Social Policy Conference featuring Joakim Palme at Adelphi University

The two keynote speakers are Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Professor of Economics at Columbia University, as well as Joakim Palme, Director of the Institute for Futures Studies and Professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University.

Joakim Palme examines social policy from a comparative perspective and has published analyses of the welfare state and redistribution and the public-private mix in social protection. He has further worked on social insurance and health, as well as on social policy reform and retrenchment in Sweden. From 1999 to 2001, he chaired the Welfare Commission appointed by the Swedish Government.  His keynote address will focus on the future of the social democratic model.

The two-day conference will feature interdisciplinary and international panels of scholars, which will discuss trends in social well-being in eight industrialized nations: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States.

Social Policy as if People Matter
Ruth S. Harley University Center
Adelphi University
1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY
November 11-12, 2004

For details and a complete schedule events: www.adelphi.edu/peoplematter

> Read the article "How is the Swedish Model Faring?" by Joakim Palme on the official gateway to Sweden

Photo: Joakim Palme