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International Conference

Changes in Working Life
and Right-wing Populism in Europe

Thursday, 17 June 2004 á Friday, 18 June 2004, 9:30-17:30

Vienna

Website:
http://www.forba.at or http://www.siren.at/en/events/conference_04.html

Organised by Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt (FORBA), in association with the European Commission, Renner Institut Wien, Science Centre Vienna/WZW Wien and the SIREN consortium.

Based on recent research findings from the EU-funded project „Socio-economic change, individual reactions and the appeal of the extreme right" (SIREN), which is investigating the impact of recent transformations of work and employment on the appeal of right-wing populism, the conference aims to address the following questions:

• How do people cope with the impact of the transformation of work
  and employment?

• What strategies do they develop to come to terms with the
  growing insecurity in working life? - What are the political
  reverberations of recent transformations of the labour market?

• Is there an interplay between these transformations and the
  growing support for right-wing populist and áextremist parties and
  movements that Europe has experienced in recent years?

Speakers include, amongst others, Guy Standing (ILO), Cas Mudde
(Universiteit Antwerpen), John Wrench (EUMC), Franz Schultheis
(Université de Genève), Caspar Einem (SPÖ), Peter Fleissner (TU
Wien), Asbjørn Wahl (For the Welfare State Association,
Norwegen), Michaela Köttig (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen),
Hans-Georg Zilian (Büro für Sozialforschung, Graz).

VENUE:
Renner-Institut
Eingang Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf
Hoffingergasse 26-28
1120 Wien

DATES &TIMES:
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 9:30-17:30h
Friday, 18 June 2004, 9:00-17:30

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES:
English/German (headphone translation available)

CONFERENCE FEES:
Participation in the conference is free.
Lunch (both days): EUR: 26.-

INFORMATIOM & REGISTRATION:
http://www.siren.at
By e-mail: office@forba.at

CONTACT ORGANISATION:
Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt (FORBA)
Aspernbrückengasse 4/5
1020 Vienna
Austria
Tel:. +43-1-2124700
Fax: +43-1-2124700-77
office@forba.at
http://www.forba.at