Welfare states are at a critical turning point. The development of welfare systems was one of the defining characteristics of the 20th century, especially in Europe. However, in times of change, it is important to re-think “the welfare state” with a programme of innovative research designed to ask, and answer, fundamental questions about the design, delivery and experience of welfare in the 21st century.

New Book: Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook

September 2, 2019

The Healthdox team is happy to announce that our book, Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press and that it will be forthcoming in the Welfare State Futures series in 2020. Description: This is a reference volume that will provide up-to-date information on, and analysis of, health … More New Book: Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook

Latest Output from the Welfare State Futures Teams

September 2, 2019

EXCELC Batchelder, Laurie, Juliette Malley, Peter Burge, Hui Lu, Eirini-Christina Saloniki, Ismo Linnosmaa, Birgit Trukeschitz and Julien Forder (2019) “Carer social care-related quality of life outcomes: estimating English preference weights for the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers (ASCOT-Carer)” Value in Health, in press. Linnosmaa Ismo (2019) “Ikääntyneiden pitkäaikaishoiton vaikuttavuuden mittaaminen vaatii useampia mittareita”, … More Latest Output from the Welfare State Futures Teams

Final Reflections: European Citizenship Education, People-centered Solutions and the Integration of Public Opinion into Scientific Research – Jet Bussemaker, Former Dutch Minister of Education and Professor at Leiden University on the Welfare State Futures Programme

July 11, 2019

by Jet Bussemaker European citizenship values/citizenship education rather than European Social Union Within the framework of supranational systems like the EU, and national policy making, we can distinguish two perspectives, an optimistic and a pessimistic view. Within the optimistic approach, social policy is regarded as an unavoidable spill-over effect of economic European policies. Maurizio Ferrera … More Final Reflections: European Citizenship Education, People-centered Solutions and the Integration of Public Opinion into Scientific Research – Jet Bussemaker, Former Dutch Minister of Education and Professor at Leiden University on the Welfare State Futures Programme

PhD Alumni Update: New PhD Reports from 4Is and MIFARE

July 11, 2019

Congratulations to Linna Martén (2016) “Essays on Politics, Law, and Economics” Uppsala University, Department of Economics; Henrik Andersson (2018) “Immigration and the Neighborhood: Essays on the Causes and Consequences of International Migration” Uppsala University, Department of Economics and Jeanette Renema (2018) “Immigrants’ support for welfare spending: The causes and consequences of welfare usage and welfare … More PhD Alumni Update: New PhD Reports from 4Is and MIFARE

The Welfare State has a Future!

May 14, 2019

We would like to announce the launch of a scientific animation that we made to summarize a key message from our programme, which is that welfare states are in remarkably good shape given the series of crises that Europe has undergone in the last decades, and that some common presuppositions about welfare states are based … More The Welfare State has a Future!