Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm Venue: Mile End Campus, Bancroft Road Teaching Rooms, Room 3.01,
Day One: 3 June 2015
10.00: Session One- Welcome: Eleanor Bindman (QMUL) and Adam Fagan (head of the School of Politics and IR, QMUL)- Svetlana Biryukova (HSE Moscow): Poverty related statistics and dynamics in Post-Soviet Russia- Meri Kulmala and Andrey Starodubtsev (Aleksanteri Institute): Priority Setting and Implementation in Russian Social Policy- Zhanna Chernova (HSE St Petersburg): tbc
11.40-12.00: Coffee Break
12.00: Session Two- Ann-Mari Sätre (Uppsala University): Policies against poverty in Russia – a female responsibility- Alla Varyzgina (Nizhniy Novgorod State University): Families' attitude towards social services agencies' social/financial support- Liya Kalinnikova (Uppsala University): Crucial factors of poverty in families with children with developmental disorders
1.30: Lunch
2.30: Session Three- Michael Rasell (University of Lincoln): Moral panic, discourse and campaigns to reform residential care for disabled children in Russia- Eleanor Bindman (QMUL): socially oriented NGOs, civil society and the state in RussiaUlla Pape (Radboud University Nijmegen): Control or Support? Government-Nonprofit Relations in Russia’s Regions
4pm: Coffee Break
4.15: Session Four: Discussion on present trends in poverty and social policy after the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis and sanctions
5.15: End of Day One
7pm: Conference dinner – Verdi’s Restaurant, 237 Mile End Road, EC1 4AA
Day Two: 4 June 2015
10.00: Session Five- Nina Ivashinenko (Nizhniy Novgorod State University): Welfare reform in Russia: the role of NGOs in providing social services- Alekandr Soldatkin (Nizhniy Novgorod State University): Street-level bureaucracy practices in dealing with quality-of-life issues in smaller cities of Russia
11.00: Coffee Break
11.15: Session Six- Leo Granberg (Aleksanteri Insitute): Andrew Sayer’s Moral economy approach in analysing the Russian welfare system- Elena Bogdanova (Centre for Independent Social Research, St Petersburg) (via Skype): Social orphanhood in Russia
12.15: Lunch
1.30: Session Seven - Research agenda- Meri Kulmala: foster care plan and other developments (30 mins)- Leo Granberg and Ann-Mari Sätre: The role of local authorities and small firms in contribution to economic and social development in selected Russian regions (30 mins)
Discussion/research questions arising from present developments
3pm: End of Workshop