Programme

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