Call for submissions of papers that analyse the policies and politics of social investment. More specifically :

• General studies of the reorientation of social policies towards social investment
• Studies of the politics of social investment policies
• Impact studies of selected social investment policies, such as childcare, active labour market policies, retraining programmes, etc..
• Studies of social interventions in a life course perspective
• Assessments of the social investment strategy as a whole
• …

Paper submissions should consist of a title, an abstract (300 words max.) and full contact details of all authors.

They should be sent to socialinvestment2014@idheap.unil.ch no later than 20th December 2013.