The Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing is organising a Public Lecture on Poverty and Social Exclusion entitled Beyond Destinies of Tradition: The state of welfare and the welfare state.

The Public Lecture by Dr Enkeleida Tahiraj will held on Friday 1 December 2017 between 18:00 and 20:00 in Meeting Room 5 at the University of Malta Valletta Campus.

Abstract
Seventy-five years on from Beveridge report and the founding of social safety nets across advanced economies, how fit for purpose are current welfare states? Looking ahead, we face a choice, as Richard Titmuss phrased so well back then, to ‘live out the destinies of tradition’ or to reconsider what welfare could, indeed perhaps should be. This lecture will explore new paradigms, including universal basic income, and considers current concerns such as rising inequalities.

Speaker’s Bio
Dr Enkeleida Tahiraj, a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, researches Social Policies, Agency and Institutions that affect people's lives. Her current focus is the governance mechanisms for rights-based policies and inclusion, and the role of International Organisations in the social discourse. She is currently working on Universal Basic Income. She was a World Visiting Scholar at University of California San Diego, and at Penn State University, USA, where she researched US social policies for inclusion, poverty reduction and role of civil society organisations.

For reservations, kindly contact Ms Lucienne Brincat on +356 2340 3732 or send an email.