JUST SOCIETY webinar series: Critical perspectives on the Nordic Model

The ‘Nordic model’ captures an encompassing and redistributive welfare system based on free market capitalism, rule of law, inclusive participation, and a strong state. A distinctive trait of the Nordic model is the achievement of universal access to social security policies and equal access to justice. The Nordic model has been glorified with Francis Fukuyama suggesting that all countries should be like ‘Denmark’. However, is all well with the Nordic model? And what would be the relevance of the Nordic experiences to countries in the Global South?

In its webinars, JUST SOCIETY opens for a discussion on these questions and for critical investigations into different aspects of the Nordic model. The webinars facilitate an interdisciplinary and intercontinental dialogue between legal and social science experts on the Nordic model and experts from selected Global South countries.

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Public Administration in the Nordic Model

The webinar addresses the role of public administrative authorities in the Nordic model when it comes to ensuring equal access to justice and welfare for the individual citizen.

The webinar will feature two presentations:

Professor of Sociology of Law, Bettina Lemann Kristiansen, will discuss the potential pitfalls of the public administrative authorities’ growing role in the implementation and allocation of welfare rights.

Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Matthias Döring, will present the “administrative burdens” experienced by citizens in their encounter with public administrative authorities.

In reaction to the two presentations, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Administration Archil Abashidze and Associate Professor of Public Law Giorgi Meladze, both from Ilia State University, will provide comparative perspectives from Georgia and discuss the relevance of the Nordic experiences for Georgia’s public administration.

The webinar will be chaired by Louise Munkholm, Assistant Professor at the Danish Centre for Welfare Studies (DaWS), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Southern Denmark.

Find more information and register here.