The Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network was kicked off at an online meeting in September 2022 and officially launched in the context of the Social Policy Biennale at the University of Bremen.
A Board of researchers has carried out the organization and promoted various activities that include bi-monthly Colloquium and Newsletters, a Mailing list with over 700 subscribers, the establishment of an Early-Career Researchers community, and of a dialogue with national and European stakeholders.
The Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network also serves as a coordination point for common conference streams and as a general “hub” for researchers working on sustainable welfare and eco-social topics.
Upcoming events
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International Summer School “Social Policy and Ecological Sustainability
7 – 13 September 2025, University of Bremen
We are pleased to invite you to apply for the international summer school of the Sustainable Welfare & Eco-Social Policy Network in cooperation with the German Institute for Interdisciplinary Social Policy (DIFIS).
You can find more information about the Summer School here.
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The 13th Colloquium organized by the Sustainable Welfare & Eco-Social Policy Network titled “Intersectionality and Sustainable Welfare” will take place online on 21 May at 2:30 PM.
More information is posted on the Colloquium’s page.
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The next Early-Career Researchers’ meeting will take place online on 21 May at 13:30 CET, right before the Network’s Colloquium.
All information are posted in the Early-Researchers’ page and sent to the Early-Researchers’ mailing list.
More information about the Network
If you wish to learn more about the Network and its origins, you can read Mandelli, M., Bohnenberger, K., Hirvilammi, T., & Zimmermann, K. (2022). The sustainable welfare and eco-social policy network. Culture, Practice & Europeanization, 7(2), 304-308.