The aim of the first Kiel Institute Summer School is to permit top-flight graduate students, as well as young policy makers with a graduate degree background the opportunity to gain state-of-the-art insights on how to reform welfare systems, in order to meet the challenges in a globalizing...

Topics: - welfare regimes and labour markets - social protection and activation policies in Europe - policies of reconciling work and welfare - the role of the EU activities in these fields - the politics and policies of welfare reform - designs and pitfalls of comparative analyses, as well the...