From Welfare to Social Investment: Reimagining Social Policy for the Life Course - Conference 21 - 22 February, 2007

The Centre for Public Policy at the University, in association with partners including the Department for Victorian Communities, the School of Social Work and Social Policy at Latrobe University, the Melbourne Institute, Melbourne Citymission, the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and the Ronald Henderson Research Foundation, will be hosting a conference titled From Welfare to Social Investment: Reimagining Social Policy for the Life Course on February 21 and 22, 2007, in Melbourne. This conference will build upon themes explored in our highly successful 2005 Transitions and Risk conference which focused on the ideas of Gunther Schmid in relation to labour market transitions as applicable to the Australian context.

The 2007 From Welfare to Social Investment conference will be an exploration of policy proposals designed to assist people in making transitions across the life course. This conference will boast a focus on social investment and an investigation into how such ideas can translate into an updated participation income - or guaranteed minimum income - proposal. Sir Tony Atkinson from Nuffield College, Oxford University, will be a keynote speaker at this conference. Sir Tony is internationally known for his work on inequality and income distribution. He has been the Warden of Nuffield College, University of Oxford since 1994, and has been involved as an advisor to the European Union on social policy issues. Sir Tony's address at this conference will focus on ways of harmonising social and economic policy in an information society.

Conference Information

1. To download a conference program, please click here.

2. To download a conference background paper, please click here.

3. To download a registration form, please click here.

4. For information on accommodation at the conference venue, please click here.

5. For speaker information, please click here.

6. For papers and presentations, please click here.

7. To download the post-conference seminar report, please click here.

If you have any questions about this event, please don't hesitate to contact Dr Lauren Rosewarne.