Presentations by Prof. Peter Herrmann
16 Oct 2009
Presentations and research news by Professor Peter Herrmann, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Social Studies
- During a recent 3rd OECD World Forum on 'Statistics, Knowledge and Policy' in Bangkok the Social Quality Approach had been awarded great attention, its presentation being recognised as having a "good balance between good conceptual analysis and practical implementation, and the approach has built more reliable indicators and contributed to the better policy-making. It is, without question, at the forefront of OECD's visionary initiative." This suggests that the work on Social Quality is now directly being discussed on a high level, together with approaches as Human Development, capability approach and others. Peter Herrmann, for several years advisor to the European Foundation on Social Quality, who closely cooperated with the National Taiwan University has been asked to cooperate on a background document for another conference, scheduled for December, taking place in Bangkok.
- 'Social Services in the EU: Quality, standards and privatization' at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Iisalmi Campus, Finland. For further information see 'Time to Say Goodbye: Looking back on twenty years'.
- NGO Forum '09, Oerebro, Sweden at the end of October: This presentation will deal with participatory democracy and the role of civil society in governance in the perspective of the Lisbon Treaty. This continues debate which took place last year in the Czech Republic in which Prof. Herrmann was also involved.
- Prof. Herrmann recently took part in an innovative teaching project in his position as Professor for Cooperative Studies at the University of Kuopio (from 2010: University of East-Finland). His lecture was the first in a series of recorded lectures that are used in 9 Universities across the country within the framework of a special course for students of cooperative studies and social economics. The recorded lectures will be used in a complementing set of e-learning material, lectures in the class room and tutorials. It is a new project, entailing 9 universities and will be re-evaluated at a later stage. The recorded lectures will be later made available as stand-alone presentations on the William Thompson Website (Sideway).
- Workshop in Stockholm in September which is being organised to mark the occasion of the Swedish EU-Presidency. The workshop is dedicated to an in-depth discussion of issues about social services and the difficulties being faced in the context of European single market strategies. Dr. Herrmann has also been invited to conceptualise Finland 's National Day for Social Policy which occurs in October 2009. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Social Policy Association of Finland and Dr. Herrmann has been asked to give the key opening address at their annual conference. His proposal for the overall topic is Human Rights: For Sale or Saviour in the Globalising Market Economy. A website dedicated to this major international conference will soon be launched.
- Dr. Herrmann has recently been invited to stay in Amsterdam during July and August 2009 to work on a book on "Social Policy in Context" (working title). He will also start work during the Summer on a textbook on social quality due to be published in both the Turkish and German languages.
- Member of the editorial group of the journal SozialExtra and has recently been appointed spokesperson for the group. The position involves redefining the orientation of the journal, regaining a more radical political stance.
- Member of the scientific board of the Association Pour La Taxation Des Transactions Financieres Pour L'aide Aux Citoyens which is an international and global organisation striving for another way of globalisation. Annual Conference 2009, organised by the Asian Studies Ireland Association (November 13th, 2009 in Cork). The conference theme is The Transformation of Asia in a Changing Global Environment. Dr. Herrmann's presentation during the 3rd panel will look at "Globalisation: Revisited".
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