Program

Gender, intergenerational relationships and social work

Conferences, lectures, workshops in small groups, visits of social facilities and institutions, cultural and social events are on the program of the Summer University ; these various activities offera unique opportunity to address social work issues and to identify similarities and differences with the participants’ own national orregional contexts.

  • Conferences and lectures will provide the chance to hear internationally renowned specialists from the social work, social sciences and humanities faculties in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, United States,…
  • Workshops organized for small groups, with methodological support, will enable students to work on an original social work project linked to gender and intergenerational relationships issues. Projects will be presented in plenary session on the lastday of the Summer University.
  • Field visits to social work services and structures will help students understand how social workers deal with concrete issues of intergenerational relationships and gender.
  • Social evenings and other informal events will facilitate socialization between students and faculty.

Switzerland, a multilingual and multicultural country in the heart of Europe, is ideally situated to host this Summer University in socialwork.

Schedule available!

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Timeline
09:00 - 10:30
 
11:00 - 12:30
 
14:00 - 17:00
17:00
Monday
June 20th
09:00
Welcome & Lecture I
Prof. F. Höpflinger
University of Zürich, Switzerland
Intergenerational configurations in an ageing society
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture II
Dr. F. Bühlmann
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Analysis of secondary data and intergenerational research
Lunch break
14:00
Workshop I
Dr. Y. Papadaniel
HES-SO Lausanne, Switzerland
Social work projects
17:00
Official opening session
Mme A.-C Lyon
Head of Departement of Education, Youth and Culture and all.
M. M.-A. Berclaz
Steering Committee Chair, HES-SO

Tuesday
June 21th
9:00
Lecture III
Prof. M. Bozon
INED, Paris, France
Dynamics between gender, age and desire
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture IV
Prof. M.-T. Coenen
Haute école Louvain en Hainaut, Belgium
Gender in social work : a methodological tool
Lunch break
14:00
Workshop II
Dr. Y. Papadaniel
HES-SO Lausanne, Switzerland
Social work projects

Wednesday
June 22th
9:00
Lecture V
Prof. A. Frauenfelder
HES-SO Geneva, Switzerland
The construction of parental déviance : child abuse
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture VI
Prof. G. Backes
University of Vechta, Germany
Gender and Aging
Lunch break
14:00
Visit of institution I
Fribourg

Thursday
June 23th
9:00
Lecture VII
Prof. P. Voll
HES-SO Valais, Switzerland
Law and the construction of gender, age and intergenerational relationships
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture VIII
Prof. S. Cosner Berzin
Boston College, USA
The Transition to Adulthood : Understanding Risk and Resilience for Vulnerable Youth
Lunch break
14:00
Workshop III
Dr. Y. Papadaniel
HES-SO Lausanne, Switzerland
Social work projects
17:00
Public lecture
Prof. R. C. Sawadogo
University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Migration flows : cooperation memorandums between european states and third countries : situation in subsaharian Africa

Friday
June 24th
9:00
Lecture IX
Prof. J.-M. Le Goff
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
The transition to parenthood in the French-speaking part of Switzerland
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture X
Prof. M. Bessin
EHESS, Paris, France
Time at the core of gender
Lunch break
14:00
Workshop IV
Dr. Y. Papadaniel
HES-SO Lausanne, Switzerland
Social work projects

Saturday
June 25th
09:00
Cultural visit in Valais

Timeline
09:00 - 10:30
 
11:00 - 12:30
 
14:00 - 17:00
17:00
Timeline
09:00 - 10:30
 
11:00 - 12:30
 
14:00 - 17:00
17:00
Monday
June 27th
09:00
Lecture XI
Prof. R. Schilling
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Inequities, Disparities and Distensions across the Boundaries of Gender and Generation
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture XII
Dr. J. Triantafillou
NGO 50plus Hellas, Athens, Greece
Policies and measures for the support of informal family carers of older dépendent people in European countries
Lunch break
14:00
Workshop V
Dr. Y. Papadaniel
HES-SO Lausanne, Switzerland
Social work projects

Tuesday
June 28th
9:00
Lecture XIII
Prof. JA. Damron-Rodriguez
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
A Life Course Perspective on Gender, Aging and Intergenerational Relationships
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture XIV
Prof. C. Hummel
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Trajectories of contemporary grandmotherhood
Lunch break
14:00
Workshop VI
Dr. Y. Papadaniel
HES-SO Lausanne, Switzerland
Social work projects

Wednesday
June 29th
9:00
Lecture XV
Prof. D. O’Connor
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Care-giving or simply caring ? Examining the construction of intergenerational care
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture XVI
Prof. A. Anchisi
HES-SO, Lausanne, Switzerland
Helping a relative with dementia in everyday life : between household and lineage
Lunch break
14:00
Visit of institution II
Geneva

Thursday
June 30th
9:00
Lecture XVII
Prof. J.-F. Bickel
HES-SO Fribourg, Switzerland
A new figure of citizenship. Providence, social regulation, generation and gender in old age
Coffee break
11:00
Lecture XVIII
Prof. M. Charpentier
Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada
Social engagement of elderly women : a cross analysis of gender and intergenerational relationships
Lunch break
14:00
Workshop VII
Dr. Y. Papadaniel
HES-SO Lausanne, Switzerland
Social work projects

Friday
July 1st
9:00
Social work projects presentation and evaluation
Prof. M.-A. Berthod
Prof. D. A. Castelli Dransart
Prof. J. Coquoz
Prof. L. Ossipow
Prof. P. Voll
HES-SO
Lunch break
14:00
Social work projects presentation and evaluation (continuation)
Conclusion of the Summer University

Timeline
09:00 - 10:30
 
11:00 - 12:30
 
14:00 - 17:00
17:00