School Events
The Transformations of Work and Welfare
Leeds University Business School

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Plenary Speakers
- Frank Field MP (Former Minister for Welfare Reform)
- David Coats (Associate Director of The Work Foundation)
- Mark Lovell (Executive Chairman, A4e)
Panel of Discussants
- Prof. Fiona Williams
- Richard Excell (TUC)
- Thea Stein (Yorkshire Forward)
- Prof. Peter Dwyer
Papers presented
-
Competition, contracts and contestability. Welfare to work
in Australia and the UK
Greg Marston (Queensland University) -
Activation and marketisation policies in the UK and Australia
Sharon Wright (Stirling University) -
Old Dogs and New Tricks; Activation and Training Older
Workers in the UK, Australia and USA
Kirk Mann (Leeds University) -
From Welfare to What? Low Paid Work in the context of Leitch and Lisbon
Tim Bickerstaff (Leeds Metropolitan University) -
Effects of Activation in the German Labour Market
Kai Marquardsen (University of Jena) -
Employment Relations in the Work-fare Industry: an
Anglo-German comparison
Ian Greer, Mark Stuart and Ian Greenwood (Leeds University) - Why the privatisation of public services matters. Tales from
health and social care
Ian Greener (Durham University) -
A Comparison of outcomes in countries that vary in their
return to work policies for people with chronic illnesses and disability
Steve Clayton (Liverpool University) -
Welfare Regimes, Unemployment and health; a comparison of 23
EU countries
Clare Bambra (Durham University) -
Welfare Domains and Welfare Conditionality
Brian Lund (Manchester Metropolitan University) -
Transitions from welfare to work for mothers in the Irish
context
Anne Coakley (St Patricks College, Carlow, Ireland) -
Activating lone parents based on the child's age
Tina Haux ( University of Bath) -
Older Men, work for all and transitions out of work
Richard Crisp (Sheffield Hallam University) -
Yearning to Labour, Low Skill Men, Work Identity and
Unemployment
Darren Nixon (Leeds Metropolitan University)
Registration
- Waged: £35
- Unwaged: £25
Fees includes lunch, tea and coffee. Pay by cash or cheque on the day.
To register, please contact one of the following people.
- Kirk Mann by email at K.Mann@Leeds.ac.uk or by telephone on 0113 3434424.
- Jennifer Tomlinson by email at J.Tomlinson@Leeds.ac.uk or by telephone on 0113 3434482.
- Jodie Dyson by email at J.C.Dyson@Leeds.ac.uk or by telephone on 0113 3434438.
Location Details
The Business School, University of Leeds
The Transformations of Work and Welfare
12 September 2008
9.00am to 5.00pm
Conference
Leeds University Business School