Report of Belgian EU Presidency research conference, Bruges, October 29-30, 2001 contains among others the following articles: Social cohesion, diversity and inequality by Roger Henke & Lisa Putman : Gender and (local) governance by Jacqueline Heinen : Poverty under post-communist capitalism: the effects of class, ethnicity and gender in a cross-national comparison by Ivan Szelenyi : Taking stock of parental leave: a story about gender and time by Fred Deven : and 'At your service at any time'? Rethinking the gender division of labour and the societal organisation of service work by Steffen Lehndorff.