The Future of Welfare to Work

What is problematic about welfare to work and what are realistic and just alternatives?  Social lawyers and sociologists will discuss these questions in an interdisciplinary symposium on the future of welfare to work. Contributions in the first part of the symposium take the lived experiences of welfare to work as a starting point for thinking about potential systemic reforms. Contributions in the second part address the question whether welfare to work can be classified as forced work. The last part of the symposium is the book launch of  ‘Welfare to work in Contemporary European Welfare States’. The editors will present its main conclusions, including an alternative design for current welfare to work legislation. The symposium will be moderated by Klara Boonstra, professor of International Labour Law at the VU University Amsterdam and Director of the Scientific Foundation for Social Democracy (Wiarda Beckman Stichting).

Speakers

• Ruth Patrick (Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work, University of York)
• Gijsbert Vonk (Professor of Social Security Law, University of Groningen)
• Erin Hatton (Associate Professor of Sociology, State University of New York at Buffalo)
• Amir Paz-Fuchs (Professor of Law and Social Justice)
• Anja Eleveld
• Thomas Kampen
• Josien Arts (Assistant Professor of Social Law, VU University Amsterdam; Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Humanistic Studies; and Sociologist at The Netherlands Institute for Social Research)

Registration: anja.eleveld@vu.nl
Additional information: https://www.rechten.vu.nl/nl/nieuws-agenda/agenda/2020/jan-mrt/12-04-the-future-of-welfare-to-work.aspx