DEAR PARTICIPANTS! On behalf of the Volkswagen Foundation I am pleased to welcome you to our Herrenhausen Conference “Re-Thinking Social Inequality”! As the largest private research funder in Germany we would like to esta- blish our Herrenhausen Conferences as a platform for a lively and inspiring dialogue on topical and socially relevant research questions. There can be no doubt that against the backdrop of rapidly changing societies across the world, growing social inequality currently deserves even more attention than ever before. We are very much looking forward to re-thinking social inequality by bringing together social and political scientists, philosophers and econo- mists from all over the world. What value does research add to a better under- standing of social inequality? How can research contribute to solving problems of social inequality? It is our goal to bring together protagonists who look at the different phenomena of social inequality as well as the different cultural perceptions of social inequality from various angles. We very much hope for a lively exchange of views and ideas between all participants. Our conference program allows ample time for discussion and an extra slot for young researchers. Please join actively in the debate! To foster an exchange, we will summarize the conference in a report that will also be made available to the research community at large after the conference. Dear participants! It is a pleasure to have you here in Hanover, and to welcome you to Herrenhausen Palace. I look forward to an interesting exchange of views and debates on Re-Thinking Social Inequality. Yours sincerely, Wilhelm Krull Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation MAY 12-14, 2014 RE-THINKING SOCIAL INEQUALITY MONDAY MAY 12, 2014 HERRENHAUSEN CONFERENCE 3:00 P.M. REGISTRATION HERRENHAUSEN PALACE, HANOVER, GERMANY 4:00 P.M. WORDS OF WELCOME Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation PROGRAM 4:15 P.M. KEYNOTES SPEECHES CHAIR Wilhelm Krull INEQUALITY: A MULTICENTRIC APPROACH Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Sociologist, University of California SOCIAL INEQUALITY – A HISTORIAN’S PERSPECTIVE Andreas Gestrich, Historian, Director of the German Historical Institute London PLENERAY DISCUSSION 6:30 P.M. PUBLIC LECTURE "NATIONAL AND GLOBAL INEQUALITIES: CURRENT TRENDS AND POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPEMENTS" Branko Milanovic´, Inequality Specialist, City University of New York, former lead economist in the World Bank’s research department 8:00 P.M. DINNER All academic titles have been omitted. TUESDAY MAY 13, 2014 9:00 A.M. SESSION 1 STATEMENTS (20 min. each) DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY – MUTUAL INFLUENCES David Brady, Sociologist, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung CHAIR Christiane Hoffmann, Journalist, Berlin Office Der Spiegel Helmut Anheier, Sociologist, Hertie School of Governance KEYNOTE SPEECH THE STATEMENTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PANEL AND PLENARY DISCUSSION. "DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL EQUITY: POTENTIAL TENSIONS" Paul Collier, Economist, Oxford University 1:30 P.M. LUNCH STATEMENTS (20 min. each) 3:00 P.M. SESSION 3 Steffen Mau, Sociologist, University of Bremen CULTURE MATTERS – DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY Wolfgang Merkel, Political Scientist, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin CHAIR Cornelia Klinger, Philosopher, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna für Sozialforschung KEYNOTE SPEECH THE STATEMENTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PANEL AND PLENARY DISCUSSION. Surinder Jodhka, Sociologist, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi AND 11:00 A.M. COFFEE BREAK Vincent Houben, Historian, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin 11:30 A.M. SESSION 2 STATEMENTS (20 min. each) CIVIL SOCIETY AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS – Kitty Dumont, Psychologist, University of South Africa WHICH ROLE DO THEY PLAY IN COPING WITH SOCIAL INEQUALITY? Ina Kerner, Political Scientist, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin CHAIR Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance THE STATEMENTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PANEL AND PLENARY DISCUSSION. KEYNOTE SPEECH RE-IMAGING EQUALITY: REFLECTIONS ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND MARKETS, 5:00 P.M. COFFEE BREAK PAST; PRESENT AND FUTURE John Keane, Political Scientist, University of New South Wales, Sydney WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 2014 5:30 P.M. SESSION 4 9:00 A.M. SESSION 5 YOUNG RESEARCHERS APPROACHES TOWARDS SOCIAL INEQUALITY THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CHAIR Almut Steinbach, Volkswagen Foundation HIGHER EDUCATION CHAIR Jens Schneider, University of Osnabrück STATEMENTS FROM THREE YOUNG RESEARCHERS (20 min. each) KEYNOTE SPEECH 6:30 P.M. APERITIF THE LAST SCHOOL Shoshana Zuboff, Social Psychologist, Harvard Business School 7:00 P.M. DINNER STATEMENTS Jutta Allmendinger, Sociologist, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung Jannis Kallinikos, Organization and Communication Scholar, London School of Economics THE STATEMENTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PANEL AND PLENARY DISCUSSION. 11:00 A.M. COFFEE BREAK SPEAKERS & CHAIRS 11:30 A.M. FINAL DEBATE – THE WAY AHEAD DID WE SUCCEED IN RE-THINKING AND RE-CONFIGURING JUTTA ALLMENDINGER JOHANNA MAIR SOCIAL INEQUALITY? HELMUT ANHEIER STEFFEN MAU WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH DO WE NEED TO FIND OUT MORE DAVID BRADY WOLFGANG MERKEL ABOUT SOCIAL INEQUALITY? PAUL COLLIER BRANKO MILANOVIC´ ARE THERE NEW FIELDS OF RESEARCH AND OPPORTUNITIES KITTY DUMONT JAN NEDERVEEN PIETERSE FOR COLLABORATION? ANDREAS GESTRICH JENS SCHNEIDER CHRISTIANE HOFFMANN ALMUT STEINBACH Jutta Allmendinger, Sociologist, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin VINCENT HOUBEN SHOSHANA ZUBOFF für Sozialforschung SURINDER S. JODHKA Shoshana Zuboff, Social Psychologist, Harvard Business School JANNIS KALLINIKOS Surinder Jodhka, Sociologist, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi JOHN KEANE John Keane, Political Scientist, University of New South Wales, Sydney INA KERNER CORNELIA KLINGER 1:00 P.M. LUNCH, END OF CONFERENCE WILHELM KRULL JUTTA ALLMENDINGER HELMUT ANHEIER BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE Jutta Allmendinger is President of the BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER (Wissen- Helmut K. Anheier is Professor of Sociology and Dean at the Hertie School of schaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung) and Professor of Sociology at the Governance. He also holds a chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Honorary Professor of Sociology at the Freie serves as Academic Director of the Center for Social Investment. He received his Universität Berlin. PhD from Yale University in 1986. During the 1990s, he was a senior researcher Jutta Allmendinger received her training in sociology and social psychology at at John Hopkins School of Public Policy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Professor of the University of Mannheim (MA 1982), the University of Wisconsin, Harvard Public Policy and Social Welfare at UCLA's School of Public Affairs and Centen- University (PhD 1989), and the Freie Universität Berlin (Habilitation 1993). nial Professor at the London School of Economics. Anheier founded and directed Jutta Allmendinger worked at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development the Centre for Civil Society at LSE and the Center for Civil Society at UCLA. in Berlin (1988-1991). From 1992 to 2007, she was Full Professor of Sociology at Before embarking on an academic career, he served as social affairs officer to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and from 2003 to 2007 Director the United Nations. He is currently researching the role of foundations in civil of the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg. society. He is author of over 300 publications, and he won various international Jutta Allmendinger received several awards and was honored with the Federal prizes for his scholarship. Amongst his publication are A Versatile American Cross of Merit 1st class of the Federal Republic of Germany. Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations with David Hammack (Washington, DC: Brookings, 2013) and Creative Philan- SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND EDUCATION: CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES thropy with Diana Leat (New York, NY, London: Routledge, 2006). The tertiary sector is being rapidly expanded almost everywhere in the world, not least because of international targets set by the European Commission and GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENTS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY the OECD. This frequently occurs at the expense of content and depth. Curricula The paper argues that global civil society activists and proponents have not are highly specialized and lack breadth, evident, among other things, from the found the organizational form that would allow for more pro-active and sustained increasing diversification of degrees and certificates. Likewise, many approa- roles in social justice and equity debates and policy. As a result, the impact of ches neglect the link between academic and vocational education. Are they global civil society on the “new social question“ that is emerging after three de- really “equal” as the German government claims? The answer depends on the cades of rapid economic globalization remains relatively marginal despite the indicators for labor market success. Foremost, however, the rise of professio- immense opportunities afforded by the new communication technologies and nal training and higher education increases the risk of educationally deprived the greater mobility and reachability of populations that could potentially be individuals becoming a segregated and stigmatized group of the population. mobilized. The largely ineffective Occupy movements and related phenomena are cases in point, as is what has been called the new “subterranean politics.”