch, Ulrike (2015): Versorgen, Fürsorgen, Vorsorgen als sozialökonomische Herausforderung, Vortrag im Rahmen der vom Frauenwerk der Nordkirche organisierten Tagung  "Um-care zum Leben", Katholische Akademie Hamburg, 12.9.2015.

    Knobloch, Ulrike (2015): Ethics of Feminist Economics, paper presentation at the IAFFE Annual Conference, Berlin School of Economics & Law, 16-18 July 2015.

    Künzler, Daniel (2015). Expanding health coverage in Kenya: the politics of (failed) reforms. Presentation at the workshop “The Politics of Social Protection in Africa“, June 4-6, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

    Künzler, Daniel (2015). Kontinuität, Konvergenz oder Divergenz? Veränderungen und Beständigkeiten in der globalen Bildungsdiskussion. Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung „Bildung & Entwicklung – Globale Konvergenzen & Divergenzen in der Bildungswelt“ unter der Leitung von Gerald Faschingeder und Franz Kolland, 20. April 2015, Universität Wien

    Künzler, Daniel (2015). A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of political drivers of social policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Annual RC19 Conference at the University of Bath (UK) August 26-28.

    Künzler, Daniel (2015). Expert for Workshop 5 on “Evaluation design: Checking the relevance of research” at the Basel Summer School in African Studies, 4 September 2015, University of Basel, Switzerland

    Nollert, Michael und Amir Sheikzadegan (2015). Teilnahme und Teilhabe oder „friedliche Koexistenz“? MuslimInnen in der Schweiz zwischen Sozial- und Systemintegration. Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (SGS), Universität Lausanne, 3-5. Juni 2015, Lausanne.

    Preoteasa, Ana Maria, Monica Budowski, Rebekka Sieber and Christian Suter (2015). Work patterns – individual and structural elements in explaining instability. Evidence from qualitative research in urban Romania and Switzerland. Presentation in the International Conference of the Romanian Sociological Society, 19-21.11.2015, Brasov (RO).

    Richter, Marina (2015). Exklusion durch Inklusion? Informelle Praktiken von VermittlungsagentInnen am Beispiel bulgarischer MigrantInnen. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie. 01.-06.10.2015. Berlin (Germany).

    Richter, Marina (2015). Bulgarian youth studying and working abroad: Migration as a pressure valve for unattractive job prospects. Conference “Education and Work: (Un-)Equal Transitions”. 24.-25.09.2015. Sofia (Bulgaria).

    Richter, Marina (2015). Interlinkages between migration patterns and social inequality: Same country – different outcomes. 12th Annual IMISCOE Conference. 25.-27.06.2015. Geneva (Switzerland).

    Richter, Marina (2015). The female migrant body: Exploited and/or strategically used? 15th International Migration Conference. 18.-20.6.2015. Dudelange (Luxemburg).

    Schäfer, Robert (2015). Organising the Extra-Ordinary. Veranstaltung: Tourism meets Philosophy (TMP), Freie Universität Bozen, 15.10.2015, Bozen, Italien. Link...

    Schäfer, Robert (2015). Zur Rekonstruktion von Weltanschauungen. Jahrestagung der Sektion Kultursoziologie: Zum Verhältnis von Empirie und kultursoziologischer Theoriebildung. Stand und Perspektiven, 30.9.-2.10.15, Leipzig. Link...

    Schief, Sebastian und Ivo Staub (2015). Ökonomie. Austerität! Demokratie?, 3. Rhein-Ruhr Promovendensymposium "Arbeit und Soziale Sicherheit", Universität Duisburg-Essen, 12.-13. März 2015, Duisburg/Deutschland.

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir and Michael Nollert (2015). Does civic engagement impact individuals’ perceptions of “ego” and “alter”? narrative identities of two Muslims in Switzerland active in voluntary associations. European Sociological Associaton conference, Prague, 28.08.2015.

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir (2015). Public space as the arena of assertion vs. repression of Muslim identity. University of Western Sydney (Australia): Religion and Society Research Centre

    Sheikhzadegan, Amir und Michael Nollert (2015). Reconstruction of narrative identities of Muslims actively engaged in voluntary associations in Switzerland. European Sociological Association (ESA), Prague, 25-28 August 2015

    Sieber, Rebekka, Monica Budowski and Sebastian Schief (2015). A Qualitative Perspective on Determinants of Quality of Life of Households in Precarious Prosperity in Switzerland and Spain. Presentation at the international conference “Quality of life, a challenge for social policy”, 23-25.04.2015, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Bucharest (RO).

    Sieber, Rebekka and Jehane Simona (2015). Précarité et qualité de vie. Utilisation d'une méthode mixte pour analyser les effets de la santé. Presentation at the congress of the Swiss sociological association: "Collective Dynamics, Social (De-)Regulation and Public Spheres", 03-05.06.2015, Lausanne (CH). 

    Sieber, Rebekka and Ionela Vlase (2015). Precarious prosperity in Romania and Switzerland: A longitudinal qualitative analysis of strategies improving the quality of life of households. Presentation at the 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015 “Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination”, 25-28.08.2015, Prague (CZ).

    Staubli, Silvia (2015). Investigations on the Legitimacy of the Swiss Police. 15th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC), 2-5 September 2015, Porto, Portugal.

    Vlase, Ionela and Rebekka Sieber (2015). Narrating well-being in the context of precarious prosperity. An account of agency framed by culturally embedded happiness and gender beliefs. Presentation at the international conference “Narratives of Crisis”, 24-26.06.2015, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki (GR).