Parallell sessions 14.00-16.00

A: The European labour markets: Engines for inclusion or division?
Chair: Anne-Mette Ødegård, Fafo

Insiders, outsiders and working poor: Towards a more segmented working life in Europe?
Jill Rubery, professor University of Manchester

Collective organizations in Europe – challenges for the services sector. Review of European trends
Jeremy Waddington, professor, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

The shady side of the Norwegian model?
Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke, Fafo

How to move towards better working conditions in the services sector?
Eli Ljunggren og Petter Furulund, National Federation of Service Industries

B: From ‘Lagos’ to the streets of Oslo: crossing borders, adaptive livelihoods
Chair: Jon Pedersen, Fafo

‘Leaving West Africa never easy’: the trans-Saharan escape
Morten Bøås, Fafo

Social navigation on the border
Henrik Vigh, Associate professor. Institute of Antropology, University of Copenhagen

‘They die in the field of honour.’ Risking the Atlantic route to Europe
Jørgen Carling, Senior Researcher. International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

Suffering and success on the streets of Oslo
May-Len Skilbrei, Fafo

C: Inside and outside – activation policies under pressure?
Chair: Inger Lise Skog Hansen, Fafo

Someone suited for me?
Per Inge Børresen

Activation policy as a symbol or reality? Swedish and Nordic experiences
Tapio Salonen

The reluctant citizen. Legitimacy challenges in activation policy.
Anne Britt Djuve, Fafo

Does the corporation show social responsibility towards vulnerable groups?
Helle Holt

NAV in crisis time: Are NAV’s means adapted to a rougher labor market?
Tor Saglie

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