International Conference - The Social Boundaries of Work

Conference venue: Wroclaw, Poland
Period: November 14-15, 2014
Deadline for submitting abstracts: March 30, 2014
Deadline for submitting full papers: October 1, 2014

The Sociology of Work Section of the Polish Sociological Association and the Institute of Sociology, University of Wrocław in cooperation with the Students’ Circle for Social Initiatives, University of Wroclaw and the Wrocław Branch of the Polish Sociological Association invite paper proposals for the international conference „Social boundaries of work. Changes in the sphere of work in the 21st century capitalism”. The conference will take place at the Institute of Sociology, University of Wrocław, on 14-15 November 2014.
 
The goal of the conference is to discuss the changing meaning of human work in the context of economic, institutional and cultural transformations in the sphere of employment in the late capitalist societies. The contemporary debates on flexible labour market and inclusion and exclusion in the sphere of employment in Europe relatively rarely address in a critical manner the social, economic and political mechanisms of the marketisation and commodification of work. The latter mechanisms translate into the social constructions of the differences between work and employment, between standard and non-standard employment, between employment and unemployment and between formality and informality. The ways of investing work with particular meanings by various social actors (employees, employers, political elites, trade unions, labour administration, incl. career counsellors etc.) influence, in turn, the range of social and civic rights enjoyed by the various categories of employees. On the one hand, the new forms of employment and increasingly flexible labour market require new theoretical approaches to understand better the long-term outcomes of ongoing transformations. On the other hand, in order to grasp these transformations and formulate more accurate policy recommendations, it is necessary to move beyond the reductionist identification of work with employment and labour market
The most of the panels during the conference will be held in English.

Academic staff with PhD degree and professors and non-academic participants
PhD students & students

Abstracts (250-500 words, see the registration form attached) should be sent before 31 March 2014 to: konferencjapraca.wroclaw2014@gmail.com . Please make use of the registration form attached.
Important deadlines:
30 April 2014: Decision on the acceptance of abstracts by organisers and the scientific board
30 June 2014: Conference fee payment and registration deadline
1 October 2014: Submission of full papers (4000-6000 words)

Polish Sociological Association
e-mail: konferencjapraca.wroclaw2014@gmail.com