Annual seminars
2014 Tallinn
Programme:
11th International LP & R seminar in Tallinn, Estonia; 18-19th September 2014
Presentations:
The Nordic Council of Ministers
Merle Kuusk
NCM Office in Estonia
Estonian leave policies
Katre Pall
Department of Social Security, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia
Comparing leave policies across the Baltic States
Marre Karu
Labour and Social Policy Programme, PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies, Estonia
Ruta Braziene
Department of Sociology, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania
Baltic and Nordic leave policies
Johanna Lammi Taskula
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki
What is the case for paid parental leave?
Elin Kvande
Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Technology and Science
How to assess European leave policies regarding their compliance with an ideal leave model
Helene Dearing
Institute for Social Policy , Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)
Use of Parental leave policies in the Russian Federation
Oxana Sinyavskaya
High School of Economics (Moscow)
Fathers on Leave Alone Research Project
Karin Wall
Institute for Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
Policy debates in an (independent?!) Scotland
Alison Koslowski
University of Edinburgh
Nordic Family Policy and Demographic Consequences
Ann-Zofie Duvander
Demography Unit. Department of Sociology, University of Stockholm
‘More or less leave for fathers’ – new legislation in Slovenia
Nada Stropnik
Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The parental leave reforms and childbearing in Poland.
Findings from Cox proportional hazard model for transitions to the first and second child for Polish women
Anna Kurowska
Institute of Social Policy, University of Warsaw
Fathers in Japan - Parental leave in a father-unfriendly work culture
Hideki Nakazato
Konan University, Kobe, Japan
Mothers of two-year-olds in Finland – the activity of mothers and the plans of the government
Minna Salmi
Johanna Närvi
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki
Early childhood education and care in Croatia
Ivana Dobrotic
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Department of Social Policy
Learning from Abroad? Policy transfer – The cases of Germany and Austria
Sonja Blum
Austrian Institute for Family Studies at the University of Vienna
Policy learning: the helicopter view
Agnes Uhereczky
COFACE (Confederation of Family Organisations in the EU)
Equality between Women and Men in the EU: recent developments
Muriel Bissières
European Commission DG Justice, Gender Equality Unit
International Family Organisation - Possible collaboration
Agnes Uhereczky
COFACE (Confederation of Family Organisations in the EU)
EIGE’s work on Good Practices in the area of Reconciliation. Main findings
Maurizio Mosca
European Institute for Gender Equalities
UN International Year of the Family 2014IYF + 20
Margarte O'Brien
Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
2013 Paris
Programme:
10th International LP & R seminar in Paris, France; 17-18th October 2013
Presentations:
Family policy in OECD member states and impact of the crisis
Willem Adema
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - OECD
Leave policy in OECD member states and impact of the crisis
Olivier Thévenon
Institut national d'études démographiques - INED, Paris
Nordic states
Gudný Björk Eydal and Ingólfur V. Gislason
University of Iceland, Iceland
Southern Europe: Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal
Anna Escobedo
University of Barcelona, Spain
Karin Wall
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Central and Eastern Europe or Visegrad countries
Piotr Michon
Poznan University of Economics, Poland
English-speaking world
Margaret O'Brien
Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Marian Baird
University of Sydney, Australia
French Policy: from a French perspective
Sandra Dauphin and Anna Hiltunen
Caisse nationale des allocations familiales (CNAF), Paris
French Policy: from an outside perspective
Laura Merla
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Impact "Taking pappa leave? Great! How will your job get done?"
Companies' gradual accomodation of caregiving fathers in Sweden
Linda Haas
Indiana University-Indianapolis, USA
Philip Hwang
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
How well do Canada's care leave policies and workplace policies and practices support employees with adult or elder care responsibilities?
Donna Lero
University of Guelph, Canada
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Télé-university of the University of Quebec, Canada
2012 Ljubljana
Programme:
9th International LP & R seminar in Ljubljana, Slovenia; 13-14th September 2012
Presentations:
An introduction to Slovenian geography, population and history, and to Slovenian leave policies
Nada Stropnik
Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana
Situation analysis and identification of needs in the area of family policy
Ružica Boškic and Tatjana Rakar
Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
Practices of work-life balance in Slovenia
Aleksandra Kanjuo Mr?ela and Nevenka ?ernigoj Sadar
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
Father's take-up of leave in Slovenia
Nada Stropnik and Nataša Kump
Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana
Slovenia and Croatia compared - Discussion from a neighbouring country
Ivana Dobroti?
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Slovenian parental leave - Discussion from a Nordic perspective
Linda Haas
Indiana University, US/Sweden
Father's changing roles: a global overview
Margaret O'Brien
University of East Anglia, UK
International overview of fathers and leave based on 2012 review
Table
Peter Moss
Institute of Education University of London, UK
Nordic fatherhoods: main findings from recent research
Minna Salmi
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Impact of fathers' taking leave on children's lives in Nordic countries
Berit Brandth
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Fathers and leave in Nordic countries: commonalities and differences
Johanna Lammi-Taskula
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Developments on fathers and leave in France
Jeanne Fagnani
CNRS-IRES, Institut de recherches économiques et sociales, France
Danielle Boyer
CNAF - France
Activating fathers in conservative welfare states? Evidence on outcomes in Germany and Austria
Sonja Blum
Austrian Institute for Family Studies, Austria
Research on parental leave in Spain
Gerardo Meil
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Policy and research developments in Australia
Gillian Whitehouse
University of Queensland
Introduction to leave policies in Japan
Hideki Nakazato
Konan University
Research on the 'daddy month' in Portugal
Karin Wall
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Leave policies from a child rights perspective
Mafalda Leal
Policy Officer, EUROCHILD
Report on developments at OECD, including research on fathers' involvement and historical information on leave legislation
Maria Huerta
OECD
2011 Reykjavik
Programme:
8th International LP&R seminar: “High North - Extremely Different?”, Reykjavik, 15-16 September 2011
Presentations:
Iceland – facts and figures
Gyda Margrét Pétursdóttir
Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland
Icelandic leave policies – special emphasis on fathers
Ingólfur V. Gíslason
University of Iceland
Comparing leave systems in the Nordic Countries
Ann-Zofie Duvander
Demography Unit. Department of Sociology, University of Stockholm; and National Social Insurance Agency
Johanna Lammi-Taskula
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki
Nordic childcare policy
Guðný Björk Eydal
Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana
Germany
Sonja Blum
Institut für Politikwissenschaft, University of Münster
Ireland
Eileen Drew
Department of Statistics, Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, Trinity College Dublin
Finland
Minna Salmi
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki
Leave policies beyond childhood:
Highlights of Eurofound research about workers with care responsibilities for dependent persons
Anna Ludwinek
Research Officer, Quality of Life and Living Conditions, European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions
Discussant:
Donna Lero
Centre for Families, Work and Well-being,University of Guelph, Ontario
The interplay between leave policies and early childhood services:
General Overview
Peter Moss
Thomas Coram Research Unit,Institute of Education University of London
Case study - Slovenia
Nada Stropnik
Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana
Discussant:
Marta Korintus
Institute of Social Policy and Labour (SZMI), Budapest
The future of leave policies: a personal view
Linda Haas
Department of Sociology,Indiana University-Indianapolis
OECD’s historical data on legislation changes
Olivier Thevenon
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques
2012 - UN year of work/family
Margaret O’Brien
School of Social Work and Psychosocial Sciences,University of East Anglia, Norwich
2010 Bologna
Programme:
Presentations:
Italian leave policies: between progress and stalement
Dino Giovannini
Faculty of Education, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Major economic dimensions of leave policies
Tindara Addabbo
Faculty of Education, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Main results from research among human resource managers in the Emilia-Romagna region
Filippo M. Bocchi
Gruppo Hera
Diversity management: future assets for human resource management
Marco Caputo
Impronta Etica
Reconciliation between work and family in Italy
Francesca Pelaia
Presidency of the Council of the Ministers, Department for family policies
The Swiss parental leave scheme - Current situation and future developments
Isabel Valarino
Laboratory of Life Course Studies, University of Lausanne
National presentation: Austria
Christiane Rille-Pfeiffer
Austrian Institute for Family Studies, University of Vienna
"If I were Prime Minister: Innovative view on leave policies"
Manifesto 1
Fred Deven and Peter Moss
Kenniscentrum WVG (Team WO), Departement Welzijn, Volksgezondheid & Gezin, Brussels
Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education University of London
Manifesto 2
Anna Escobedo
Department of Sociology, University of Barcelona
The view beyond the EU: Australia
Michael Alexander
Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne
The view beyond the EU: Canada
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Donna Lero
Télé-université, Université du Québec à Montréal
Centre for Families, Work and Well-being, University of Guelph, Ontario
Publications: Gender equality incentives projects
Tine Rostgaard
Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen
2009 Prague
Programme:
Presentations:
Trends in Family Behaviour: Fertility Pattern
Jitka Rychtaríková
Department of Demography and Geodemography
Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
Leave policies within the family policies in the Czech Republic
Jirina Kocourková, Ph.D.
Department of Demography and Geodemography
Faculty of Science
Charles University in Prague
Current leave policy issues in Finland
Minna Salmi and Johanna Lammi-Taskula
National Institute for health and welfare, Finland
The Economics of Leave Policies: researching the cost of parental leave
Margaret O’Brien
Centre for Research on the Child and Family,
University of East Anglia, UK
The economics of leave. Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Janneke Plantenga and Jan-Dirk Vlasblom
Utrecht University School of Economics
Recent demographic trends
Jitka Rychtaríková
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science
Department of Demography and Geodemography
Gender equality incentives
Tine Rostgaard
The Danish Natonal Centre for Social Welfare
Parental leave – new proposal for a Directive
Tobias Müllensiefen
European Commission
Family Policy in Russia: Current Issues
Zhanna Kravchenko
Lund University, Sweden
Södertörn University, Sweden
2008 Louvain-la-Neuve
Programme:
5th UCL Campus, Louvain-la-Neuve (13-14 October 2008) International LP&R seminar
Presentations:
A life course approach to leave policies - The Belgian case as example
Amandine Masuy, Fellow researcher FNRS, PhD student in Sociology UCL/KUL
Articulating Work and Family in Belgium : a Gendered Use of Institutional Measures
Bernard Fusulier, Université catholique de Louvain
Articulating Work and Family in Belgium : a Gendered Use of Institutional Measures
Bernard Fusulier, Université catholique de Louvain
The EC Directive on Parental Leave
Bernard Fusulier, University of Louvain
Are career break leaves a solution for the time squeeze? Time use comparisons of men and women with a different work load
Jessie Vandeweyer, Department of Sociology, Research Group TOR
Higher parental benefit as an incentive to fertility increase ?
Jirina Kocourková, Department of Demography and geodemography, Faculty of Science, Charles University
The Politics of Parental Leave in Australia
Marian Baird, Women? Work Research Group, University of Sydney
Legislative Provisions for the Combination of Work and Care in South Africa
Lisa Dancaster: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
2008 Amsterdam
Expert Workshop: Diversity and Leave Arrangements, 14-15 July 2008, Amsterdam
In July 2008 Professor dr. Saskia Keuzenkamp, together with dr. Fred Deven and Prof. Peter Moss, Coordinators of Leave Policies & Research Network convened an expert workshop in Amsterdam.
This Expert workshop studied the relationship between (the specific contents of) leave policies and diversity, including these issues:
- What differences are there in take up of leaves between different groups of workers, like between women from different ethnic groups, or women who are working in different professions or sectors, or women with differences in household status (like single parents)?
- How can these differences be explained, focussing especially on the possible influences of the conditions of the policies that define who is and who is not entitled to take leave?
- How does the payment of the leaves work out for the take up rate in different groups of workers? To what extent do these conditions reinforce the gender gap in the division of labour?
- Are there differences in the eligibility and take up of leaves between leave policies for parents and leave policies to take care of other dependents? Which groups of workers are better of?
Presentations:
Parental Leave Seminar
Tine Rostgaard
Take-up of leave and part-time work by women from different ethnic groups in the Netherlands
Saskia Keuzenkamp & Hanne Groenendijk
German Leave Reforms: Acknowledging Diversity?
Dimensions of diversity
Peter Moss
Diversity in the provision of parental leave: the case of the Netherlands
Chantal Remery & Janneke Plantenga
Compatibility between work and family for all? Parental leave use among Swedish-born and foreign-born parents
Ann-Zofie Duvander
Fathers and Parental Leave Policies: International comparisons
Margaret O’Brien
2007 Budapest
Programme:
4th International Seminar, Budapest 18th-19th October 2007
Presentations:
"Parental policy and the organizational mediation"
Bernard Fusulier, Unit of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Louvain
Leave Policies in Austria
Christiane Rille-Pfeiffer, Austrian Institute for Family Studies
Work-Family Policies. Employers‘ perspective & involvement
Daniel Erler, Germany
The German Family. Policy Shift
Daniel Erler, Germany
Parental Leave, Working time and Work-Family Articulation
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, University of Québec in Montréal
You never notice they've left. Fathers on leave in Iceland
Gyða Margrét Pétursdóttir & Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland
Maternity/parental leave duration in Australia – perspectives on optimality
Gillian Whitehouse, University of Queensland
In mother’s roll: employment versus family
Marietta Pongrácz, Hungary
Possibilities of and barriers to the employment of women on child care leave
Mária Frey, Institute for Social Policy and Labour, Hungary
Views of the 22-35 years old population concerning parental leaves and childcare in Hungary
Marta Korintus, Hungary
Leave policy in Poland – opinions of users and employers
Irena E.Kotowska, Warsaw School of Economics
Piotr Michon, Poznan University of Economics
Policies to increase fathers’ use of leave
Peter Moss, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education University of London
Leave Policies: UK update
Margaret O’Brien, Centre for Research on the Child and the Family,University of East Anglia
Family policy work in the OECD
Willem Adema, Asian Social and Health Outreach, OECD
Organizational culture and companies' responsiveness to fathers in Sweden
Linda Haas, Indiana University, USA
C. Philip Hwang, Göteborg University, Sweden
2006 Lisbon
Programme:
3rd International Seminar, Lisbon 9-10th November 2006
Presentations:
International network on leave policy and research
Summary of presentations (170 slides)
2005 London
Programme:
2nd International Seminar, London 17th-18th November 2005
Presentations:
Leave policy services and early childhood services: cross-national overview
Anna Escobedo, Dpt of Sociology, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona
Recent developments in leave policy in France - 2004 and 2005 reforms
Jeanne Fagnani, France
Hungary. Leave policy and early childhood services
Marta Korintus, National Institute for Family and Social Policy, Hungary
Study of parental leave for the council of Europe
Eileen Drew, Trinity College Dublin
On development in leave policy in Finland (under discussion)
Pentti Takala, Kela - The social Insurance Institution, Finland
Reform Planned for Parental Allowance by the new German Government for 2007
Wolfgang Erler, German Youth Institute
Recent developments in Icelandic leave policies
Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir, Associate Professor & Gyda Margret Petursdottir, MA, PhD-student. Faculty of Social Science, University of Iceland
Leave policies for mothers and fathers: children's well-being & perspectives
Margaret O'Brien, Centre for Research on the Child and Family
Life course savings scheme in the Netherlands
Hanne Groenendijk, Policy advisor, Ministry of Social Affairs & Employment
Development in leave policy in Norway
Berit Brandth, Dpt. of sociology and Political Science, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Leave policy -Recent developments in de UK
Peter Moss, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education University of London
Childcare Policies and ECCE in Developing Countries
Hye-Jin Park, Section for Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, UNESCO Paris