Hej, SOFI anordnar workshop/seminarium för doktorander och juniora forskare i juni. Sprid gärna i era nätverk! Allt gott Daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nordic ESPAnet Seminar for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers: Social Policy Context of Life-course Transitions The 2026 Nordic ESPAnet seminar for doctoral students and early career researchers will be organised by the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, in collaboration with the Sustainable Synergies research project<http://www.su.se/english/research/research-catalogue/research-projects/2/sustainable-synergies>. The seminar will be held in Stockholm, on 4 and 5 June 2026. The seminar invites early career scholars (PhD and postdoc) to submit their research abstracts on any topic relevant to social policy research and the ESPAnet community. Priority will be given to contributions that fit the overall theme outlined below, and that have a Nordic focus. Quantitative and qualitative papers are equally welcome, as well as comparative research and country-case studies. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present their research in a welcoming and supportive setting. Final papers (10 pages or more) will be submitted 3 weeks prior to the seminar. Each paper will be assigned two discussants: one other participant, and one senior researcher. Senior discussants include Rense Nieuwenhuis, Tomas Korpi, Marie Evertsson, and others. Keynotes will be given by Cassandra Engeman and Jan Helmdag. Theme: Social policy context of life-course transitions Life-course transitions represent critical developments to people's and families' lives, such as school-to-work, unemployment to employment, transitions related to family formation and dissolution, and into retirement. Life-course transitions provide a particularly interesting angle to study social policy. Broader topics include, but are not limited to: Transitions: What social policy contexts facilitate (successful) transitions from one life-course stage to the next? Cumulative inequality: In what social policy contexts are inequalities in one life-course stage less likely to transmit to, or accumulate in, the next life-course stage? Policy Interplay: To what extent are transitions between two life-course stages best supported by the combination of policies typically associated with both life-course stages? The seminar will: Provide doctoral students and early career researchers with an opportunity to present their current work and to receive constructive feedback from an international panel of professors and peer-doctoral-students and early career researchers. Develop a supportive network of PhD and early career researchers with an interest in Nordic welfare research. Timeline & Important dates Deadline for abstract submission: 15 March Notification of acceptance: 27 March Seminar: Thursday 4 June (all day) – Friday 5 June (until lunch) Practicalities Participants will cover their own travel and accommodation. Lunch, dinner on Thursday, and catering during the meeting days will be provided. There is no fee for participation. Accepted participants will submit a draft manuscript ahead of the seminar. This can be preliminary work, but should give the basis for a fruitful discussion (e.g. 10 pages or more). Submit an abstract of your paper (500 words) to: nordic.seminar@ESPAnet.org<mailto:nordic.seminar@ESPAnet.org> Note that on 1-3 June, the FISS conference (Foundation for International Studies on Social Security) will be held in Sigtuna, close to Stockholm (https://www.fisssocialsecurity.org<https://www.fisssocialsecurity.org/&g…) The FISS conference and the ESPAnet Nordic Early Career Seminar are organised independently from each other, but participants may be interested in combining two opportunities to discuss their work in a single trip. VARNING: Klicka inte på länkar och öppna inte bilagor om du inte känner igen avsändaren och vet att innehållet är säkert. CAUTION: Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy