Conference 2010 - Program

Thursday, 23. Sept. 2010
Friday, 24. Sept. 2010
Saturday, 25. Sept. 2010

Thursday, 23. Sept. 2010

 

1:00 pm: Arrival and Registration

2:00 pm: Welcome

  • Johannes Eurich, Diakoniewissenschaftliches Institutof  Heidelberg University, Germany
  • Katharina Wegner und Ingolf Hübner, Diakonisches Werk der EKD, Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany


2:20 pm: Introduction of Diaconia: Journal for the Study of Christian Social Practice

  • Trygve Wyller, Editor in Chief, Oslo University, Norway


2:30 pm: 
Civil Society – Welfare State – Diaconia: International perspectives for development

  • Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, University of Bamberg, Germany


3:30 pm: Coffee Break

4:00 pm: Poverty as a Challenge for Diaconia and European Union Social Policy

  • Conny Reuter, Secretary General of Solidar, Brussels, Belgium
  • Response: Jean Lambert, Member of the European Parliament, London
     

6:00 pm: Break for Dinner

 

EveningDiscover the charming old town of Heidelberg

 


Friday, 24. Sept. 2010

8:15 am: Morning Prayer, University Chapel

  • Annette Leis-Peters and Ninna Edgardh, Uppsala University, Sweden


9:00 am: Visionen von Kirche und Diakonie für ein soziales Europa

  • Hans van der Ven, University of Nijmegen, Holland
     

10:00 am: Coffee Break


10:30 am: WORKSHOPS 1
 

1. The Relevance of Voluntary Work for Diaconia in European Countries

  • Christoph Sigrist, University of Bern, Switzerland

2. The EU Anti-discrimination Policies and the Protestant Identity of Diaconia

  • Wolfgang Maaser, Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany

3. Market Economy and Social Services of General Interest: Initiatives of the EU

  • Bernd Schulte, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social Law, Munich, Germany

4. Mergers and Competition among Church Based Enterprises: In which direction does the introduction of markets in the social sector lead?

  • Peter Herrmann, University College Cork, Ireland

5. Paradigms of Diaconia in Transition. Re-evaluation of the origin of diaconia.

  • Kari Latvus, University of Helsinki, Finland. Response: Andreas Müller, University of Kiel, Germany

6. Demographic Change as Challenge for Social Service Providers in Europe

  • Chiara Saraceno, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany

7. Section for Submitted Papers: Three papers presented by young scholars on the controversies around Subsidiarity,
Welfare, Civil Society, Diaconia, Family in Europe


12:30 pm: Lunch Break


2:00 pm:The Impact of Civil Society Organizations on Future Society

  • Helmut Anheier, Centre for Social Investment (CSI) at the Heidelberg University and Hertie School of Governance Berlin, Germany
     

3:00 pm: Coffee Break



3:30 pm: WORKSHOPS 2

8. The Gender Pay Gap and Poverty: A European challenge

  • Brunhilde Raiser, Evangelische Frauen in Deutschland (EFiD), Hanover, Germany and Eva Kavková, EKS European Contact Group, Prague, Czech Republic

9. 'Perceiving the Other': The 'other as other' in explicit Christian and general contexts and practice

  • Trygve Wyller, University of Oslo, Norway

10. Christian Faith and Social Care: What is the impact of theological foundations?

  • Ninni Smedberg, Varsta Diaconal Centre, Sweden

11. New Models of Social Advocacy

  • Martin Schenk, Diakonie Österreich, Vienna, Austria

12. Future Perspectives for Independent Welfare Work in Europe

  • Bernd Schlüter, Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

13. Further Development of Social Services: The co-shaping of services by the users

  • Stephanie Scholz, Diakonisches Werk der EKD, Berlin, Germany

14. Diaconia and Ecological Crisis: Challenges for international diaconia

  • Klaus Seitz, Brot für die Welt, Germany

 

5:30 pm: Break for Dinner


7:00 pmEconomic Crisis, Global Competition, and Social Exclusion: How can the welfare state act?

  • Elisabeth Schroedter, Member of the European Parliament, Berlin, Germany

 


Saturday, 25. Sept. 2010

8:15 am: Morning Prayer, University Chapel

  • Florian Barth, Ev. Kapellengemeinde, Heidelberg, Germany


9:00 am: Contexts and Models

1. Diaconal Work and Social Action in Central and Eastern Europe: Development and innovations in training

  • Wanda Falk, Diaconia of Poland, Warsaw, Poland and Janka Adameová, Interdiac, Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic


2. The Church City Mission in Oslo, Norway

  • Sturla Stålsett, Church City Mission, Oslo, Norway

3. The Network of Diaconal Churches in Europe: Churches against poverty and exclusion – f.i. the Academy for the Poor in Heidelberg, Germany

  • Florian Barth, Ev. Kapellengemeinde, Heidelberg, Germany

4. Migration and Diaconia: A rising challenge

  • Katharina Wegner, Office of the Diakonisches Werk at Brussels, Belgium and Wiebke Hennig, Diakonisches Werk der EKD, Berlin, Germany


5. The Impact of Diaconia for Citizenship and the Recognition of the Marginalized: A field work discussion from Norway

  • Kaia Schultz, University of Oslo, Norway

6. A Female Face of the Church? Gender and Christian social practice in a European perspective with practicerelated reflections from a German angle

  • Ninna Edgardh and Annette Leis-Peters, University of Uppsala, Sweden


7. New Models of Diaconia in Local Communities: Insights from Germany and Finland

  • Gerhard Wegner and Martin Horstmann, Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut der EKD, Hanover, Germany,
  • Mikko Malkavaara, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland

 

10:30 am: Coffee Break


11:00 am: Europe on the Local Level: Community Organizing, Citizenship, and Diaconia

  • Heather Roy, General Secretary of Eurodiaconia, Brussels, Belgium


12:00 am: Impressions and Expectations / Schlussandacht und Segen

  • Klaus-Dieter K. Kottnik, President, Diakonisches Werk der EKD, Berlin, Germany


12:30 pm: Farewell

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