Nordic Social Law Conference 26 – 27 August 2025
Most welcome to this year’s Nordic Social law conference in Bergen. The theme of the conference is: “Power, Individual, Society: Science and Politics in Nordic Social Law”.
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Most welcome to this year’s Nordic Social law conference in Bergen, 26 – 27 August 2025. Please complete the registration form by 1 June.
The theme of the conference is: “Power, Individual, Society: Science and Politics in Nordic Social Law” (Makt, individ, samhälle: Vetenskap och politik i den nordiska sociala rätten).
Call for abstracts
Within the broad frame of the theme of the conference, participants are invited to send abstracts for presentation of relevant research in the field of social law. The latter covers both public and private law issues concerning, among other things, social services, social care, social security, social insurance, health and medical care, children’s rights, and human rights.
The organizing committee will arrange presentations in appropriate sections. The abstract should be a maximum of 500 words and submitted in Word or PDF. A short CV should be included, with name, position, and affiliation. The abstracts – and presentations – could be in English or any of the Scandinavian languages. Please upload your abstract to the registration form by 1 June. As a follow up of the conference, Nordisk Socialrättslig tidskrift will publish a special issue with contributions from the seminar. If you are interested in elaborating your abstract to an article, please indicate this when submitting your abstract. Articles will undergo a peer review process.
We will start the conference with an informal reception in the evening of 25 August, and the conference will take place from morning 26 August to the afternoon 27 August at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (located in the city centre).
The Faculty of Law will pay for meals and snacks during the two days, while participants must cover their travel and accommodation expenses.
For young scholars who are presenting, e.g. those writing a PhD, we will offer scholarships covering travel (economy class) and accommodation (at Hotel Zander K). If you are interested, please indicate this when submitting your abstract. Final confirmation regarding who will receive funding will be provided shortly after June 1.
Accommodation
We have reserved rooms at two nearby hotels for two nights (about a 15 minute walk from the faculty).
- Scandic Ørnen: From NOK 2027 per night including breakfast (fully flexible). You can book online with the link: Scandic Ørnen 25.08 - 27.08 and the code: PROMO15B. We have a limited number of rooms at this rate.
- Hotel Zander K: NOK 1090 per night including breakfast. Reservation No. 316448. Reservation by direct contact to the hotel, either by email resepsjon@zanderk.no or by phone + 47 55 36 20 40- (button selection reception). In both cases, refer to the reservation no and “Nordisk sosialrettskonferanse 2025”.
You need to make the hotel reservation yourself, and within 15 June in order to get the discounted price.
Follow up event
As a follow up event, in the afternoon on Wednesday 27 August, we will organize a colloquium on EU/EEA social security law. This event will be co-organized with Centenol: The Centre on the Europeanization of Norwegian Law. Workpackage 1 concerns the interaction between EEA and Norwegian (and Nordic) law in the field of social security law. If you are interested in participating in this event, please indicate this when submitting your abstract.
Contact and organizing
The local organizing committee consists of Henriette Sinding Aasen, Bjørn Henning Østenstad and Karl Harald Søvig. The conference is funded by the Bergen University Fund. If you have any questions, please send an email to Vilde.Norvik@student.uib.no.
