Event archive

November 12, 2020, 6:00 p.m.

Voluntary Judicialization: The implicit policy-shaping role of the Swiss courts in social welfare
with Prof. Dr. Gesine Fuchs (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts)

In recent years, obligations and rules in Swiss social welfare have diffused from case law into laws, recommendations and legal texts. This is a specific form of diffusion and can be explained by institutional factors such as strong federalism and vague laws that require interpretation by the courts.

However, this diffusion took place without an open political debate and can therefore be described as voluntary judicialization. This entails normative, legal-sociological and democratic-theoretical problems. The article introduces the case law on social welfare, provides an overview of cantonal rulings in the area of social welfare employment programs and traces the effects of federal court rulings on cantonal laws and guidelines on social welfare.

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registering at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

December 3, 2020, 6:00 p.m.

'Euthanasia' following the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court on Ash Wednesday 2020
with Prof. Dr. Carsten Schütz (Director of the Fulda Social Court)

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registering at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

December 8, 2020, 4:00 p.m.

Quality of life and life perspectives of families with disabled relatives in adulthood - results of the project "Families.strengths"
with Prof. Dr. Markus Schäfers (Fulda University of Applied Sciences) & Dr. Kathrin Reich (Fulda University of Applied Sciences)

Around half of people with (intellectual) disabilities still live with their family, usually with their parents, even in old age. The lecture will present the initial results of the Families.strengths project, in which the main family carers were asked about their living situation.

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registering at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

December 17, 2020, 4:00 p.m.

Minimum subsistence level and sanctions - what happens after the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court?

with Dr. Steffen Luik (Judge at the Federal Social Court)

Event series "Social Law and Social Policy in Jurisprudence and Science" in cooperation with the Association for the Promotion of Research and Knowledge Transfer in Social Law and Social Policy e. V.

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registering at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

January 21, 2020, 6 p.m.

"The attempt to be an ally." Biographical stories of anti-racist activists* without their own experiences of racism

Lecture series Migration, gender and social practice

The lecture deals with the question of which roles and attitudes anti-racist activists* without their own negative experiences of racism can adopt in order to be able to act as productive allies in anti-racist initiatives and which problems need to be considered. The basis is an ongoing dissertation project in which biographical interviews were conducted with people who position themselves as men without their own negative experiences of racism

with Florian Ohnmacht (Innsbruck University of Applied Sciences)

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

January 26, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

The judiciary - from a place of law enforcement to an engine of social cohesion?

with Prof. Dr. Berthold Vogel (Sociological Research Institute Göttingen)

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

February 10, 2021, 6:00 p.m.

Labor and social courts and social administration in the pandemic - initial results

with Prof. Dr. Felix Welti (University of Kassel)

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

June 3, 2020, 6:00 p.m.

Social and health law in the light of the pandemic
with Prof. Dr. Felix Welti (University of Kassel)

The pandemic has shed particular light on the legal allocation of responsibilities between the public health service, health and long-term care insurance funds, professional groups, services and institutions. It is to be discussed whether and how initial reactions point to changes that will or should endure beyond the current crisis situation.

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

June 25, 2020, 6:00 p.m.

Corona and labor market policy: From crisis policy to labor market policy reform
with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schroeder (University of Kassel)

So far, the government's "bazooka" has had the COVID-19 crisis comparatively well under control. But does it offer any prospects for the future? The course could already be set for a fundamental reform of unemployment insurance. The prospect of employment insurance opens up new principles for the social protection of transitional risks in the course of life: breathing employment insurance, mixed and flexible financing of contributions and taxes, more personal autonomy and anchoring European elements in social risk management.

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

July 6, 2020, 4:00 p.m.

Professional-professional orientations in the crisis? An attempt at remote observation of prospective nursing and healthcare professionals
with Prof. Dr. Simone Kreher (Fulda University of Applied Sciences) & Eric Seifert (Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg)

Professional and professional orientations are already difficult to identify in face-to-face communication with students, and this is even more true in the long-distance teaching of the summer semester 2020. The contribution attempts to reflect on these difficulties on the basis of current teaching experiences with empirical support.

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

July 16, 2020, 4:00 p.m.

Nursing homes in the Covid-19 pandemic
with Prof. Dr. Beate Blättner (Fulda University of Applied Sciences)

A consortium of six universities and Fulda University of Applied Sciences is conducting a qualitative study to investigate the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic at an organizational level, in direct care and for residents and relatives, and how violence prevention works under these conditions. Insights into the ongoing study and the data material will be provided.

The event will take place online. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

July 27, 2020, 6 p.m.

Homeschooling - a (human) legal consideration

with Prof. Dr. Sunsanne Dern (Fulda University of Applied Sciences and Arts) & Prof. Dr. Maria Wersig (Dortmund University of Applied Sciences)

"Don't lose sight of disadvantaged pupils!" - This is how ministries of education and school authorities appeal to teachers in schools, or with similar pathos. However, it will hardly be possible to guarantee equal opportunities for all pupils in homeschooling with individual commitment from teachers alone. School closures and distance learning can exacerbate existing educational inequalities in the school system and existing structural disadvantages.

What can be derived from fundamental and human rights and the German anti-discrimination framework to shape homeschooling? Using the example of Berlin state law, the risks of discrimination posed by homeschooling elements will be discussed and how this can be addressed in the design and equipment of schools.

The event will take place online and has a limited number of participants. You will receive the link after registration at nathalie.rothe[at]pg.hs-fulda[dot]de

September 21-22, 2020
Social Jurisdiction in Focus - Interdisciplinary Research in Motion
Annual conference of the FIS junior research group "Social Jurisdiction and the Development of Social Law and Social Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany"
Fulda University Center Transfer
Heinrich-von-Bibra-Platz 1a
36037 Fulda

September 23, 2020
FoSS doctoral workshop
10:00-12:00 Discussion: "Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the welfare state"
13:30-16:30Exposé writing workshop
Registration and more information (pdf)

5 November 2019, 6:15 p.m.
The judicial enforcement of the right to health in Brazil
Prof. Dr. Ingo Sarlet (Pontifíca Universidade Católica do Rio Grande Sul, Porto Alegre)
Universität Kassel, Gießhaus Mönchebergstr. 5, 34127 Kassel

December 3, 2019, 4 p.m.
New regulation of compensation law in SGB XIV - What's new, what should stay?
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Reinhard (Fulda University of Applied Sciences)
Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Building 22, Leipziger Str. 123, 36037 Fulda

10 December 2019, 6 pm
Social Exclusion of Refugees in AnKER and Arrival Centers - Do the New Reception Systems Violate European Human Rights?
Prof. Dr. Marei Pelzer (Fulda University of Applied Sciences)
University of Kassel, Center for Environmentally Conscious Building, Gottschalkstraße 28a, 34127 Kassel

January 29, 2020, 6:15 p.m.
Rehabilitation law under the Federal Participation Act
Jutta Siefert (Judge at the Federal Social Court)
University of Kassel, Center for Environmentally Conscious Building, Gottschalkstraße 28a, 34127 Kassel