Stefan Svallfors keynote speaker at postdoctoral conference on the future of welfare state studies

The conference Future of Welfare State Studies Conference was held in Umeå for postdoctoral researchers, on May 15–17. It included parallel sessions focusing on the most central aspects in the research field, such as migration, aging and demographic change, and global social future. Stefan Svallfors' address had the title Sustainable creativity – postdoctoral research from degree until death: Three perils, two demons, ten commandments.

Other keynote speakers were Daniel Béland from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Traute Meyer from the University of Southampton, UK and Jason Beckfield, Harvard University, USA.