Training School 2: Gender Inequalities in Late Work – Origin, Policies, Measurement

International Training School for PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers  

2nd Training Event, May 16-17, 2024 

Gender Inequalities in Late Work – Origin, Policies, Measurement 

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 

The SIPET research network invites early career researchers (PhD students and postdocs) to participate in the second event of its international training school. Participants will have the opportunity to attend lectures on various aspects of ‘Gender Inequalities in Late Work – Origin, Policies, Measurement’, to join in workshops that will allow to present research designs and approaches related to the topic and to discuss with the faculty and participants of the training school.   

Accommodation for accepted applicants will be covered by SIPET.    

In connection with the training event, SIPET hosts a research workshop in Stockholm, which the training school participants are welcome to attend in the afternoon of May 15, 2024.   

The deadline for applications is April 1, 2024. 

Notification of acceptance will be sent by email by 5 April. 

For questions regarding the training school, please contact Lijun Peng.  

The training school starts at 9.00 on the 16th of May and ends at 12.00 on the 17th of May. It will focus on gender-related challenges and questions regarding later working life and its successive extension in ageing societies. Differences in working conditions, commitments outside of work, health problems, and other issues will be discussed.  

Preliminary agenda:

Thursday 16^th

9.00-10.00 Opening and first lecture (TOR, Solnavägen 4, 10^th floor)

          Daniel Falkstedt (Karolinska Institutet) – Welcome

          Áine Ní Léime “TBA” (Discipline of Management, School of Business and Economics, University of Galway)

10.00-10.15 Coffee

10.15-11.45 Lectures (TOR, Solnavägen 4, 10^th floor)

          Stefanie König “Gender Differences in Work beyond Pension Age” (Inspektionen för socialförsäkringen, Göteborg)

          Petra Ulmanen “Consequences of Family Caregiving in Middle Age on Well-being, Paid Work, and Household Finances by Gender and Educational Attainment” (Stockholm University) 

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-13.45 Lecture (IMM-salen, Nobels väg 13, Karolinska Institutet)

          Kati Kuitto “Gender Inequalities in Late Labour Market Participation in European Comparison” (Finnish Centre for Pensions, Research Department, Helsinki)

14:00-15:00: Individual 5–10-minute visual presentations on own research, as related to the Training School topic

15:00-15:30: Coffee

15:30-17:00: Prepare Friday presentation (Group work)

Friday 17^th

9-10.30: Further preparation (Group work)

10:30-11:00: Coffee

11:00-12:00: Group presentation

The application has been closed.