IWRN CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: 20-21 JUNE 2024

International Whistleblowing Research Network Conference 
[Hosted in Oslo by the Institute for Social Research (ISF) and the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research]

Where: (In person) Munthes gate 31, 0260 Oslo.
When: 12:30pm CET 20 June 2024 & 09:30am 21st June 2024, 
Registration: International Whistleblowing Research Network conference 2024 (provisoevent.no)
Cost: 

• Standard on-site attendance:  €250
• Online attendance: €100
• PhD students/NGOs: €100
• Unwaged/whistleblowers: No charge.
• Evening meal at Fafo on the 20th June will incur an extra cost of €30

 

Agenda:

20 JUNE:

• 12-30 PM REGISTRATION

• 12-50 PM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

• 1 PM – 2-30 PM: Three papers arising from the Norwegian Research Council funded research project entitled “Workers’ voice and the right to manage – the case of whistleblowing in a comparative context”.
• HOW DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF WRONGDOING AND RECIPIENTS OF A CONCERN AFFECT THE OUTCOMES FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS IN DENMARK, ENGLAND, IRELAND AND NORWAY? David Lewis
• HOW DO EMPLOYERS REACT TO WHISTLEBLOWING IN DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS? Sissel Trygstad, Anne -Mette Odegard & Kristin Alsos
• WHISTLEBLOWING – VIEWED FROM THE TOP: COMPARING TOP LEADERS IN NORWEGIAN BANKS AND HOSPITALS: Fredrik Engelstad

• 2-30 PM - 3 PM BREAK

• 3 PM - 4-30 PM:
• THE PROBLEM OF ROLE-PRESCRIBED WHISTLEBLOWING IN EUROPE: Wim Vandekerckhove & Geert Demuijnck
• PUBLIC WHISTLEBLOWERS, ALLIES, AND THE MISTAKES ORGANIZATIONS MAKE: Kate Kenny
• AN HR PERSPECTIVE ON WHISTLEBLOWER WELL-BEING: Anniken Grønstad, Brita Bjørkelo & John Blenkinsopp.

• CONFERENCE DINNER at FAFO.

21st JUNE:

• 9-30 AM -10-30 AM:
• WHAT’S THE STORY? HOW WHISTLEBLOWERS ARE PRESENTED IN THE US MEDIA: Meghan Van Portfliet, Arron Phillips, Mallory Decker & Meredith Lehman
• THE REPRESENTATION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS ON SCREEN: Mahaut Fanchini

• 10-30 AM -10-45 AM BREAK

• 10-45 AM -11-45 AM:
• NEW PERSPECTIVE ON WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AFTER HALET V LUXEMBOURG: Stelios Andreadakis & Dimitrios Kafteranis.
• UPDATE ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE EU WHISTLEBLOWER DIRECTIVE: Tom Devine

• 11-45AM -12.30PM
• PLENARY SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF WHISTLEBLOWING RESEARCH

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