Villa Vigoni 2024

18th Conference “Social Monitoring and Reporting in Europe” Fears, Worries, and Anxieties in Contemporary Europe

Villa Vigoni 7-9/10/2024

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Afternoon

 

Arrival of participants

 

19:00

 

Reception & Dinner

 

 

 

Tuesday, Morning, October 8

9:00 – 10:45

Session I.    Chair: Christian Suter (University of Neuchâtel)

Fears, Worries, and Anxieties in Contemporary Europe: Long-term Dynamics, Drivers, and Measures

 

Christian Suter (University of Neuchâtel)

Welcome and Introduction to the Conference

Presentation

 

James Laurence (University College London, UK), Stephanie Sprong (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Frances McGinnity (Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland), Helen Russell (Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland) & Garance Hingre (Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland)

Changing Anxiety and its Drivers in Ireland and Northern Ireland over the 21st Century

Presentation

 

Oliver Nahkur (Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia)

Worries Among Children in Contemporary Europe: What International Child Subjective Vulnerability Resilience Index Is Telling Us?

Presentation

 

 

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

 

Coffee Break

 
       

11:00 – 12:30

Session II. Chair: Jeroen Boelhouwer (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, The Hague)

Economic and Social Drivers of Fears, Worries, and Anxieties

 

Franco Bastias & Sonja Zmerli (Pacte Laboratory, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France)

Explanations of Economic Inequality as a Driver of Emotional Distress

Presentation

 

Tommaso Bechini (Sapienza Università di Roma/DIW Berlin & Peter Krause (DIW Berlin, Germany)

Impacts from Multi-Dimensional Deprivations, Well-Beings, and Inequalities on Fears, Worries, and Anxieties

Presentation

 

Leonie C. Steckermeier (Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau) & Jan Delhey (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg)

Status Anxiety and Quality of Life: How Much Does Inequality Hurt?

Presentation

 

 

13:00

 

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Afternoon, October 8

 

Afternoon

 

14:30 – 16:30

Session III. Chair: Heinz-Herbert Noll (formerly GESIS, Mannheim)

Impacts of Fears, Worries, and Anxieties (I): Political Values and Attitudes

 

Zsófia Tomka, István György Tóth & Ábel Csathó (Tarki Social Research Institute, Budapest)

Worries, Anxieties and the Demand for Freedom, Security and Just Public Policy in Hungary

Presentation

 

Monika Verbalyte (Europa-Universität Flensburg)

Fear, Anger, or Social Resentment? Emotions and European Attitudes

Presentation

 

Tadas Leončikas, Massimiliano Mascherini & Michele Consolini (Eurofound, Dublin)

Understanding the Dynamics of the Public Support to Ukraine: The Impact of Social Insecurity and Anxiety

Presentation

  Max Haller (University of Graz and Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) War as Societal Catalyst. How it Affects the Thinking and Acting of People Within and Outside in War-thorn Countries Presentation

 

 

 

 

16:30 – 17:00

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

 

 

17:00 – 18:30

Session IV. Chair: Laura Kestilä (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki)

Impacts of Fears, Worries, and Anxieties (II): Economic Expectations, Life Conceptions, and Loneliness

 

Anton Nivorozhkin (Institute for Employment Research, Germany), Markus Promberger (Institute for Employment Research, Germany), & Brigitte Schels (University of Salzburg, Austria)

Economic Expectations of German Households: Impacts of Job Insecurity, Institutional Trust, and Cost of Living Crisis

Presentation

 

Jan Delhey, Stephanie Heß & Christian Schneickert (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg)

Life in Worrying Times: Life Conceptions and their Happiness Dividend

Presentation

  Christine Steiner, Anne Berngruber & Lisa Hasenbein (German Youth Institute, Munich) Well Embedded and Still Lonely? Loneliness Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Germany Presentation

19:30

 

Dinner

 
 

Wednesday, Morning, October 9

9:15 – 11:00

Session V.   Chair: Tadas Leončikas (Eurofound, Dublin)

Recent Social Monitoring and Reporting Activities

 

Sakari Karvonen & Laura Kestilä (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki)

Recent experiences from Social Reporting in Finland

Presentation

 

István György Tóth (Tarki Social Research Institute, Budapest)

The Hungarian Social Report 2024

Presentation

 

Christian Suter (University of Neuchâtel)

The Panorama of Swiss Society 2024

Presentation

10:15– 10:45

 

Coffee Break

 

10:45– 12:15

Session VI.   Chair: Peter Farago (formerly FORS, Lausanne)

Challenges for the Future of Social Monitoring and Reporting

 

Heinz-Herbert Noll (formerly GESIS, Mannheim)
Challenges for the Future of Social Monitoring and Reporting: Introduction

Discussants:
István György Tóth (Tarki Social Research Institute, Budapest)
Sakari Karvonen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki)

Presentation

Presentation

Presentation

       

12:15 – 12:45

 

Business Meeting    
Chair: Christian Suter (University of Neuchâtel)

 

 

 

Future Plans

 

 

 

 

 

13:00

 

Lunch and Departure