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.

JUST SOCIETY’s second webinar will be on:

Criminal Justice in the Nordic Model
The webinar discusses the relationship between criminal law and the welfare state with focus on the social implications of Nordic approaches to criminal proceedings, punishment, and crime prevention.

The webinar will feature two presentations:

Associate Professor of International Law, Kerstin Carlsson, will discuss social constructions of race, citizenship and belonging in Denmark in the light of two recent, highly publicized criminal cases.

Professor of Political Science, Peter Starke, will question whether all welfare state programs are effective in preventing criminal behavior.

In reaction to the presentations, two discussants (TBA) from JUST SOCIETY’s partner institutions in the Global South will comment on whether criminal justice norms and institutions in the Nordic Model has relevance in their local and regional contexts.

The webinar will be chaired by Christian Prener, Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark, and part of JUST SOCIETY.

Find more information and register here.