Wednesday, March 9
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| Afternoon |
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Arrival of participants |
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| 19:00 |
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Dinner and Welcome by the Secretary General of Villa Vigoni, Prof. Gregor Vogt-Spira |
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Thursday, Morning, March 10
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| 9:15-9:30 |
Heinz-Herbert Noll (GESIS, Mannheim), Carla Collicelli (CENSIS, Rome), Bartek Lessear (EU-Commission, Brussels) |
Welcome and Opening of the Conference |
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Session I: The Meaning of Social Progress in European Societies Today (Chair: Heinz-Herbert Noll, GESIS, Mannheim) |
| 9:30-11:00 |
Heinz-Herbert Noll (GESIS, Mannheim) |
Introduction – Measuring and Monitoring Social Progress |
presentation |
| Claus Offe (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin) |
Keynote Lecture: What, if Anything, Might We Mean by ‘Progressive’ Politics Today? |
paper(113 KB) |
| Jürgen Kohl (Universität Heidelberg) |
Discussant |
paper(181 KB) |
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Discussion |
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| 11:00–11:30 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session II: Current Concepts and Approaches of Measuring and Monitoring Social Progress (Chair: Carla Collicelli, CENSIS, Rome) |
| 11:30-12:45 |
Bartek Lessaer (European Commission, Brussels) |
Measuring and Monitoring the Progress of Societies by the European Commission – Current Programs and Projects |
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| Romina Boarini (OECD, Paris) |
Measuring and Monitoring Progress: The OECD ‘Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies’ and Results from the ‘Stiglitz - Commission’ |
presentation |
| Tadas Leoncikas (European Foundation, Dublin) |
The Measurement of the Quality of Society as Part of Monitoring Social Progress |
presentation |
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Discussion |
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| 13:00 |
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Lunch |
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Thursday, Afternoon, March 10
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Session II continued |
| 14:15-14:45 |
Stefan Bergheim (Zentrum für gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt, Frankfurt) |
Measuring and Comparing Progress – A New Index |
presentation |
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Discussion |
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Session III: Directions and Meanings of Current Developments in European Societies (Chair: Heinz-Herbert Noll, GESIS, Mannheim) |
| 14:45-16:15 |
Joakim Palme (University of Uppsala) |
Progress? – Recent Social Developments in Sweden |
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| Anne Foulger (ONS, Newport) |
Progress? – Recent Social Developments in the UK |
presentation(818 KB) |
| Rob Bijl (SCP, Den Haag) |
Social Progress in the Netherlands: A Battle of the Generations or Intergenerational Solidarity? |
presentation |
| Stefan Weick, Heinz-Herbert Noll (GESIS, Mannheim) |
Progress, Regress, Stagnancy? Changes in Living Conditions and Subjective Well-Being in Germany. |
presentation(646 KB) |
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Discussion |
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| 16:15–16:45 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session III continued |
| 16:45–18:45 |
Peter Farago, Felix Bühlmann (FORS, Lausanne) |
Social Progress? – Evidence From the Swiss Social Report 2012 |
presentation |
| Carla Collicelli (Censis, Rome) |
Formal and Informal in the Italian Welfare Mix: Progress, Resistence or Simply Tradition? |
presentation(6.7 MB) |
| Carlos Pereda (Colectivo Ioé, Madrid) |
An Assessment of the Quality of Life Following the Crisis in Spain |
paper / presentation |
| Stella Golinowska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) |
Progress? Recent Social Developments in Poland |
presentation(655 KB) |
| Robert Gal (Tarki, Budapest) |
Generational Effects of Social Progress – the Case of Hungary |
presentation(275 KB) |
| Robert Anderson (European Foundation, Dublin) |
The Direction of Current Social Developments in Europe – Results from the European Quality of Life Surveys |
presentation(1.5 MB) |
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Discussion |
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| 19:30 |
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Dinner |
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Friday, Morning, March 11
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Session IV: Social Progress as Subject of Social Reporting and Social Monitoring (Chair: Bartek Lessear, European Commission, Brussels) |
| 09:30–10:45 |
Danuta Biterman (The National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm) |
‘Social Report 2010′ – The National Report on Social Conditions in Sweden |
presentation |
| Simon Chapple (OECD, Paris) |
Society at a Glance 2011 – Measuring Progress in OECD Countries |
presentation(1.0 MB) |
| Donato Speroni (Istituto per la Formazione al Giornalismo, Urbino) |
Problems in Going Beyond GDP – Communicating Dashboards and Indicators to Measure Progress |
presentation |
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Discussion |
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| 10:45–11:15 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 11:15-12:30 |
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Planning Future Collaboration (Chair: Carla Collicelli) |
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| 13:00 |
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Lunch and Departure |
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