May.31

Travel Schedule 2019

On the evening ahead of my first work-related trip near the summer period, it’s worth dropping the conference schedule for 2019.

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May.25

Talk at HSE

Finally, after some months, the invited talk, hosted by Christian Fröhlich, that I gave at the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) has reached the surface. In this talked, I discussed the consequences of immigration for the welfare state. More specifically, I combined two papers in the presentation, namely first of all the question whether national identity is able to foster support for the welfare state, and secondly about the relevance of identity as deservingness criterion. After my presentation, we had a great discussion, followed by a lovely dinner at one of the Khachapuri restaurants, known for its delicious Georgian cuisine. The talk was filmed by Dmitry Zakotyansky (see picture below the clip) – thanks for that!

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Apr.25

Christian Froehlich at the Sociology Colloquium

This afternoon, Christian Froehlich, Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, presented his research on Urban Activism in contemporary Moscow. Christian is in Tilburg on an Erasmus+ program – actually the same scholarship that brought me to Moscow in November to teach a course on Social Capital in the Master Program. Apart from presenting his research in the Sociology Colloquium, Christian also contributes to other courses this week, for instance Populism in Comparative Perspective and Values and Civil Society in Europe.

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Apr.21