Paper instructions
The deadline for full papers is 15 May 2013. Click on the link below for some instructions which can be used as a guideline. The maximum amount of words is 7000 including the references.
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Call for papers
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Over the last two decades employment and labour relations in Europe have undergone important changes. Manufacturing employment is decreasing and various types of service employment are rising, together with female participation levels. The standard employment relationship is losing its dominant position with the growing use of flexible and part-time contracts, temporary agency work and (dependent) self-employment. Segmentation between stronger and weaker groups is increasing. Social solidarity is under pressure in many countries as a consequence of the increasing diversity of populations and of the labour force. Collective bargaining is decentralizing but there are also attempts to transnationalise bargaining within multinationals or within certain sectors. Trade unions are slowly losing membership and power but worker involvement in social innovation is wanted more than ever. The role of the EU is getting more important and new forms of governance are being experimented with. Change is accelerating as a result of the crisis and austerity is leading to profound restructuring of the public sector, affecting employment conditions and service provision.
Within this context, we want to foster a reflection and debate on the future of employment relations and new forms of solidarity. Such question include: What can or should employment relations look like in the future? What is the future of the public sector? Can or should growing segmentation and polarization be countered? What new types of governance support collaborative efforts to tackle today’s collective problems? What new types of solidarity can we foresee between group of workers or workers in different countries? What new types of cooperation or conflict can we foresee between workers and employers?
Abstract submission
The organizing committee invites you to submit abstracts for the 10th European ILERA Conference. Abstracts must be 350-500 words in length and can be submitted here.
Papers presented at the Conference will be organised around five broad tracks (click here for the full description of the tracks):
- Track 1: Industrial relations actors in a changing labour market
- Track 2: Europeanisation of social and employment policies
- Track 3: Public sector restructuring: consequences for employment relations and public services
- Track 4: New forms of regulation and governance
- Track 5: HRM and Social Innovation
Abstract submission deadline: 31 December 2012
Acceptance decisions will be communicated by: 1 February 2013
Apart from regular sessions with paper presentations there will be interactive sessions with short presentations.
Symposia
We welcome proposals for special symposia. Symposia are selfcontained sessions of one and a half hour. They can be on the general theme of the conference or on one of the track themes. The convenor of a symposium is requested to submit a proposal of about 1000 words, including the theme of the symposium, the details of speakers and the abstracts of their papers. The deadline for submitting symposia proposals is 31 December 2012.