On this page, you can find the program of the Social Policy Conference 2025.
Thursday, 23 October 2025
- 10.15-12.00 Registration for the conference
- 12.00-12.15 Opening of the days by Professor Minna van Gerven and Associate Professor Ilkka Pietilä
- Greetings from the Social Policy Association, President of the Association Lina Van Aerschot
- 12.15-13.00 Keynote by Professor Jon Kvist (University of Roskilde, Denmark)
- 13.00-13.30 Comment and discussion, Docent Olli Kangas (University of Turku)
- 13.30-14.00 Coffee break
- 14.00-16.30 Working groups
- 16.45-17.15 Autumn meeting of the Social Policy Association
- 18.30-22.00 Conference dinner in restaurant The Cock (for those who have purchased the dinner ticket)
Friday, 24 October 2025
- 09.00-11.00 Working groups
- 11.00-12.00 Lunch (self-funded)
- 12.00-12.45 Keynote by professor Femke Roosma (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- 12.45-13:05 Comment and discussion, Professor Heikki Ervasti (University of Turku)
- 13.15-14.15 Panel discussion of the social and health organisations (in Finnish, for details please see the Finnish version of this site)
- 14.15-14.30 Social Policy Association Graduate Prize, Ullamaija Seppälä
- 14.30 Invitation to the Social Policy Conference 2026
- 14.45 Ending the Social Policy Conference 2025