| Accommodation Update! added 16 February 2010 |
| Uploading your paper added 10 February 2010For all those who have had abstracts accepted for the ILPC please upload your final paper as soon as possible. To do this:
- Login to the web site
- Click
'view your submissions & upload final papers'
- Click 'view and upload papers' against the relevant abstract
- Click 'upload paper' then follow the instructions given
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| Important Information for Travelling to the United States added 01 February 2010Travelers need advanced ESTA authorization to travel to the US. Please visit the ESTA site well in advance of your travel plans:
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov
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| Registration Now Open added 11 December 2009 |
| Reminder added 22 September 2009The deadline for abstract submissions is October 30th!
In addition to general papers the 2010 Conference will have the following special streams:
- Worker Power and the Labour Process, Past and Present
- Are bad jobs inevitable?
- Accounting, the financial crisis and the labour process
- The economy of feelings: emotional labour, ‘soft’ skills and emotional intelligence at work
- Representations and Realities of Women’s Work
- Alternative Work Organisations
- Skill Creation Systems and the Restructuring of the Global Economy
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| EGOS stream of Marxist organization studies, Lisbon 2010 added 19 September 2009
EGOS stream ("sub-theme") of Marxist organization studies at the 2010 meeting in Lisbon (June 30 - July 2). We are hoping some supporters of the ILPC will join us.
The goal of this sub-theme is to bring together people who share an interest in building on Marx's ideas to move organization studies forward. Organization studies draws inspiration from many theoretical traditions, but the Marxist tradition has not been very visible in recent years. Given the 2010 theme of "globalization," and given the major contributions by Marxists to the study of globalization, the 2010 EGOS meeting seems like a particularly appropriate time to spotlight Marxist research in organization studies.
We invite Marxist submissions on this globalization theme; we also encourage contributions on any of the other dimensions of organization studies where a Marxist approach might be fruitful, such as (but not limited to):
- globalization, imperialism, domination, war; epistemology: dialectical materialism, critical realism; labor process and the organization of work; historical perspective on crisis; financialization in its various dimensions; changing structure of the ruling class; the role of the state and state power in its various forms; contemporary culture and the consumer society; the emergence of new social categories; the role of academics as public intellectuals; the university in contemporary capitalism; subjectivity and agency; the reproduction sphere; capitalism, environment, and the metabolic rift; the transitions of capitalism, then and now;
We are not dogmatic in an attachment to any specific kind of Marxism. All kinds are welcome. In selecting papers, the conveners will give priority to those that either (a) enrich our understanding of the empirical world of organizations based on strong Marxist theoretical foundations, or (b) enrich Marxist theory in a way that promises deeper understanding of that world.
We will be following the EGOS tradition, where participants (rather than author) present the paper and offer their (constructive... comradely) feedback, and where participants are expected to have read all the other participants' papers beforehand so we can engage fruitful discussion and debate. If you have, or will have, a paper you would like to discuss, you need to submit a "short paper" summary of it (up to 3000 words, all inclusive). Submission of short papers is via the Colloquium website (see URL below) and opens on December 1, 2009, with a deadline of January 10, 2010. If the short paper is accepted by the convenors, the full paper will need to be posted on the Colloquium website by May 31.
More Details here.
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| Invitation to Tender for 2011 added 14 July 2009
The ILPC Steering Group is now inviting expressions of interest from academic organising teams who would like to host the Spring 2011 Conference. The conference should attract papers related to all of the issues and debates with which the conference is concerned, in addition to special streams and themes of relevance to the time and venue. For further information download more details.
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| Conference Stream Information added 14 July 2009Most abstracts of potential papers are submitted to the general conference, addressing themes outlined in the Call for Papers (see below). However, this is supplemented by a number of specialist streams that change each year.
The specialist streams for the 28th International Labour Process Conference in 2010 will be:
- Worker Power and the Labor Process Past and Present
- Are Bad Jobs Inevitable?
- Accounting, the financial crisis and the labor process
- The economy of feelings: emotional labour, 'soft' skills and emotional intelligence at work
- Representations and Realities of Women’s Work
- Alternative Work Organisations
Further details of all conference streams
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| Call for Papers 2010 added 05 May 2009 |
| Photos from Edinburgh added 07 April 2009Some photos from the Edinburgh conference have been added to the site. Click on image below for more, available to registered users only.
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| Programme Information added 24 March 2009 |
| Last chance to book hotels at conference rates added 06 March 2009Both the Apex International and the Jurys Inn have extended the deadline for special conference deals to Friday 13 March. There are only a few places left at the Apex, so this is your last chance. |
| Outline of Programme added 02 March 2009An outline version of the programme for the International Labour Process Conference 2009 is now available to help you plan your time at the conference. More details will be made available to members shortly.
Download Outline Programme |
| BOOKING AND LOCATING THE APEX INTERNATIONAL added 26 February 2009There are only 5 rooms left at the Apex International so please book before the 1st March. After this date there will no longer be rooms available at the conference rate.
Also, please make sure that you get the right Apex Hotel!! There are three Apex hotels in Edinburgh. The conference is to be held at the Apex International in the Grassmarket. Not the Apex City (also in the Grassmarket) nor the Apex European (Haymarket). Sorry for any confusion!!
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| Uploading Papers added 12 February 2009We’ve had a few glitches with the new website, but it is now possible to upload your papers. There is no absolute requirement to do this, but aside from helping discussion at the conference, it will inform stream convenors and publication group discussions about the possibility of journal special issues and new books. Doctoral papers will also be considered for a best paper prize. Deadline for the latter is Thursday 5th March.
To upload a papers:
- log on to the www.ilpc.org.uk site,
- go to 'ILPC 2009 – My Submissions'
- click on ‘view/upload’ beside the abstract in question
- follow the onscreen instructions.
The paper should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words, single spaced and only MS Word documents can be accepted (.doc or .docx). Also, only one document can be associated with each abstract so if you want to update the paper at a later stage, simply repeat the same process and the original will be overwritten.
Paul Thompson
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| Pre-Conference Whisky Tasting added 02 February 2009At the end of the early bird registration we still have a few places left on the whisky tasting on the 5th April. If anyone who has registered would like to join then it is possible to pay on the evening. If you wish to join the event you can email interest to ilpc2009@ilpc.org.uk and put 'Whisky Tasting' in the title of your email. The cost of the event is £26 |
| Palgrave - 25% on Backlist Titles added 18 December 2008 |
| Abstract submission Deadline added 27 October 2008The deadline for submissions has now past and we have received a very large number of abstracts. Decisions will be being emailed to participants in the next few days. We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh
Abigail Marks, for Organising Group
Dr Abigail Marks, Heriot-Watt University
Prof Paul Thompson, Strathclyde University
Dr Vaughan Ellis, Napier University
Prof Alan McKinlay, University of St Andrews
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| British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2009 added 12 September 2008The 2009 Conference is a new way of organising the annual conference of the Association. For full details download the call for papers (pdf) |
| Details of ILPC 2009 Conference Streams added added 08 September 2008 |
| Initial Call For Papers added 11 August 2008 |
| Abstract Submission Process added 01 August 2008To apply to be a contributor to ILPC 2009:
First you need to Sign Up to this site, then complete the online form under the 'ILPC2009' menu.
All abstracts (500-700 words) are externally refereed and papers must not have been previously published or presented elsewhere. Abstract contents should enable the referees to determine what issue, development or problem is being investigated, how it is investigated, what any findings are and what contribution is being made to understanding in this field.
The deadline for abstract submission is 30 October 2008, decisions on acceptance will be made by end of November 2008. If you have any questions about this process contact the Conference Organiser, Dr Abigail Marks (ilpc2009@ilpc.org.uk)
For the first time, in 2009 the International Labour Process Conference will also be open to proposals for symposia on any of the above or other relevant themes. These should be submitted in the same way, outlining the objectives of the session and speakers in 350-500 words. |
| INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON VULNERABLE WORKERS added 10 November 2008ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (AT.IN.E.R.)3rd International Sociology Conference,
Athens11-14th May 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
Sociology of Work Special Interest Stream:
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON VULNERABLE WORKERS
While the distribution, technologies and locations of work may be changing, the nature of work that is to be done in our world, and the associated vulnerabilities of such work, remains largely unchanged. Many reports tell us of work that is miserable, toxic, soul destroying, inadequately rewarded, and at times dangerous as we hear of people working on non-standard contracts who face mounting insecurities, front line service workers (mainly women) who work in call centres, retail and hospitality facing the emotional pressures and the health risks involved in the new ‘clean jobs’, and food packers and circuit board assemblers who suffer the continual pressure to push costs down an ever lengthening supply chain as large companies squeeze smaller companies into agreeing impossible contract terms, which are then reflected in the pay and conditions of workers. And this is not simply a reality for the private sector, as the public sector and even the domestic realm adopts the business model. The conclusion is that worldwide there is a deficit of decent work and increasing numbers of vulnerable workers. Fundamentally this revolves around core issues of pay, equity, security and dignity. It is these core issues and how they impact upon the lives of workers that this special stream wishes to address.
In the spirit of the inter-disciplinary nature of ATINER’s conferences we welcome papers drawing on a range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks and a variety of methodologies. However, we particularly welcome ethnographic and case study research that is able to reveal the realities of the day-to-day working lives of a range of vulnerable workers. Research that is able to capture the pleasures and pains of working lives of different occupational and social groups within different socio-economic contexts.
Please send 500 words abstract marked clearly ‘special interest stream’ to the stream organisers no later than December 20, 2008:
· Dr Sharon Bolton, Professor of Organisational Analysis, Strathclyde Business School and Academic member of ATINER. sharon.bolton@atiner.gr
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· Dr Gregory Katsas, Associate Professor of Sociology, The American College of Greece and Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER. gak@atiner.gr
Abstracts will be reviewed and decisions relayed to authors no later than January 20, 2009
Please refer to main Sociology Conference Call for conference details www.atiner.gr/docs/Sociology.htm
General conference enquiries to Dr Gregory Katsas: atiner@atiner.gr |
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