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Jon Kvist (born 6 January 1967) is a Danish researcher and author. He is a professor at the Institute of Society and Globalization, at the Roskilde University, as well as a member of the Nordic Centre of Excellence on Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model.
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- Jon kvist professor
- Leonidas donskis dorte sindbjerg jon kvist roundtable on a new welfare bargain in eu
- Biography
- Personal life
- References
Leonidas donskis dorte sindbjerg jon kvist roundtable on a new welfare bargain in eu
Biography
Kvist is the son of a teacher and a psychiatrist. He studied at the University of Odense in Denmark and at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. From 1998 to 2008, Kvist was a senior researcher for the Danish National Institute of Social Research. In 2002, Kvist co-founded ESPAnet, the European network of Social Policy Analysts, a group of academics who study European social policy. He was a member of its board until 2008.
He is currently a member of the editorial board of the Journal of European Social Policy.
Kvist was on the Expert Group on Welfare in an Independent Scotland set down by the Scottish Government 2013-2014.
Currently, Kvist is on the Danish Government Commission on Unemployment Insurance (Dagpengekommissionen) that is to analyse and recommend reform of the unemployment insurance system.
Kvist is also member of the new European Commission European Network on Social Policy.
Personal life
Kvist has two children.