In this workshop we want to consider both the economic dimension and the social dynamics of ageing societies. We welcome submission of theoretical, empirical and policy papers. The suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the relation between population ageing and the...

We invite Ph.D. students from different disciplinary backgrounds both within and outside the Nordic countries to participate in discussing the development of the welfare states, their preconditions, present status and how we ought to study them. Ph.D. Students present their papers in parallel...

Concerning civil society’s relations to economic development, among others, the following general questions of issue might be raised: • Conceptual and theoretical issues • Which tendencies of development can be observed within the Swedish and international social economy? • In what...