The notion that every person living amidst the relative affluence has a right to a minimum income enabling social participation, be it frugally and soberly, holds as a fundamental matter of social justice to most people. These questions have occupied social policy scholars for decades. Many of these issues still have open questions. Is there a viable way forward towards minimum income provisions that protect against poverty? What can the role be of public services and in-kind benefits? What can we expect from the breathtaking advances in timely administrative data, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in terms of reducing non-take-up and expediting benefit payments? What is the (remaining) role for social workers and how much discretionary power should they have? What is the impact of migration on minimum income schemes and political support for such schemes?
ESPAnet (European Network for Social Policy Analysis) and AIPRIL (the Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality) are organizing a workshop to take stock where we stand in the field of minimum income support across the globe and how we can move forward. To apply, send an abstract of up to 500 words by 15 June 2025 to ninke.mussche@uantwerpen.be, mentioning ‘Espanet/ AIPRIL Workshop’ as the subject.
We are open to a wide range of papers relating to minimum income protection (also for workers). We particularly welcome contributions drawing on rigorous qualitative and/or quantitative evidence. We will not require finalized papers but a first draft is essential if we want to have a substantive and fruitful discussion.
You will also have the chance of course to present your paper.
Two lunches and one dinner will be provided to presenters, but travel and accommodation are at your own expense.
Provisional schedule
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First day: Tuesday 16 September |
Second day: Wednesday 17 September |
| 9:00 |
Minimum income protection: where do we stand? (Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx, Julia Shu-Huah Wang) |
Keynote: Kenneth Nelson (University of Oxford) |
| 10:00 |
Session 4 |
| 11:00 |
Session 1 |
| 12:00 |
Wrap-up and general discussion |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Keynote Marcello Natili (University of Milan) |
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| 15:00 |
Session 2 |
| 16:00 |
| 17:00 |
Session 3 |
| 18:00 |
| 19:00 |
Dinner |
| 20:00 |
Despite growing recognition of homelessness as a human rights issue, including its formal recognition by the United Nations in 2021, demographic research on this vulnerable population remains limited. In a new article, CSDE Affiliates Zack W. Almquist (Sociology) and Amy Hagopian (Health Systems and Population Health), along with co-author Paul Hebert (Health Systems and Population Health), argue for greater demographic attention to the enumeration and measurement of people experiencing homelessness in the United States. Published in the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research in a special issue on population inequality matters, the study highlights how core demographic tools and demographic outlets have been underutilized in understanding a crisis affecting millions of people worldwide, and over 770,000 individuals, on any given night, in the United States alone. Read the full study here.
Join us for CSDE’s annual closing reception on Friday, June 6th at 12:30PM; snacks and drinks provided! We’ll present Demographic Methods Certificates and celebrate the end of a successful academic year. Please join us in recognizing all of these accomplishments! Every member of the CSDE community plays an important role in our broader research network and training program.
Date: 06/06/2025
Time: 12:30-1:30 PM
Location: Parrington Hall, Room 320
The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) and The Milbank Quarterly recently announced a collaboration aimed at demonstrating the impacts of recent federal actions on population health and health policy. If you would like to share your story and insights on the impact of recent federal actions on your research and trainees, and the implications for population health and health equity policy and outcomes, share your story here. Selected submissions will be featured on The Milbank Quarterly website.
Join the Center for Aging, Climate, and Health (CACHE) for an upcoming Climate 101 webinar!
On June 5th, Dr. Christian Braneon of the City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR) will cover climate variability, the components of climate risk, and insights on developing projections of future climate for interdisciplinary research. Learn more and register here.