The HECAT Project hosted two panels at the 29th International Conference of Europeanists at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik from 27-29 June 2023. The theme of the conference was “Europe’s Past, Present, And Future: Utopias And Dystopias”. 9 project members attended from 3 partners, chairing 2 panel sessions and presenting 7 papers, including presentations from Work Package Leads, Postdocs and PhD students.
Opening Keynote – President of Iceland
The opening keynote of the conference was from the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson: “In Europe, where you stand depends on where you sit. Presidents and academics, nationalism and objectivity”. The President provided a personal account of the opportunities and challenges of being a historian who became head of state. Before taking office as President in 2016, President Jóhannesson was Professor of History at the University of Iceland. His research focuses on the formation of Iceland´s foreign relations, constitutional matters, and contemporary history. His scholarly publications address topics such as the Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars, Iceland´s support for Baltic independence, and the 2008 economic crisis in Iceland.
HECAT Panels
Panel 1: Digitalisation of Public Employment Services: The Perspective of Unemployed and Case Workers
29/6/2023 9:00 AM to 10:45 AM
Chair: Janine Leschke – Copenhagen Business School
Magnus Paulsen Hansen – Roskilde University
Discussant: Janine Leschke – Copenhagen Business School
Participants:
Can Systems Care? Exploring Casework Experiences to Consider a Practice-based Definition of Care
Aisling Tuite – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Ray Griffin – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Exploring Omni-channel Welfare: An Exploratory Study of Citizen and State interactions in Public Employment Services
Orla Hayes – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Ray Griffin – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
How Do Users, Counsellors and Stakeholders Evaluate Their Public Employment Services? A
Cross-national Comparison of Denmark, France, Ireland & Slovenia
Sabina Pultz – Roskilde University
Magnus Paulsen Hansen – Roskilde University
Maggie Müller – Roskilde University
Sterilising Enabling Labor Market Supports with Blunt Force Conditionality
Patrick Gallagher – South East Technical University, Waterford, Ireland
Ray Griffin – South East Technical University, Waterford, Ireland
Panel 2: Digitalization of Public Employment Services: Big Data and AI. 29/6/2023 11:00 AM to 12:45 PM
Chair: Janine Leschke – Copenhagen Business School
Aisling Tuite – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Discussant: Ray Griffin – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Participants:
Sustainable Labor Market Integration: Updating the Output Variable of Profiling Tools
Clément Brébion – Copenhagen Business School
Janine Leschke – Copenhagen Business School
Pavle Boškoski – Jožef Stefan Institute
Biljana Boshkoska – Jožef Stefan Institute
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Digitalisation of Public Employment Services: A Case Study of the Datafied Welfare State in Ireland
Antoinette Jordan – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Zeta Dooly – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Ray Griffin – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
After Dystopian Datafication in the European Welfare State
Ray Griffin – South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
AI Sovereignty and its Limits
Daniel Mügge – University of Amsterdam
CES Conference website: 2023 Conference Program – Council for European Studies
The HECAT Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research & innovation programme under grant agreement No 870702