BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;Center for European Studies presentsCOVID-19 and\nElderly Care Facilities: Lessons from Europe We now know that COVID-19\nbecomes life-threatening for people with comorb idities. \; Residents of\nnursing homes are particularly vulnerable. I n advanced democracies\, many\ncontracted the disease in nursing homes. In Italy\, Spain and the US\, all of\nwhich recorded staggering numbers of C OVID-19 deaths\, nursing homes were the major source of infection. In cont rast\, Germany has succeeded in containing the virus\nand saved lives. \n\ n \;\n\nThis panel invites experts from\nGermany\, Italy and Spain.&nb sp\; By comparing experiences of the three major\nEuropean countries\, we draw lessons for the United States and beyond.Panelists:\n\nMargarita  \;León\, \;Autonomous \;University\nof \;Barcelona\, SpainMarg arita León is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous U niversity of Barcelona where she was also a ‘Ramón y Cajal’ Senior Researc h Fellow at the Institute of Government and Public Policies (IGOP) between 2010 and 2015. From 2003 until 2010 she was Lecturer in European social p olicy at the School of Social Policy\, Sociology and Social Research at th e University of Kent. Between 2001 and 2003\, Dr. León held a Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence\, Italy. She was a Fulbr ight Visiting Scholar at the University of California\, Berkeley in 2018. Her main areas of research are comparative public policy and welfare state reform. She has published in numerous international peer-reviewed scienti fic journals. She has co-edited with Ana M. Guillén The Spanish Welfare St ate in European Context (2011\, Ashgate) and edited The Transformation of Care in European Societies (2014\, Palgrave). Dr. León is currently co-cha ir of the Spanish Social Policy Research Network (REPS). In 2018\, she was awarded ICREA ACADEMIA for a 5-year period for excellence in research. \n \nCostanzo\nRanci\, \;Polytechnic University of Milan\, ItalyCostanzo Ranci is Professor in Economic Sociology at the Polytechnic University of Milan\, where he chairs the Social Policy Research Lab. He has published m any books and scientific articles on welfare\, social vulnerability\, and long-term care policy. Dr. Ranci has advised many Italian institutions inc luding the Ministry of Social Affairs. \; His current research is focu sed on long term care policy in comparative perspective\, the living condi tions of lone elderly people in Italy\, and the impact of the COVID-19 pan demic on nursing homes.\n\nKarin Wolf-Ostermann\,\nUniversity of Bremen\, GermanyKarin Wolf-Ostermann is Professor of Health Care at the Institute f or Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP) at the University of Bremen wh ere she serves as Head of Department 7: Health Care Research. \; She i s also a member of IPP’s board of directors and Vice Dean of the Departmen t of Human and Health Sciences at the same University. Dr. Wolf-Ostermann serves on several national and international advisory boards concerning ca re program development and evaluation. Her research interests include comp lex interventions and outcome-related research on care-dependent people (c dp)\, especially older people and people with dementia (pwd). She focuses on evaluating health outcomes of interventions in actual care practice – e specially in small scale living environments or for community-residing per sons – and improving quality of care and support in everyday life for cdp and pwd\, and their formal and informal caregivers. In addition\, she has expertise in the field of new technologies in health care and nursing. \n\ n \;\n\nModerator:\n\nMargarita\nEstévez-Abe\, Syracuse UniversityMarg arita Estévez-Abe is Co-Director of Center for European Studies and Associ ate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. She taught at H arvard University before joining Syracuse and served as the first chair of Public Policy at Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin\, Italy. She specializes in comparative political economy of advanced industrial societies. She ha s written on the varieties of capitalism exploring the intersection of wel fare states\, electoral systems and the models of capitalism. She’s the au thor of the award-winning book Welfare Capitalism in Postwar Japan (Cambri dge University Press)\, the editor of special journal issues on outsourcin g of domestic and care work (Social Politics) and the transformation of fa milialist systems in East Asia and Southern Europe (Journal of European So cial Policy). She is currently working on a book manuscript on Politics an d Demographic Aging and a co-authored manuscript on Trans-border Families in Japan\, South Korea and Taiwan. Click here to registerFor more informat ion\, please contact Havva Karakas Keles\, or to request accessibility arr angements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu. 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Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

Center for European Studies presents


COVID -19 and\nElderly Care Facilities: Lessons from Europe

We now k now that COVID-19\nbecomes life-threatening for people with comorbidities.  \; Residents of\nnursing homes are particularly vulnerable. In advanc ed democracies\, many\ncontracted the disease in nursing homes. In Italy\, Spain and the US\, all of\nwhich recorded staggering numbers of COVID-19 deaths\, nursing homes were the major source of infection. In contrast\, G ermany has succeeded in containing the virus\nand saved lives.

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This panel invites experts from\nGermany\, Italy and Spa in. \; By comparing experiences of the three major\nEuropean countries \, we draw lessons for the United States and beyond.


Panelist s:

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Margarita \;León\, \;Autonomous \; University\nof \;Barcelona\, Spain

Margarita León is As sociate Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Bar celona where she was also a ‘Ramón y Cajal’ Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Government and Public Policies (IGOP) between 2010 and 2015. From 2003 until 2010 she was Lecturer in European social policy at the Sch ool of Social Policy\, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent. Between 2001 and 2003\, Dr. León held a Marie Curie post-doctoral fe llowship at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence\, Italy. She was a Fulbright Visiting Sc holar at the University of California\, Berkeley in 2018. Her main areas o f research are comparative public policy and welfare state reform. She has published in numerous international peer-reviewed scientific journals. Sh e has co-edited with Ana M. Guillén The Spanish Welfare State in European Context (2011\, Ashgate) and edited The Transformation of Care in European Societies (2014\, Palgrave). Dr. León is currently co-chair of the Spanis h Social Policy Research Network (REPS). In 2018\, she was awarded ICREA A CADEMIA for a 5-year period for excellence in research.

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Costanzo\nRanci\, \;Polytechnic University of Milan\, Italy

Costanzo Ranci is Professor in Economic Sociology at the Poly technic University of Milan\, where he chairs the Social Policy Research L ab. He has published many books and scientific articles on welfare\, socia l vulnerability\, and long-term care policy. Dr. Ranci has advised many It alian institutions including the Ministry of Social Affairs. \; His cu rrent research is focused on long term care policy in comparative perspect ive\, the living conditions of lone elderly people in Italy\, and the impa ct of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing homes.

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Kar in Wolf-Ostermann\,\nUniversity of Bremen\, Germany

Karin W olf-Ostermann is Professor of Health Care at the Institute for Public Heal th and Nursing Research (IPP) at the University of Bremen where she serves as Head of Department 7: Health Care Research. \; She is also a membe r of IPP’s board of directors and Vice Dean of the Department of Human and Health Sciences at the same University. Dr. Wolf-Ostermann serves on seve ral national and international advisory boards concerning care program dev elopment and evaluation. Her research interests include complex interventi ons and outcome-related research on care-dependent people (cdp)\, especial ly older people and people with dementia (pwd). She focuses on evaluating health outcomes of interventions in actual care practice – especially in s mall scale living environments or for community-residing persons – and imp roving quality of care and support in everyday life for cdp and pwd\, and their formal and informal caregivers. In addition\, she has expertise in t he field of new technologies in health care and nursing.

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Moderator:

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Margarita\nEstévez- Abe\, Syracuse University

Margarita Estévez-Abe is Co-Direc tor of Center for European Studies and Associate Professor of Political Sc ience at Syracuse University. She taught at Harvard University before join ing Syracuse and served as the first chair of Public Policy at Collegio Ca rlo Alberto in Turin\, Italy. She specializes in comparative political eco nomy of advanced industrial societies. She has written on the varieties of capitalism exploring the intersection of welfare states\, electoral syste ms and the models of capitalism. She’s the author of the award-winning boo k Welfare Capitalism in Postwar Japan (Cambridge University Press)\, the e ditor of special journal issues on outsourcing of domestic and care work ( Social Politics) and the transformation of familialist systems in East Asi a and Southern Europe (Journal of European Social Policy). She is currentl y working on a book manuscript on Politics and Demographic Aging and a co- authored manuscript on Trans-border Families in Japan\, South Korea and Ta iwan.


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For more information\, please conta ct Havva Karakas Keles\, or to request accessibility arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu.

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