30.9.2010 New Social Risks in the Nordic Societies
Foundation for European Progressive Studies started Nordic Economies after the Crisis project during the spring of 2010 with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Arbetarrörelsens Tankesmedja, SAMAK, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation and Economic Council of the Labour Movement in Denmark. New Social Risks in the Nordic Societies seminar was arranged in Helsinki as part of this cooperation between Europen think tanks.
Speakers of the seminar included:
researcher Ville Pekka Sorsa (University of Oxford), Dr. Till van Treeck (IMK Institut), Dr. Claes Belfrage (Queen Mary University of London) , Dr. Christian Kellermann ( FES Stockholm), researcher Pasi Pyöriä (University of Tampere), head of research Anne-Marie Lindgren (Arbetarrörelsens Tankesmedja), professor Pauli Kettunen (University of Helsinki), economist Joonas Rahkola (SAK), Dr. Antonis Roumpakis (University of Helsinki) and economist Erik Bjørsted (Economic Council of the Labour Movement in Denmark).
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Programme
Helsinki, 30 September – 1 October 2010
Seminar programme
Venue: Botta (Museokatu 10) in Helsinki
Session 1: Repoliticizing Social Risks in the Nordics
11.00-11.15 Opening
11.15 – 12.15 Repoliticizing Social Risks in the Nordic Societies: Past failures, future challenges and new politics
– Researcher Ville Pekka Sorsa, University of Oxford
12.15 – 12.45 Lunch
12.45 – 13.30 The challenge of financialization
– Dr. Till van Treeck, Das Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung, Hans Böckler Stiftung
13.30 – 14.30 The politics of financialization in the Nordic countries
– Dr. Claes Belfrage, Queen Mary University of London
Comment: Dr. Christian Kellermann, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
14.30 – 14.45 Coffee
14.45 – 16.00 Knowledge Economy and New Social Risks
– Researcher Pasi Pyöriä, University of Tampere
16.00 -17.00 Individualisation and social risk sharing in the post-expansive welfare states
– Head of research Anne-Marie Lindgren, Arbetarrörelsens Tankesmedja
Session 2: Labour market and social risks
09.00-10.00 New Social Risks and organising labour market interests
– Professor Pauli Kettunen, University of Helsinki
Comment: Economist Joonas Rahkola, SAK
10.00-11.00 European Union, financialization and collective bargaining
– Dr. Antonis Roumpakis, University of Helsinki
11.00-11.30 Lunch
11.30-12.15 Social risks and imbalances on the Danish labour market
– Economist Erik Bjørsted, Economic Council of the Labour Movement in Denmark
12.15-13.00 Closing Discussion