Public Lecture by Jane Gingrich "The Origins of the Welfare State: Varying Politics, Varying States?"

Jane Gingrich is Associate professor of Comparative Political Economy, Magdalen College of University of Oxford. Her main research interests involve comparative political economy and comparative social policy. In particular, she is interested in contemporary restructuring of the welfare state, and the politics of institutional change more broadly. She holds an ERC Grant SCHOOLPOL 2018-2023 that focuses on the consequences of earlier political choices over education on long-term social and economic outcomes, examining the link between varying cohort educational experiences and social mobility and political participation using new and existing surveys.

Target group: PhD students, supervisors, researchers interested in topic
Time schedule:

• 9.30-10.00 Welcome coffee and registration
• 10.00-11.00 Lecture "The origins of the welfare state: varying politics, varying states?" (Jane Gingrich)
• 11.00.-11.30 Joint discussion

Additional information: Koidu Saia, Koidu.Saia@tlu.ee

Event is organized by COST Action CA17114 „Transdisciplinary solutions to cross sectoral disadvantage in youth“ (YOUNG-IN) in co-operation with TU Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Lifecourse Studies and Doctoral School of Behavioural, Social and Health Sciences.