International policy and research conference 2010: Emerging trends in times of instability: New challenges and opportunities for social security

The conference will focus on the challenges that various socio-economic developments pose to social security worldwide. The current financial and economic crisis is having an enormous impact in terms of its suddenness, scale, and global reach.

From a broader perspective, this crisis is connected with other trends in the world today, including an ageing population, ­globalization, changes in the labour market, population displacement, changes in family structures, global warming, and a crisis of values.  
With a forward-looking perspective, this International Policy and Research Conference will aim to:
    * Identify the new demographic context which encompasses, among other things, the challenges of an evolving life-cycle and of increasing migration
    * Analyse the consequences of the current financial crisis and related socio-economic changes for the future of  social security
    * Assess the impact of major emerging mega-trends on social policies and on forthcoming social security challenges.
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