Thursday, 14 June:
14:00 Arrival
14:45 Opening: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Stecher, Dean; Prof. Dr. Ingrid Miethe; University of Giessen
15:00 Lifelong Learners and Non-traditional Students in Germany in a Comparative View; Prof. Dr. Andrä Wolter, Humboldt-University of Berlin (D)
15:45 Coffee Break
16:00 Three Decades of Educational Upward Mobility in Germany; Dr. Maja Suderland, Regina Soremski M.A., University of Giessen (D)
16:45 With Lower Expectations into Higher Education - An International Review; Dr. Thomas Spiegler, Dr. Antje Bednarek,
Theologische Hochschule Friedensau (D)
17:30 The Persistence of Educational Estates in Austria; Prof. Dr. Hans Pechar, Dr. Thomas Pfeffer, University of Klagenfurt (A)
18:30 Buffet
Friday, 15 June:
10:00 Knowledge Society and Educational Opportunity Structures in Denmark; Prof. Dr. Dirk Michel-Schertges, Aarhus University (DK)
10:45 Educational Upward Mobility in Britain; Dr. habil. Antonia Kupfer, University of Southampton (UK)
11:30 Coffee Break
11:45 The Reform of Italian University Curricula under the Bologna Process: Just a Bubble? Prof. Dr. Daniele Checchi,
University of Milano (I)
12:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Three Decades of Higher Education Expansion in Portugal: Social Trends and Recent Challenges; Dr. Maria Manuel Vieira, Prof. Dr. Natália Alves, University of Lisbon (P)
14:15 Macro and Micro Effects on Educational Advancement in Hungary: How Individuals and Families Reacted to the Changes in Historical Processes? Prof. Dr. Péter Róbert, Széchenyi University, Győr (HU)
15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 Socialist and Post-Socialist Development in Higher Education Participation in the Czech Republic; Prof. Dr. Petr Matějů, University of Finance and Administration, Prague; Dr. Natalie Simonová, Institute for Social and Economic Analyses,
Prague (CZ)
16:00 Closing Discussion and Farewell Speech
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Miethe, University of Giessen
17:00 End of the Conference