CESAU now has a new research group which will be concerned with youth sociology. We have spoken with group coordinator Jens Christian Nielsen of DPU in order to learn more about his intentions. He says:
”By cooperating across the research group, we can make the youth field more visible. Looking around, one sees many people working with sociologically inspired theory, and it may be good to put this even more into play.”
CESAU have, as a new initiative, chosen to arrange a seminar once every semester, focusing on a sociological thinker - chosen by the students. We would like to say thanks for the suggestions we have received. This semester, the students have chosen to focus on Michel Foucault, and the event will take place on December 8. Lars Thorup Hansen and Jens Erik Kristensen have agreed to take part in a discussion as to how they make use of Foucault in their current research, and we are working on arranging further presentations.
Denmark and the US alike have, within the last 10-15 years, introduced so-called "free choice" systems in the health sector - arrangements marked by a strong neoliberal line of thought, and which follows a logic of the market. With Foucault as his starting point, Lars Thorup will investigate how and why neoliberal ideas are played out in two radically different political settings: The Danish and American health systems, respectively.
The presentation will circle around three areas to which Foucault's research may contribute new perspectives. Foucault's actual contribution to an "analytics of exclusion", Foucault's possible contribution to discussions about and diagnoses of the so-called "competition state", and finally, Foucault's possible contribution to an understanding of the field of politics currently circulating nationally and internationally under the heading "knowledge politics", with reference to the political and knowledge-economical attention to the generalised knowledge production in society.
In anticipation of the seminar, CESAU has taken the Foucault temperature at Aarhus University. We have asked researchers and students from several different fields what the influential French philosopher means to them. Among other things, Carsten Stage responds:
”One does not always get unproblematic answers - e.g. where the relationship between subject, identity and discourse is concerned - from Foucault, but one always finds in him a constructively provocative discussion partner.”
We encourage everyone interested to sign up for the Danish Sociologists' Congress soon, at the conference website.
In addition to the 36 work groups which were announced in the previous newsletter, another work group has been added. This group will focus on social movements and the question of identity.
We have recently seen a substantial replacement of staff at the centre.Kristoffer Stegeager, who has served as head of the secretariat, has found a new job. Henrik Reintoft Christensen will be taking over Kristoffer's responsibilities - not least concerning the Danish Sociologists' Congress. Another two have said their goodbyes: Henrik Jøker Bjerre, who has been with us from the start, and Verner Møller. A big thank you to Kristoffer, Henrik, and Verner. Mikkel Rytter from the Department og Culture and Society is new at the centre - welcome to Mikkel. Also our student worker staff has seen much replacement. Lasse Johanson, Andreas Kiel Jørgensen, Ayham Al Maleh, and Mads Muurholm are new at the centre, replacing Nicolai Mariegaard, Anders Storm Rasmussen, Kristine Frahm, and Birgitte Gade. Welcome to the new student workers and goodbye to the old ones.
Below is found an overview of deadlines for research funding in November.
Fund |  | Notice |  | Deadline |  | |
| European Commission | Foods, health, and well-being | 15/11/2011 | Read more | |||
| Torben og Alice Frimodt's fund | Research funding | 15/11/2011 | ||||
| European Commission | Safety and society | 23/11/2011 | Read more | |||
| European Commission | Starting Grants in social sciences and humanities | 24/11/2011 | Read more |
PhD-course |  | Spaces available? |  | |
NVivo course | NO | |||
EXTRA NVivo course | NO | fileadmin/www.cesau.au.dk/Flyer_-_Ph.d.-kursus_i_NVivo_9.pdf | Read more | |
Profession studies under a | YES
| fileadmin/www.cesau.au.dk/Programmer/Professionssociologi_2011.pdf | Read more | |
NVivo course (1 ects) | YES | Read more | ||
NVivo course (1 ects) | YES Registration with Henrik R. Christensen hcr@cesau.au.dk | Read more |
Nov. 9 & 14 | Ph.D. course: Introduction to NVivo |
Nov. 15 | Course: ”Why and how? Evidence and effect measurement of social efforts” |
Nov. 17 at 17-19 | Talk: Peter Scharff Smith: ”Children of the imprisoned” |
Nov. 17, | Conference: ”On the edge of the housing market” |
Nov. 18 at 14.15 | Meeting in the research group: ”Culture and Society” |
Nov. 23 & 28 | EXTRA Ph.D. course: Introduction to Nvivo |
Nov. 29 at 17-19 | Talk: Marie Østergaard Møller: ”Limits of concern among the professionals of the welfare state.” |
1/12 | Conference: ”Employment of more elderly people and unemployment – how?” |
Dec. 6 at 17-19 | Temamøde i CESAUs ph.d.-gruppe: Formidling af forskningen |
Dec. 8 at 10-14 | Focus on Foucault |
Dec. 9 at 9.30-16.30 | Conference about Luhmann and the health system |
| Jan 19-20, 2012 | Danish Sociologists' Congress 2012: Troubled Identities |
| Jan./feb., 2012 | Ph.D. course: Profession studies under a sociological perspective – an introduction |
9.-10. feb., 2012 | Conference: ”Designing and Transforming Capitalism” |
| Feb. 6 & 8, 2012 | Ph.D. course: Introduction to NVivo |
| Feb. 13 & 15, 2012 | Ph.D. course: Introduction to NVivo |
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