Big congratulations to Jørn Henrik Petersen, the grand old man in Danish social policy on his 70 year birthday. Danish colleagues in the social sciences, natural sciences and the humanities celebrated his birthday with a festschrift and a surprise party together with journalists, politicians, family and friends that have crossed the path of this polyhistor – a person who is gifted in multiple sciences.
The festschrift contain more than 20 contributions, mostly addressing welfare state issues, which has been a red thread running through Petersen’s life. The volume is available from the press of the University of Southern Denmark, unfortunately only in Danish.
Jon Kvist 