9h00-9h30 |
Registration |
9h30-9h45 |
Welcoming speeches |
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Representative of the Greek Presidency (tbc) |
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Prof. Grigorios Tsaltas, Rector of Panteion University |
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Prof. Nicolas Demertzis, Director of EKKE |
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Video message from Commissioner for Employments, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Professor Laszlo Andor |
9h45-10h30 |
Session 1 : Presentation of the review of FP7 research on social inequalities |
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Coordinator: Christos Bagavos, Ass. Prof. of Panteion University |
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“Social Inequalities in Europe. Conceptual Challenges”, Prof. Jutta Allmendinger, President of WZB Berlin Social Science Center |
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Discussion |
10h30-11h00 |
Coffee break |
11h00-12h00 |
Session 2: Employment, wealth, income inequalities and their social impact |
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Coordinator: Savas Robolis, Prof. of Panteion University |
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“Employment, inequality and social policy”, Prof. Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK/ Coordinator of the GUSTO project |
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“Beyond market forces: a story of changing economic inequalities in rich countries”, Dr. Virginia Maestri, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission, former researcher at the University of Amsterdam/GINI Project |
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Discussion |
12h00-13h30 |
Standing Lunch |
13h30-15h00 |
Session 3: Life satisfaction, gender and health inequalities. The social impact. |
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Coordinator: Emmanuel Chrysakis, Research Director of EKKE |
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“The Impact of Crisis on Gender Inequality: The Greek Case”, Dr. Joanna Tsiganou, Director of Research, Institute of Social Research, EKKE |
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“The impact of economic crisis on Health Inequalities in the EU Countries, Prof. John Yfantopoulos, University of Athens |
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“Social inequalities, fertility and subjective well-being in Europe”, Dr. Tatiana Karabchuk, Deputy Director of the International Laboratory for Comparative Social Research at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow |
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Discussion |
15h00-15h30 |
Coffee break |
15h30-17h00 |
Session 4: Policy responses to inequalities |
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Coordinator: Nicolas Georgarakis, Researcher of EKKE |
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“Excessive social imbalances in the Eurozone”, Prof. Frank Vandenbroucke, Former Minister of Social Affairs Belgium and Prof. at Universities of Leuven and Amsterdam |
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“Defending the rights of disadvantaged children in the context of austerity measures, Giorgos Moschos, Deputy Ombudsman in charge of children's rights |
16h30-17h00 |
Conclusions |
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Coordinator: Nicolas Georgarakis, Researcher of EKKE |
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Philippe Keraudren, Deputy Head of Unit Reflective Societies, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission |
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Representative of the Greek Presidency (tbc) |