Diversity and inclusion in the welfare state

PROFRES Doctoral Research School Autumn PhD Symposium Bodø 21th – 24th October 2024

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Bodø Nord universitet

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Recognizing diversity and promoting different forms of inclusion is crucial to ensure a sustainable future in the welfare state. In this workshop, we aim to achieve broader understandings of diversity and inclusion through knowledge exchange between different theoretical perspectives, expertise in different practice fields/professional contexts, and focuses on global vs. local processes. We invite the PROFRES-candidates to participate in this knowledge exchange in forms of groupwork, presentation in parallel sessions and plenum discussions.

Preliminary Program:

Monday 21st October 2024
10:30-11:30Staff Meeting
11:30-12:30Lunch in the canteen  
12:30-15:00  Work in progress (separate programme, own group for monography writers)
15:15Transport to city center
17:30- 18:45Philosophical sofa dialogue with James McGuirk at the Hotel
18:45Walk from Hotel reception to dinner
  19.00    Dinner at Txaba (https://www.txaba.no/)
Tuesday 22nd  October
09:00-15:00  Workshop: Diversity and Inclusion in welfare  
  09:15-10:00  Keynote lecture Geir Skeie, UiS: UNESCOS work and perspectives in diversity and inclusion
10:00-10:15Coffee break
  10:15-11:00Keynote lecture Mikkel Rytter, Aarhus University: Understanding diversities and inclusions, perspectives from critical migration studies  
11:00-11:30Preparations for group work  
11:30-12:30Lunch in the canteen
  12:30-13:30      Group work
13:30-14:30Plenary discussions lead by Geir Skeie and Mikkel Rytter  
14:30-15:00Small meal/ snack  
15:00Bus to Rønvikfjellet and Hiking trip to Keiservarden https://visitbodo.com/en/guide/hikes-in-bodo-salten/keiservarden/  
ca 17:30Bus from Rønvikfjellet to city center  
Wednesday 23rd October
09:00-15:00                                       Workshop: Diversity and Inclusion in welfare  
  9:15 – 10:00  Keynote: Inger Marie Lid, Vid  
10:15-12:00Parallel sessions   The session leaders/hosts will have a short introduction to engage the participants into dialog and group discussion.
 Session 1: Inclusive working life and mental health (public health and mental health recovery) Lead by Cathrine Moe Guests: Marianna Borowska and Barbara Stenvall
   Session 2: Citizenship and inclusive research practices Lead by Inger Marie Lid, VID
 Session 3: Migration and integration Lead by Ayan Abdi Mohamoud Handulle, UiS and Yan Zhao, Nord University  
  12:00-13:00      Lunch in the canteen
13:00- 14:00Panel discussions of session hosts and  
14:00- 14:15Coffee break  
14:15- 14:45Evaluation of the workshop
14:45-16:00Candidates corner  
16:15Buss to the hotel  
19:00Dinner at OHMA https://www.ohma-asian.no/
Thursday 24th October
9:00-9:45Guest lecture, Ove Jacobsen, Handelshøgskolen Nord
9:45-10:00Coffee break  
10:00-12:00  ThinkTank Meeting
10:00-12:00Workshop for PhD candidates on Work-Life Balance
12:30  Lunch “Grab and go”
13:00 Transport to the airport

 

About PROFRES 2.0

PROFRES 2.0 is a doctoral research school profoundly preoccupied with conditions in working life, as evident in our remit for practice-near research problems in the fields of health, welfare and education. Through nine partnering institutions we recruit up to 60 candidates from nearly 20 PhD-programmes in Norway, which altogether enroll around 800-900 PhD candidates. Our overarching aim in PROFRES is twofold and complementary: 1) to cultivate excellence in a high-quality interdisciplinary and interprofessional learning environment for practice-near doctoral researchers, with focus on three major labour sectors in the welfare state; 2) to vouchsafe relevance by facilitating new co-creation spaces between academic and practice fields – mutually cultivating innovative knowledge-based professional practice and practice-near research with a view towards shaping future welfare.

Organizing Committee

James McGuirk, Yan Zhao and Cathrine Moe, Nord university, Norway.

Administrative advisors: Camilla Melhuus Line, Øyvind Nystøl, University of Stavanger and University of Agder