Events of Project B09

27.09.2024 - 29.09.2024 Workshop

Representing the Countryside in Africa and Europe: Politics, Imaginations, Contestations

Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik", Universität Bremen
Place
Unicom
Room: 7.2210
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Time
9.00 am - 7.00 pm
Contact Person
Semester
WiSe 2024/25

In this workshop, we want to address this side of rural politics and comparatively analyze the dynamics of rural representation in African and European countries. We understand representation in both senses of the term. On one side, we take a look at the formal and institutional side of interest politics: which organizations dominate in interest politics? What relations to farmers’ and peasants’ associations have with political parties, parliaments and governments? How many farmers do they represent, and what are the agrarian and rural development policy goals they strive for? On the other side, we investigate the dominant countryside and rural life imaginaries that are produced in the everyday politics of representation. Which competing visions of agriculture, rural community and human-nature relations exist and are used in political discourse? What potential of romanticization exists in the respective debates? Finally, which rural groups are represented in these diverse imaginaries, and which are not?

Programme with schedule (Download)

Place
Kommunikationszentrum paradox
Bernhardstraße 12
28203 Bremen
Time
7.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Contact Person
Semester
SoSe 2024

Vor fünfzig Jahren beschlossen die Vereinten Nationen eine radikale Reform der globalen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die »New International Economic Order« (NIEO) war der erste alternative Globalisierungsentwurf: ein Projekt zur Überwindung kolonialer Wirtschaftsstrukturen zwischen dem Globalen Süden und dem Globalen Norden. Damals verhinderten reiche Industriestaaten die Umsetzung dieses Reformprogramms.

Angesichts globaler Armut, der Klimakatastrophe, zunehmender internationaler Konflikte und der Krise des Kapitalismus untersucht der Band „Eine gerechte Weltwirtschaftsordnung? Die »New International Economic Order« und die Zukunft der Süd-Nord-Beziehungen“ (Transcript 2024) die anhaltende Relevanz der NIEO – und zeigt Wege zu einer radikalen Transformation der Weltwirtschaft auf.

Ein Abend mit den Herausgebern Daniel Fuchs (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) und Alex Veit (Table.Media Berlin), dem Autor Roy Karadag (Universität Bremen), moderiert von Samia Mohammed (Universität Bremen).

Place
Unicom-building
Room: 7.1020
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Contact Person
Lecture Series
Political Economy Workshop (PEW)

The participants will discuss Anna Wolkenhauer's draft paper "Policymaking without technocrats: peasants, the state, and farmer input subsidy reform in Zambia".

Discussant: Hudu Banikoi

The event is part of the programme of the Political Economy Workshop.
PEW discusses early/unpublished papers or research plans that investigate the political economy (broadly construed) of social policy and inequality.

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Place
Unicom building
Room: tbc
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
9 am - 3.30 pm
Contact Person
Lecture Series
Equality at the CRC

Holding presentations is one of the skills that are frequently required of scientists in their professional life. Effective (self)presenting in the way of showing your strength
and knowledge confidently and authentically at the right moment is an art - and a professional competence that can be learned. Whether you are at conferences, in
front of an academic committee, making a presentation or promoting a research project: the way you think about yourself and how you come across to others will
deeply influence your success.

In this workshop, the participants will learn about essential speech communication techniques and get the opportunity to practice speeches. Furthermore, it provides
insights into the use of positive language and the practise of successful self-expression. After an overview of classical rhetoric, speech structure and feedback
culture you will be able to practice and improve your presence and personal performance in an academic setting. You will learn to promote yourself and your
scientific work with confidence and joy as well as to develop strategies for making a lasting and positive impact on contact persons, audiences and in an academic audit.
Elements of the workshop will be:

  • Positive self-perception and presentation
  • Practice of clear and concise communication
  • Body language, embodiment and status
  • Clearing your mind: Meditation and holistic bodywork
  • Rhetoric theory and input on speech structure
  • Speech/presenting & coaching


Trainer
Dr.in phil. Saskia Schottelius M.A., born in 1963, studied German, Communication Research and General and Comparative Linguistics at the University of Bonn (Magister 1988, Promotion 1993). She is also a mental trainer and teacher of martial arts, meditation and philosophy.
She gives speeches and seminars about personality development and career training – especially for women in the academic field. In rhetoric- and resilience-workshops and publications she focusses on her concept of “awareness in language in motion” to integrate self-expression, mindfulness and bodywork.


A G E N D A


Day 1: 15.5.2023
9 am -noon
Introduction. Strong statements & science pitch
Reflecting: Women in Science
Turning the point of view: Positive language & self-perception

Noon -1 pm
Lunch break

1 pm -3.30 pm
Serenity is the key: awareness in motion, body language & status. Non-verbal knowhow
Delivering: Classical Rhetoric for lecture and defence
Meditation, conclusion of day 1


Day 2: 16.5.2023
9 am -noon
Taoist movements, voice & breath.
Performance-set, feed-forward and coaching.
Presentations, defences & discussions, part 1

Noon -1 pm
Lunch break

1 pm -3.30 pm
Presentations, defences & discussions, part 2
Review: From experience to expertise
Conclusion and evaluation

02.03.2023 Online Lecture

Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

Prof. Catherine Boone, PhD (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE))
Place


Bremen
Time
11.59 am - 1.30 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by Catherine Boone is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

Place


Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by William Moseley is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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Other dates and speakers: 

March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

 

Place

Room: tba
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by Caitlin Ryan is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be held in-person and online via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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Other dates and speakers: 

9 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Iva Peša (Groningen University)
Resource extraction, rural trajectories and responses to environmental change: Johannesburg, the Zambian Copperbelt and the Niger Delta compared

16 February 2023, 14.00 (CET)
William Moseley (Macalaster College)
Decolonizing African agriculture: food security, agroecology, and the need for radical transformation

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

12.01.2023 Online Lecture

Different Ground: Digital Technologies in Agriculture in Rural Kenya

Marion Ouma, PhD (Nordic Africa Institute)
Place


Bremen
Time
11.59 am - 1.30 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by Marion Ouma is part of the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be held via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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The other dates and speakers: 

19 Janaury 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Iva Peša (Groningen University)
Resource extraction, rural trajectories and responses to environmental change: Johannesburg, the Zambian Copperbelt and the Niger Delta compared

2 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Caitlin Ryan (Groningen University)
Women’s land tenure security: Imaginaries of land rights and materialities of agrarian economies

16 February 2023, 14.00 (CET)
William Moseley (Macalaster College)
Decolonizing African agriculture: food security, agroecology, and the need for radical transformation

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

Place


Bremen
Time
2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Contact Person

The participants will discuss Roy Karadag's draft paper "FAO, the World Bank and Food Questions in North Africa".

The paper is available upon request - please contact Johanna Kuhlmann or Jakob Frizell.

Place


Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person

The lecture by Max Ajl kicks off the Online Lecture Series "Rural Development & Welfare in Africa" of our B09 project Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa.

The lecture will be held via Zoom:
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/6733655074

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Other dates and speakers: 

12 January 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Marion Ouma (Uppsala University, Nordic Africa Institute)
Different ground: Digital technologies in Agriculture in rural Kenya


2 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Caitlin Ryan (Groningen University)
Women’s land tenure security: Imaginaries of land rights and materialities of agrarian economies

9 February 2023, 14.00 (CET), online & in-person
Iva Peša (Groningen University)
Resource extraction, rural trajectories and responses to environmental change: Johannesburg, the Zambian Copperbelt and the Niger Delta compared

16 February 2023, 14.00 (CET)
William Moseley (Macalaster College)
Decolonizing African agriculture: food security, agroecology, and the need for radical transformation

2 March 2023, 12.00 (CET)
Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Territorial Rule and Regionalization of Politics in Postcolonial Africa

26.07.2022 Workshop

Archival Methods

Dr. Avner Ofrath (Department of History, University of Bremen)
Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.2210
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2 pm - 3.30 pm
Organiser
Teilprojekt B09: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Contact Person
Lecture Series
Internal Events

Dr Avner Ofrath from the Department of History will share some insights about the various steps involved in archival research:

  • defining the role of archives
  • finding/locating relevant documents
  • understanding different types of documents and contextualising their origins
  • issues around analysis
  • correct referencing
  • ethical issues (e.g., data extraction from South to North)
  • how to account for all the things that are not documented?


The participants will also reflect on their (past and future) uses of archives and historical documents.

For preparation (not mandatory): Anver Ovrath's article on what an archive actually is and does: https://www.oarplatform.com/on-leaving-the-archive/

Please register with Anna Wolkenhauer. The workshop will take place in the InIIS seminar room but also via Zoom. Anna will share log-in details upon request.

Place


Bremen
Time
10 am - 11.30 am
Lecture Series
Equality at the CRC

The event is aimed at (future) parents, project directors and other interested colleagues of the CRC 1342 and the University of Bremen.

The event covers the following topics:

1. introduction: equality and support of families (Dr. 
Kressen Thyen, CRC 1342/EOC)

2. maternity leave, parental leave and substitutions (Dr. Cindy Roitsch, Gender Consulting Forschungsverbünde)

3. family policy components of the WissZeitVG, catch-up periods and contract extensions after parental leave (Dr. Malte Hesse, Staff Council)

There will be time for questions afterwards.

Participation via Zoom
Meeting ID: 990 3938 4990
ID code: 317238

Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.2210
Ma 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Contact Person
Organisation

Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.2210
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Contact Person
Organisation

01.12.2021 Colloquium

Archiving Research Material and Primary Data Input

Alex Nadège Ouedraogo
Place
Unicom
Room: 7.2210
Mary-Somerville-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm

Zoom Meeting
https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/97921627140?pwd=WkRPMzRWNmc2Z1hHekxseFlFM1ZxQT09

Meeting ID: 979 2162 7140
Passcode: 546570

27.09.2021 Colloquium

The Food Question - Internationalised Welfare in Senegal

Alex Nadège Ouedraogo
Place


Bremen
Time
2 pm - 3.30 pm

Alex Nadège Ouedraogo's Oral Defense is scheduled for Monday, 27th of September at 14:00.

 The Examination Board is composed of:

  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Schlichte
  • Dr. Alexander Veit
  • Prof. Jimi Adésínà
  • Dr. Jude Kagoro
  • Marlene Seiffarth
  • Hawa Noor Zitzmann
Place


Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Contact Person
Organisation

Chair: Alex Veit, Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS) & SFB 1342, University of Bremen

Participants:

Musa Sadock, Head, Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam

Clement Chipenda, Post-Doctoral Researcher at the SARChI Chair in Social Policy, University of South Africa

 

https://uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/95240280688?pwd=YjFwNTgzTUdLVDhvaFZFRzJzR1lYZz09

Place


Bremen
Time
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm

Takes place via Zoom (link shared before session).

30.04.2021 Workshop

Eurocentrism in Academia

Jude Kagoro; Hawa Noor Mohammed; Alex Nadège Ouedraogo
Place


Bremen
Time
12.15 pm - 1.45 pm

How come, that in our studies we deal almost exclusively with European and North American theorists and scholars? How and to which extent do they, with their self-references and focus on Europe, displace and ignore the experience and perspectives of other scholars? And what concrete problems for science and non-European scholars arise from the burden of Eurocentrism in academia?

This and more we would like to discuss with you in an event series of the Politschnack. Our guests in the introductory session on 30th of April at 12:15 (c.t.) concerning “Eurocentrism in Academia” will be:

Alex Nadège Quedraogo (InIIS/SFB 1342), who will talk about the general problematic consequences of Eurocentrism in academia, Hawa Noor Mohammed (BIGSSS), who will talk about the discourse of Eurocentrism with reference to research on the so called “New Terrorism” or “Islamic (st) Terrorism” and Jude Kagoro (InIIS), who will talk about the burden of Eurocentrism in the interpretation of Politics in Africa. All of our guests are political scientists and researchers at University Bremen.

No matter if you would like to discuss or only listen, if you are student or staff: you are very much welcome! The discussion will take place via Zoom. If you would like to participate, feel free to join by clicking on the link below. The discussion will be held in English:

uni-bremen.zoom.us/j/96114631932?pwd=V0NMRFdwclZYN25idDZVWEJ4bWJMdz09

Place


Bremen
Time
2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Commentator of the Lecture

Amanda Shriwise (Bremen University) and Carina Schmitt (SOCIUM) discuss the paper The Warfare-Welfare Nexus in British and French West African Colonies in the Course of the First and Second World Wars.

This event is part of the Political Economy Workshop series organized by Bastian Becker and Hanna Lierse. Please subscribe to our email newsletter, and get in touch if you would like to receive this week's reading or present your own work at a future workshop.

Place


online
Time
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm
Organiser

This lecture is part of the series "Internationalised Politics" and takes place online via Zoom.

To get acces to this or one of the next lectures, please get in touch with Anna Wolkenhauer (wolkenhauer@bigsss.uni-bremen.de).

Place


Bremen
Time
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm
Lecture Series
Internal Events

The presentation is part of the colloquium "Internationalised Politics" and will take online via zoom.

The link will be shared before the session. 

Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.2210
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Organiser
Contact Person
Dr. Alex Veit
Organisation
Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Universität Bremen; Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien (InIIS), Universität Bremen; Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik", Universität Bremen
Semester
WiSe 2019/20

In this colloquium Ricardo Bormann will discuss his paper "New Directions in Latin American Film History: The Intellectual Network of the Brazilian Film Critic Salles Gomes". Participants are expected to read Ricardo's paper in advance. Please contact Alex Veit (veit@uni-bremen.de) to get hold of the paper.

The Transnational & Area Studies-Colloquium is a new venue for interdisciplinary debate on pertinent questions of transnational scope and area studies relevance. Scholars and students meet on a monthly basis to discover new approaches and joint research interests. The colloquium is open to the interested public.

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Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.1050
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Time
1.15 pm - 2.45 pm
Contact Person

Keonhi Son (project A06) will present and discus her paper "The Influence of ILO conventions on the Adoption of Maternity Protection Policies in the World".

Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.2210
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm
Organiser
Contact Person
Dr. Alex Veit
Organisation
Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Universität Bremen; Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien (InIIS), Universität Bremen; Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik", Universität Bremen
Semester
WiSe 2019/20

In this TASC-Colloquium, Teresa Huhle's paper "The Transnational Formation of a Healthy Nation: Travelling Reformers in Uruguay (1903-1933)" will be discussed. Participants are expected to read Teresa's paper in advance. Please contact Alex Veit (veit@uni-bremen.de) to get hold of the paper.

The Transnational & Area Studies-Colloquium is a new venue for interdisciplinary debate on pertinent questions of transnational scope and area studies relevance. Scholars and students meet on a monthly basis to discover new approaches and joint research interests. The colloquium is open to the interested public, but please sign up with tas-colloquium@mailman.zfn.uni-bremen.de.

07.11.2019 - 08.11.2019 Conference

Causal Mechanisms in the Analysis of Social Policy Dynamics

Teilprojekt B01: SFB 1342, Universität Bremen
Place
Haus der Wissenschaft
Sandstraße 4/5
28195 Bremen
Time
8.30 am - 5.00 pm
Contact Person
Organisation

Recent theoretical and methodological developments in the social sciences converge into the approach of "mechanism-based explanation". Originating from different disciplines such as analytical sociology, political sociology, comparative historical analysis and qualitative research in political science, mechanism-based approaches stress that phenomena cannot fully be explained by correlations between variables: Causal mechanisms are the "cogs and wheels" that scholars come across when opening the "black box" of correlations.

Despite the expanding literature on this topic, two deficits have not been resolved so far:

  1. There is no convincing compilation of mechanisms that drive social and political processes. Previous proposals for a comprehensive list of mechanisms collect elements of very different scales and levels. There is no shared understanding on what level (micro, meso, macro) mechanisms should be allocated and what elements a mechanism should have to count as a mechanism.
  2. There is also a lack of systematic applications of mechanism-based approaches to an entire policy field. So far, mechanism-based approaches have primarily been used in single case studies or comparative case studies with a limited scope and range. Adopting a mechanism-based approach for studying the transnational dynamics of an entire policy field might be a decisive test for the fruitfulness of mechanism-based approaches.


This conference aims to stimulate discussion on the characteristics of causal mechanisms, and to establish a closer link between these concepts and the study of social policy dynamics.

PROGRAMME

Day 1

9.00-9.30
Registration and welcome coffee

9.30-10.30
Gary Goertz, University of Notre Dame
The veil of ignorance – causal mechanism – process tracing methodology

Coffee break

10.45-12.15
Session 1: Theorizing Mechanisms (Chair: Johanna Kuhlmann)

  1. Holger Straßheim, University of Bielefeld
    Transforming social policy (research): the mechanisms of micro-focusing (Discussant: Hubert Heinelt)
  2. Johannes Schmitt, Martin Noltze, German Institute for Development Evaluation Causal mechanisms in evaluation: conceptual confusion, practical application and the way forward (Discussant: Heinz Rothgang)
  3. Sebastian Haunss, University of Bremen
    Network mechanism driving the development of social policies (Discussant: Sarah Berens)


Lunch

13.30-14.30
Renate Mayntz, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Promise and limits of mechanism-based explanation

Coffee break

14.45-16.15
Session 2: Mechanisms of Social Policy Dynamics – Single Case Studies (Chair: Heiko Pleines)

  1. Olivier Burtin, LMU München/Princeton University
    Mechanisms of veterans’ policy in the United States: A comparative overview (Discussant: Teresa Huhle)
  2. Ellen van Reuler, Leiden University
    English hospices and palliative care policies as a model for the Netherlands? (Discussant: Anna Safuta)
  3. Tobias ten Brink1, Armin Müller1, Tao Liu2, 1Jacobs University Bremen, 2University Duisburg-Essen
    Policy experimentation and elite cooperation: Causal mechanisms in the making of China’s social insurance system (Discussant: Osmany Porto de Oliveira)
  4. Sarah Berens, Franziska Deeg, University of Cologne
    Moving North and coming back. Migration and social policy preferences in Mexico (Discussant: Cecilia Rossel/Florencia Antía)


Coffee break

16.45-17.45
James Mahoney, Northwestern University
Causal mechanisms and theories of causality: Three approaches

Coffee break

18.00-19.30
Session 3: Mechanisms of Social Policy Dynamics – Comparative Approaches (Chair: Klaus Schlichte)

  1. Traute Meyer, University of Southampton
    Industrialism revisited - Changing kinship systems and pension reform in China and Europe (Discussant: Tao Liu)
  2. Robert van Niekerk1, Reynaldo Jiménez Guethón2, 1University of Witwatersrand, 2University de La Habana
    Cultures of social solidarity and the public good: A reflection on South Africa and Cuba (Discussant: Armin Müller)
  3. Heinz Rothgang, Karin Gottschall, Anna Safuta, Kristin Noack, Marlene Seiffarth, Greta-Marleen Storath, University of Bremen
    Migrantization of long-term care in Europe. On search of causal mechanisms (Discussant: Friederike Römer)


Conference Dinner at Ratskeller

Day 2
9.30-11.00
Session 4: Mechanisms of Social Policy Dynamics – Transnational Interdependencies (Chair: Frank Nullmeier)

  1. Andreas Heinrich1, Gulnaz Isabekova1, Armin Müller2, Heiko Pleines1, Tobias ten Brink2, 1University of Bremen, 2Jacobs University Bremen
    Types of international policy-related knowledge transfer. From conditionality to elaborated autonomous policy learning (Discussant: Lutz Leisering)
  2. Monika Ewa Kaminska, Ertila Druga, Ante Malinar, Liva Stupele, University of Bremen
    Reforms from within or reforms from without? Defying international organizations’ agenda in healthcare reforms in Central Eastern Europe: in search of causal mechanisms (Discussant: Andreas Heinrich)
  3. Friederike Römer, Jakob Henninger, University of Bremen
    Democracy and immigrant rights - Conflicting mechanisms at play (Discussant: Sebastian Haunss)


Coffee break

11.15-12.30
Plenary Session: Could we hope to compile a list of basic causal mechanisms? (Chair: Karin Gottschall)

Peter Starke, University of Southern Denmark
Delia González de Reufels, Johanna Kuhlmann, Frank Nullmeier, Klaus Schlichte, University of Bremen

Lunch

13.45-15.15
Session 5: Mechanisms of Social Policy Dynamics in Latin America (Chair: Delia González de Reufels)

  1. Osmany Porto de Oliveira, Federal University of São Paulo
    Mechanisms for social policy diffusion: theory and evidences from the Brazilian case (Discussant: Tobias ten Brink)
  2. Cecilia Rossel1, Florencia Antía2, 1Universidad Católica del Uruguay, 2Universidad de la República
    The politics of sanctioning the poor: Revealing causal mechanisms in Uruguay’s CCT programs (Discussant: Reynaldo Jiménez Guethón)
  3. Sebastian Sirén, Stockholm University
    The Struggle over universalisation. Actors and institutions in the process towards health care reform in Bolivia (Discussant: Monika Ewa Kaminska)


Coffee break

15.30-16.30
Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester
The rise and fall of Bismarckian social policy in Latin America

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Place
Unicom building
Room: 7.2210
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2 pm - 4 pm
Organiser
Contact Person
Dr. Alex Veit
Organisation
Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Universität Bremen; Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien (InIIS), Universität Bremen; Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik", Universität Bremen
Semester
WiSe 2019/20

The Transnational & Area Studies-Colloquium is a new venue for interdisciplinary debate on pertinent questions of transnational scope and area studies relevance. Scholars and students meet on a monthly basis to discover new approaches and joint research interests. The colloquium is open to the interested public.

Subscribe to the mailing list for regular updates and pre-circulated readings: https://mailman.zfn.uni-bremen.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tas-colloquium

14.05.2019 Colloquium

PhD Proposal: Analysis of Food Social Policies in Senegal

Alex Nadège Ouedraogo
Place
Unicom Building
Room: 7.3280
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2.15 pm - 3.45 pm
Organiser
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS); Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien (InIIS), Universität Bremen; Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik", Universität Bremen

Alex Nadège Ouedraogo (InIIS) discusses her dissertation proposal:
Analysis of food social policies in Senegal

Place
Unicom Building
Room: 7.4500
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Time
2.30 pm - 4 pm
Contact Person
Dr. Alex Veit

Ndangwa Noyoo examines global social policy in the current global climate which is typified by, inter alia, increasing unilateralism, narrow nationalism and xenophobia. The former negative forces are not just confined within countries but are rapidly transcending nation-states and regions of the world, with far-reaching consequences. Global social policy is therefore juxtaposed against these cited trends whilst considering the progress that has been made in this area in past decades. Noyoo also advances his position which sees global social policy as a transformative force which needs to be harnessed and specifically directed by various role players in this era. Arguably, one major force that triggered the cited negative forces is the push factor of uncontrolled and illegal migrations of vulnerable groups from conflict and poverty-ridden parts of the world to the developed northern countries. Drawing on secondary literature and other empirical researches, Noyoo argues for a consolidation of global social policy, despite the deteriorating global situation, through the forging of stronger North – South networks. Also, he calls for a more robust global social policy as it could help to stem the tide of not only the cited migrations, but other social ills, at their source, by raising the quality of life of vulnerable groups in stressed countries. Nevertheless, the aforementioned needs to be predicated on a foundation of international solidarity which, at present, seems to be waning.

Place
Unicom
Room: 3.3380
Mary-Somerville-Straße 3
28359 Bremen
Time
2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Organiser

What were the consequences of the Arab Spring and the subsequent regime changes for Tunisia's and Egypt's social policy? What are the similarities and differences between the two countries? InIIS Managing Director Dr. Roy Karadag will address these questions in a lecture at the InIIS BIGSSS Colloquium.