ESPAnet: Network for European Social Policy Analysis

Website:   http://www.espanet.org/

The Network for European Social Policy Analysis is an association of academics involved or interested in the analysis of social policy in Europe. The Network encourages and fosters a multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of European social policy. It is therefore open to people from a range of disciplines, including social policy, sociology, political science, international relations, history, law and economics.

It draws its membership from and defines its remit in relation to countries spanning the European continent, welcoming analysts from western, central and eastern European countries.

ESPAnet was established in 2002 to facilitate exchange and co-operation among social policy analysts in Europe and to provide a forum and network of communication for the development of European social policy analysis as a field of research and teaching.

It has the following specific objectives:

• Advancement of knowledge in the field of the analysis of European social policies
• Stimulating the entry of young researchers into the field and enhancing the development of their knowledge, skills and experience
• Promotion of a comparative approach to the analysis of social policy in Europe
• Promotion of an inter- and multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of social policy.

Towards these ends, ESPAnet seeks to develop contacts between social policy analysts throughout Europe and thus to act as a forum for the exchange of ideas and debates on social policy at a European level. It encourages the international dissemination and exchange of information on significant developments relevant to European social policy and facilitates and promotes international research in this field.

OFFICERS:

Co-Chairs
Wim van Oorschot (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
Jochen Clasen (Stirling University, Scotland)

Secretariat
Jakob Rathlev (Aalborg University, Denmark)

Network Board
Giuliano Bonoli (Idheap, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, Switzerland)
Emma Carmel (University of Bath, UK)
Ana Guillen (Oviedo University, Spain)
Valeria Fargion (University of Florence, Italy)
Olli Kangas (Turku University, Finland)
Yuri Kazepov (Urbino University, Italy)
Trudie Knijn (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Zinka Kolaric (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Jon Kvist (SFI, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Stephan Lessenich (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany)
Philip Manow (the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany )
August Oesterle (Vienna University of Economics, Austria)
Bruno Palier (Cevipof, Paris, France)
Joakim Palme (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Dorottya Szikra (ELTE University Budapest, Hungary)