tag:www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de,2005:/en/fachbereich-sozoek/professuren/zimmermann/aktuellesNews2023-12-22T15:15:55ZNAGR-fakws-23004091-production2023-12-21T23:00:00ZPodcast: Family care work and the importance of state institutions In the "Young Research" series of the science podcast "In der Wirtschaft", Laura Lüth talks to Julia C. Cremer about her dissertation.<p>https://inderwirtschaft.home.blog/</p>NAGR-fakws-22667136-production2023-10-31T23:00:00ZPublished article in the European Journal of Social Security: Mapping the social dimension of the European Green Deal<p>Together with Vincent Gegnagel Katharina Zimmermann recently published an article in the European Journal of Social Security.</p>
<p>DOI: 10.1177/13882627231208698</p>
<p>Abstract<br>The European Green Deal calls for various economic reforms that will deeply disrupt the social order of European societies. As the European Commission makes very clear in its communications on the EGD, societal support for the profound changes that will inevitably accompany a ‘green transition’ hinges on social inclusion of stakeholders and social groups. This article aims to identify the social policy instruments proposed by the EGD to address the social implications of its ‘green transition’, and to explore how they relate to societal expectations. Analytically, it distinguishes between protective (redistributive) and productive (economy-oriented) social policy and argues that democratic social inclusion – which the European Commission strives to achieve – requires protective social policy. Empirically, the paper analyzes a) the socio-political instruments set out in the EGD and b) public statements made by a range of European-level actors who participated in the debates on the EGD. Our findings show that productive social policy prevails in the EGD's proposed instruments and in stakeholders’ demands, but that there are also vague indications of a more nuanced concept of social inclusion that acknowledges social conflict.</p>
NAGR-fakws-22675009-production2023-10-26T22:00:00ZArticle published in the Journal for Social Policy and Society: Climate Crisis and Social Protection - From Worker Protection to Post-growth Transformation?<p>The article "Climate Crisis and Social Protection - From Worker Protection to Post-growth Transformation?" from Larissa Nenning, Paul Bridgen, Katharina Zimmermann, Milena Büchs and Merita Mesiäislehto was published in the journal for Social Policy and Society.</p>
<p>DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746423000246 </p>
<p>Abstract<br>The article discusses five literature strands’ approaches towards social protection systems in the context of climate crisis: Adaptive Social Protection, Just Transition, Green New Deal, Post-growth, and Eco-feminism. As we argue, these five strands are located on a spectrum between a green growth orientation and a green anti-capitalist orientation. Furthermore, they differ in terms of their problematisation of the climate crisis and have different perspectives on relevant actors, on world regions, and – most relevant in the context of social welfare – their conceptualisation of social protection. While Adaptive Social Protection emphasizes cash transfers and insurances, Green New Deal and Just Transition approaches focus more on redistribution and labour market policies, and Post-growth and Eco-feminist approaches more on universalist policies and systems. We argue that these literatures each have their weaknesses, but also offer urgent questions, concepts, and insights for further social policy research.</p>
NAGR-fakws-23004262-production2023-10-26T22:00:00ZPublication in "European Political Science"<p>The article " 'Varieties of green transitions'? Comparative welfare state research and the social dimension of green transitions" was published by Katharina Zimmermann in European Political Science.</p>
<p>DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-023-00456-3</p>
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<p>In the light of the climate crisis, ‘green transitions’ are inevitable to address the environmental harm caused by fossil capitalism. The article argues that the pathway of such green transitions is closely interrelated with welfare setups, as the answer to the questions ‘who wins, who loses; who supports, who opposes the green transition—and why?’ is strongly dependent on the welfare setup of a given economy. The welfare state not only stabilises the economy, prevents deprivation and balances class interests, it also structures interest constellations, material living conditions, and cultural lifestyles. Hence, which ‘green social risks’ need to be addressed, which social groups will seek to have a voice in a green transition, which transition routes are seen as legitimate, and which societal cleavages emerge around the transition—all these factors are shaped by the welfare setup of a country. Drawing on comparative welfare state theory, the article provides an analytical starting point for considering country-specific factors of green transitions and thus, outlines the potential of this political science research strand for debates on eco-social policy, politics, and polity.</p>
NAGR-fakws-21748559-production2023-04-03T22:00:00ZLecture "Streit um Grün?" as part of the event series "Uni für allle"<p>In order to stop climate change, strategies for a "green turn" are currently being developed in cities, municipalities, countries and also at the EU level, i.e. a transformation of the economy towards more ecological sustainability. However, there are also heated arguments about parking spaces, wind turbines, domestic flights, the length of the morning shower or meat consumption.</p>
<p>Who - if anyone - should do without? What exactly should be changed - or should everything remain as it is? What is seen as just in the green turnaround, and what as unjust? In her lecture, Prof. Dr. Katharina Zimmermann reports on her research on social conflicts in the green turn and discusses what these have to do with social inequalities.</p>
<p>The lecture will take place on Thursday, 04 May 2023 at 7pm.</p>
<p>Venue:<br>Goldbekhaus, Moorfuhrtweg 9<br>22301 Hamburg</p>
<p>Registration is required. Further information on the event and participation can be found here.</p>
<p></p>NAGR-fakws-21409945-production2023-03-14T23:00:00ZContribution to workshop “The political economy of the green transition. Between eco-social policies and sustainable welfare state” organized by Fondazione Feltrinelli<p>On March 15m Katharina Zimmermann contributed an intervention on “Social risks in the context of climate change and NZT” to the workshop “The political economy of the green transition. Between eco-social policies and sustainable welfare state” organized by Fondazione Feltrinelli.</p>
<p>The workshop will be avalible as video on demand soon.</p>NAGR-fakws-21971628-production2022-12-15T23:00:00ZSpecial issue of CPE published: Global moonshots, European responsibilities - Governance and contestation of the eco-social transformation.<p>Together with Vincent Gengnagel, Katharina Zimmermann has edited a special issue of Culture, Practice & Europeanisation (CPE) entitled "Global moonshots, European responsibilities: Governance and contestation of the eco-social transformation".</p>
<p>In addition to the foreword, both contribute to the issue the article "Green deservingness, green distinction, green democracy? Towards a political sociology of a contested eco-social consensus".</p>
<p>The special issue is published with open access and can be downloaded here.</p>
NAGR-fakws-21971725-production2022-12-11T23:00:00ZArticle published in Historical Social Research: The European Green Deal as a Moon Trip - Ensuring a Climate-Neutral and at the same time Prosperous Continent?<p>Together with Vincent Gegnagel, Katharina Zimmermann has published an article in Historical Social Research.</p>
<p>DOI: 10.12759/hsr.47.2022.47</p>
<p>Abstract<br>In this paper, we argue that the European Green Deal (EGD) represents a focal point for the fate of the European Union: Will the EGD highlight the EU's critical flaws and stir social conflict, or will it revitalize the European project with a "new green spirit," renewing the legitimacy of European market economy? Taking the EU Commission's claim that the EGD should become "Europe's man-on-the-moon-moment" at its word, we discuss the parallels and differences between the US 1960’s space mission and the European "green mission." By analyzing cultural infrastructures of the two monumental governmental projects, the article unpacks three underlying themes that the moonshot metaphor alludes to regarding the EGD's societal legitimacy: 1) the contextualization of the Green Deal as a hegemonic ambition in a new “race” for the leading development of a green growth economy; 2) the evocation of capitalistic welfare that is imagined as a European Dream, just like the moon landing was closely related to and revitalized imaginaries of an American manifest destiny; and 3) the attempt to de-antagonize EGD-critical social forces. Speaking "truth to power," social protest can become a source of legitimacy itself for liberal governmentality, like antagonists of the US space race were - in the eye of the public - converted into believers of the American Dream...</p>NAGR-fakws-20872314-production2022-12-07T23:00:00ZAward for gender studies for the paper Work and Family in the Home Office? Contested Intrafamily Division of Labor in the Corona Crisis<p>The article Work and Family in the Home Office? Contested Intrafamily Division of Labor in the Corona Crisis wins the Gender Prize of the WISO Faculty! Laura Lüth, doctoral student in the project Sorgetransformationen and at the Department of Sociology of Economic Action, wrote the article together with Almut Peukert, Miriam Beblo and Katharina Zimmermann. Every year, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg awards the Gender Prize to outstanding papers and theses of the faculty that deal with gender issues. The paper asks whether a "re-traditionalisation" or a "modernisation" of the intra-family division of labour occurred in the context of home office regulations and daycare and school closures during the Covid 19 pandemic. The authors elaborate both modernisation and re-traditionalisation efforts, but by placing them in existing academic debates in welfare state and home office research as well as in the sociology of couples, they are able to show that it is primarily existing gender inequalities that become visible. Using the example of the Covid 19 pandemic, the study thus makes clear the necessity of a differentiated, interdisciplinary and multi-methodological consideration of gender inequalities in the intra-family division of labour.</p>
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<p>Abstract: Work and Family in the Home Office? Contested Intrafamily Division of Labor in the Corona Crisis<br>Social inequalities appear to be growing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both worldwide and between women and men. This paper discusses opposing theses with regard to intrafamily divisions of labour: the risk of retraditionalisation and an increase of gender inequality on one hand and the opportunity for modernisation on the other. This paper systematises different strands of academic discourse and empirical findings on intrafamily divisions of labour and gender (in)equality. Against the backdrop of location-independent, time-flexible working in the digital home office, and welfare state interventions, this paper concludes there is a simultaneous push for modernisation on a large scale, and a persistence of traditional gender dynamics on a small scale.</p>
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<p></p>NAGR-fakws-20872536-production2022-12-07T23:00:00ZGender studies award for bachelor thesis of Merle Koch<p></p>
<p>Für ihre Bachelorarbeit Feministische Perspektiven auf die soziale Reproduktionskrise im globalen Kapitalismus und auf deren emanzipatorische Überwindung – Ein Vergleich der Theorien von Nancy Fraser und Silvia Federici gewinnt Merle Koch, wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft im Projekt Sorgetransformationen und an der Professur Soziologie wirtschaftlichen Handelns, den Genderpreis der WISO Fakultät! Mit der Arbeit, und unter Betreuung von Prof. Dr. Almut Peukert, hat sie ihren B.A. Soziologie abgeschlossen.</p>
<p>Mit dem Genderpreis zeichnet die Fakultät der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Hamburg jährlich herausragende Paper und Abschlussarbeiten der Fakultät aus, die sich mit Genderthemen beschäftigen.</p>
<p>Die Bachelorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Reproduktions- bzw. Care-Krise, die seit einigen Jahrzehnten im öffentlichen wie wissenschaftlichen Diskurs diagnostiziert wird und diskutiert mit Texten von Silvia Federici und Nancy Fraser zwei prominente theoretische Ansätze zur Reproduktionskrise und deren emanzipatorischen Überwindung. Im Fokus stehen dabei ihre Perspektiven auf die strukturellen Grundlagen und Entstehungsbedingungen der Krise, ihre jeweiligen Schlussfolgerungen sowie die emanzipatorischen Ansätze beider Autorinnen zur Überwindung derselben. Deutlich werden dabei sowohl Gemeinsamkeiten der Perspektiven als auch Unterschiede (z.B. im Hinblick auf die Rolle der zweiten Frauenbewegung und die des Staates). Insgesamt verfolgt die Arbeit damit nicht nur das Ziel der kritischen Befragung und Einordnung beider Ansätze, sondern auch, diese konstruktiv miteinander ins Gespräch zu bringen.</p>
<p>For her Bachelor's thesis Feminist Perspectives on the Social Reproduction Crisis in Global Capitalism and on its Emancipatory Overcoming - A Comparison of the Theories of Nancy Fraser and Silvia Federici, Merle Koch, research assistant in the project Sorgetransformationen and at the Chair of Sociology of Economic Action, wins the Gender studies award of the WISO Faculty! With her thesis, and under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Almut Peukert, she completed her B.A. in Sociology.</p>
<p>With the Gender Prize, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg annually honours outstanding papers and theses of the faculty that deal with gender issues.</p>
<p>The bachelor thesis deals with the reproduction or care crisis, which has been diagnosed in public and academic discourse for several decades, and discusses two prominent theoretical approaches to the reproduction crisis and its emancipatory overcoming with texts by Silvia Federici and Nancy Fraser. The focus is on their perspectives on the structural foundations and conditions of the crisis, their respective conclusions and the emancipatory approaches of both authors to overcoming it. Both commonalities of perspectives and differences (e.g. with regard to the role of the second women's movement and that of the state) become clear. Overall, the aim of the work is not only to critically question and classify both approaches, but also to constructively bring them into conversation with each other.</p>NAGR-fakws-20653873-production2022-11-03T23:00:00ZWorkshop contribution at the annual conference of IÖW and VÖW on 23 November 2022<p>On 23 November 2022, Katharina Zimmermann will speak at the conference "Ausgewachsen - Wirtschaften als gäbe es ein Morgen" of the IÖW and the IÖW as part of a workshop on "Social Policy in the Ecological Transformation: Wegbereiterin, Leidensgenossin, Brandbeschleunigerin?<br>Participation is possible on site or via livestream. More information below or on the website of the organisers.</p>
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<p>Workshop description:<br>Ein Kompass für den Wandel: Ökologisch und gerecht <br> Damit die Lebensgrundlagen auf der Erde erhalten bleiben, braucht es sozial-ökologische Transformationen. Soweit, so unstrittig. Aber welche Transformationspfade sollten eingeschlagen werden? Sobald es um konkrete Maßnahmen geht, sind die Vorstellungen höchst unterschiedlich und widersprechen sich. Je nach Pfad sind verschiedene gesellschaftliche Gruppen unterschiedlich betroffen. Das führt zu Spannungen und Konflikten. Der Workshop diskutiert das Verhältnis des „Sozialen“ und des „Ökologischen“ in der Transformation. Ansätze, die beides konstruktiv verbinden, sind „Sustainable Welfare“, „Just Transition” oder die Suffizienzperspektive. Wie können Verteilungs- und Gerechtigkeitsfragen in zukunftsfähigen Wohlstandsmodellen beantwortet werden?</p>
<p>Mit:</p>
Dr. Benjamin Best, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Wuppertal Institut und Vorstand der Vereinigung für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (VÖW)<br> Impuls zu „Das Gebot der Stunde: Suffizienzstrategien und -politiken entwickeln!“
Helen Sharp, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW) <br> Impuls zu „"Just Transition" - sozial-ökologische Politik als Gegenstand gesellschaftlicher Aushandlung“
Prof. Dr. Katharina Zimmermann, Juniorprofessur Soziologie wirtschaftlichen Handelns, Universität Hamburg<br> Impuls zu „Sozialpolitik in der ökologischen Transformation: Wegbereiterin, Leidensgenossin, Brandbeschleunigerin?“
<p>Chair: Valentin Tappeser, Referent für Institutskoordination und Strategie, Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW)</p>NAGR-fakws-20586232-production2022-10-23T22:00:00ZPublic hybrid lecture "Climate Social Policy Instruments" on 06/12/2022, 6-7:30pm<p>Under the title "Greater Participation? Social Policy Reform Projects in the Context of Social Work", the research centres DIFA and FSPE at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, in cooperation with the Doctoral College NRW, are organising a hybrid public lecture series on central federal policy projects in the winter semester. On Tuesday, 06.12.2022 from 18:00 - 19:30, Katharina Zimmermann will give a lecture there together with Nicola Buskotte from the German Caritas Association on the topic of "Climate Social Policy Instruments".</p>
<p>The lecture series will take place at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf in lecture hall 1.001 in building 3 and online via Microsoft Teams (Link: http://www.bit.ly/ringvorlesungteilhabe). </p>
<p>More information on the event series and the full programme here.</p>NAGR-fakws-20357177-production2022-09-18T22:00:00ZSave the date! Lecture with Ian Gough<p>On October 26 from 2 to 4 pm (CET), Ian Gough will open the Colloquium Series of the Sustainable Welfare & Eco-Social Policy Network with a virtual lecture. <br>Access link: https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/67904161860?pwd=djE1ODg3cXhnMXZEM2M2R3lsNWRyUT09</p>
<p>Please register here for the mailing list.</p>NAGR-fakws-20149108-production2022-08-10T22:00:00ZInvitation for kick-off meeting of Sustainable Welfare & Eco-social Policy Network<p>Are you a scholar interested in eco-social policies and sustainable welfare? Join the Sustainable Welfare & Eco-social Policy Network for an online kick-off meeting on Monday, 19th September, 2-4 pm (CET).<br>Zoom-Link: https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/68756322136?pwd=Q2k0aitjTzBacDF0SmNpaXYxZVIzdz09</p>
<p>The meeting will provide participants with the opportunity for exchange, with the ultimate aim to merge existing groups (e.g. Espanet Eco-social Group, Sustainable Welfare Network) and expand into a new and stronger network. The idea is to foster a collaborative spirit among academics in this growing research area and to come up with a set of common activities and services,</p>
<p>We would be delighted if you could share this invitation with other researchers in your country who might be interested in getting involved with the network.</p>
<p>If you cannot attend the kick-off meeting but would like to stay informed, please register here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=SUSTAINABLEWELFARE&A=1.</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!</p>
<p>Katharina Bohnenberger, University of Duisburg-Essen<br>Tuuli Hirvilammi, University of Tampere<br>Matteo Mandelli, University of Milano<br>Katharina Zimmermann, University of Hamburg</p>NAGR-fakws-19595825-production2022-05-08T22:00:00ZPresentation by Katharina Zimmermann in the OSES brown bag seminar<p>On May 31, Katharina Zimmermann will present, together with Ekaterina Domorenok, a paper draft on “The eco-social policy mix: unpacking policy toolboxes and instruments” in the OSES brownbag seminar. OSES is the Observatory for Susatinability, Equality and Social Justive at the University of Padua (Italy).</p>NAGR-fakws-18890318-production2022-01-13T23:00:00ZTwo calls for papers on the eco-social transformation<p>Two calls for papers on the eco-social transformation in Europe published:</p>
The Special Issue ‘Global moonshots, European responsibilities: Governance and Contestation of Eco-social Transformation’ with the journal ‘Culture, Pratice and Europeanization’; submission deadline April 4th. [PDF]
The Special Issue ‘Overlapping or merging policy agendas? The emergence of EU eco-social policies’ with the journal ‘Global Social Policy’; submission deadline March 31st. [PDF]
<p>We look forward to submissions from scholars at all career levels!</p>NAGR-fakws-18479123-production2021-12-01T23:00:00ZNew article published in 'Journal of Common Market Studies'<p>The article '"Closer to the Market": EU Research Governance and Symbolic Power' by Vincent Gengnagel (University of Flensburg), Katharina Zimmermann (University of Hamburg), and Sebastian Büttner (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) has now been published by the 'Journal of Common Market Studies' as an online-first articel. </p>
<p>DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13326</p>NAGR-fakws-18372473-production2021-11-17T23:00:00ZNew article published in 'Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy'<p>The article 'What and whom are family policies for?' Unpacking the meaning of citizens' support for family policy across Europe' by Tatjana Rakar (University of Ljubljana), Heejung Chung (University of Kent), Katharina Zimmermann (University of Hamburg), Mi Ah Schøyen (Oslo Metropolitan University), and Maša Filipovič Hrast (University of Ljubljana) has recently been published in the 'Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy' as an online-first articel.</p>
<p>DOI: 10.1017/ics.2021.16</p>NAGR-fakws-18313898-production2021-11-07T23:00:00ZWorkshop in cooperation with University of Padua: "Environmental policy studies meet welfare state research"<p>From December 9th - 10th 2021, Katharina Zimmermann organizes a workshop on "Environmental policy studies meet welfare state research" together with Paolo Graziano (University of Padua). To foster social scientific debates on these complexities, the workshop seeks to intensify the dialogue between the research strands of comparative welfare state research, environmental policy studies, and legitimacy and conflict perspectives. Furthermore, it will focus on the European dimension of social and environmental policies and its interaction with domestic systems. The workshop shall provide space for both fundamental conceptual discussions and ideas for future collaboration.</p>
<p>Flyer [PDF]</p>