ESF Research Conferences

ESF-LiU Conference

THE TRANSFER OF RESOURCES ACROSS GENERATIONS: FAMILY, INCOME, HUMAN CAPITAL AND CHILDREN'S WELLBEING

Chaired by

CHAIR:

ElizabethThomsonE-Mail

Stockholm UniversityDepartment of SociologyDemographic UnitStockholmSweden

http://www.suda.su.se/

CO-CHAIR:

Jan O.JonssonE-Mail

Stockholm UniversitySwedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)StockholmSweden

http://www.sofi.su.se/

Dates

9-13 June 2008

Location

Klosterhotel, Vadstena, Sweden
The conference will take place at Klosterhotel in Vadstena, Sweden. Vadstena is located in the south-eastern province of Östergötland, in a lovely natural setting on the shores of beautiful Lake Vättern, offering comfortable accommodation in a historic environment. During the Middle Ages, Vadstena was the location of a catholic monastery for monks and nuns of the Birgittine order and nowadays the conference center and hotel is largely located in the same medieval buildings that were once the monastery. With 5 600 inhabitants, Vadstena is 45 km from Linköping and 330 km from Stockholm. Group transportation will be arranged from/to Linköping airport, via Linköping train station, on arrival and departure days.

Practical Information Guide PDF (325 KB)

Final Programme & List of Participants

Transfers of economic, social and cultural resources from parents to children to a large extent are responsible for the inequalities of opportunity among children of different social origin and for the reproduction of social inequality across generations. To longstanding issues of economic disparities have recently been added important dimensions of family structure and other forms of social capital. These are the issues to be addressed by the ESF Research Conference on The Transfer of Resources across Generations: Family, Income, Human Capital and Children’s Wellbeing. The overarching goal of the conference is to develop and understand basic principles that generate these flows of resources of different kind and extent.

Sub-themes include consequences of family change for childhood resources and children's well-being; distribution of resources within households; welfare state support versus family support in the transition to adulthood; social mobility -- processes behind intergenerational reproduction of social position; economic transfers between generations; and income mobility across generations.

This conference will be of interest to academic and policy researchers with concerns about inequality, social welfare, family processes and child development. The format of the conference will permit interaction between representatives of different disciplines and between national experts.

The conference is explicitly organised at the European level in order to contribute to the formation of an international community of scholarship that is able to adequately treat research questions of a comparative nature. The substantive topics addressed in the proposed conferences are topics that are and will remain part of the core of social science inquiry and which relate to central features of the present state and future development of modern societies. The conference will take place at Vadstena Klosterhotel, located in a lovely natural setting on the shores of beautiful Lake Vättern, offering comfortable accommodation in an historic environment. During the Middle Ages, Vadstena was the location of a Catholic monastery and convent for the nuns of the Birgittine order. Today, the conference center and hotel are located for the most part in the monastery’s medieval buildings.

Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions

There will be no short talks other than those listed on the final programme. All other abstracts are accepted for poster presentation.

Recommended poster size is 100 cm high x 70 cm wide. Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.

Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide

Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide. Please read it fully and carefully...

GROUP TRANSPORTATION
Two buses will be arranged on arrival day from Linköping airport, via the Linköping train station, to Vadstena. The journey takes approximately 1 hour.

Bus departure times - Monday 09 June:
- from Linköping airport: 16.15 and 18.15
- from Linköping train station: 16.30 and 18.30

Airport departure point: the meeting point is located just outside the small airport building. The coaches will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF Research Conferences” for easy recognition.
Train station departure point: the meeting point is located in the long distance bus terminal of the station. From the exit of the main building of the railway station, it is approximately 300 metres to the right.

Group transportation back to Linköping will be arranged in a similar way for the departure day. Bus departure time - Friday 13 June: 11.00 (to Linköping airport AND train station).

ACCOMMODATION
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will have to share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee (EUR 730) should be paid to the ESF when registering. The supplement for single (EUR 150) should be paid to Vadstena Klosterhotel. Should you wish to be put on the waiting list for single accommodation, please contact Ms. Jean Kelly.

Registration Form

All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 09 May 2008

After this date a 100€ late payment supplement will be applied

Conference Fees

ESF Contact

JeanKellyE-Mail

Conference Officer

Phone: +32 (0)2 533 2025
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 08-256 in any correspondence.

Partnership

This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with Linköping University.

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