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Liebe KollegInnen,<br>
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vielleicht von Interesse für den einen oder die andere.<br>
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Herzlichst,<br>
Joscha Wullweber<br>
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Dr. Joscha Wullweber
University of Kassel
"Globalization & Politics"
Faculty of Social Sciences
Nora-Platiel-Str. 1
D-34127 Kassel, Germany
Phone: +49-561 804-7367
Fax.: +49-561 804-3464
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lang="EN-GB">I am glad to inform you that our project </span>on
the theme “Patterns of transnational regulation: how networks and
institutions shaped societies and markets throughout the
20th C.” got a positive response from the Swiss National Science
Foundation. Several Ph.D. positions will be funded by the project.
One of them is related to the research module close to your research
interests. As the topic is quite sharp, your expertise on insurance
might be an asset for identifying bright prospective Ph.D.
students. Please do not hesitate to disseminate the information.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The module explores how disparate
practices experienced in the emergence of multinational
social benefits networks were consolidated into standardised
and regulated processes expected to be valid for many other
lines of insurance business. It examines the unification of
insurance business in the context of the growing
internationalisation of the service economy. It also
provides a first attempt to probe the limits of
transnational private insurance governance against the
backdrop of the current global economic crisis. It focuses
on the case of insurance on life-related issues such as
private pension schemes, which appears to be particularly
relevant for research work as they highlight the
controversial political implications of private social
benefits<b>. </b>The project addresses the following
question: To which extent the early and ad-hoc experience of
coordinating private actors’ practices regarding
multinational social benefits set the stage for the European
standards and regulation to become the avant-garde of the
transnationalisation of insurance services?</p>
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<div>Deadline for application: 23 December 2011.</div>
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<div>Do not hesitate to get back to me in case of further
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<div>Centre de recherche
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<div>Institut d'études politiques et
internationales (Iepi)</div>
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