Education as Welfare – Enhancing opportunities for socially vulnerable youth in Europe (20o9-2013) funded by Seventh Framework Programme An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated early stage researchers (ESR) with strong training in social sciences and or economics to join the Marie Curie EDUWEL Initial Training Network (ITN) for three years from 1 July 2010. The ITN “Education as Welfare – Enhancing opportunities for socially vulnerable youth in Europe” consists of 15 partner institution from 9 countries with interdisciplinary research experience and expertise based in leading European university departments and social, economic and political stakeholders. The ITN aims to consolidate research on education and welfare and evaluate its capacity to tackle the multiple challenges and pressures a large proportion of young people in Europe face in transition from school to working life. The scientific objective of the research and training programme is to identify factors with which to extend young people’s opportunities and capabilities in work, autonomy and participation – the central dimensions of welfare using the theoretical framework of the capability approach. Network coordinator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Uwe Otto Project coordination: Dipl. Pad. Susanne Gottuck Bielefeld University, Germany: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Uwe Otto Dipl. Pad. Susanne Gottuck Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland: Prof. Dr. Marek Kwiek University of Florence, Italy: Prof. Mario Biggeri, PhD University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland, Switzerland: Prof. Dr. Jean-Michel Bonvin Education International, Belgium: Dr. Guntars Catlaks European Trade Union Institute, Belgium: Maria Jepsen, PhD University of London, United Kingdom: Prof. Elaine Unterhalter, PhD Institute for Advanced Study, Italy: Prof. Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, PhD Goteborg University, Sweden: Prof. Bjorn Hallerod, PhD The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom: Prof. Dr. Melanie Walker Associated Partners: BBJ Servis gGmbH, Belgium – Ulrike Wisser Office europeen de conseil, recherche et formation en relations sociales, France – Dr. Nicolas Farvaque Technical University of Valencia, Spain – Prof. Alejandra Boni Aristizabal, PhD Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany – Cornelia Stern

Events:

Kick-OFF Meeting, Bielefeld, February 19-20, 2010