FINAL CALL - CLOSING DATE FOR ABSTRACTS - 26 FEBRUARY 2009

The Lisbon Conference in September offers a great opportunity for dialogue 
and debate about children’s lives in Europe. As you will see from the call for 
papers below, we have identified a broad set of themes and are also 
encouraging other papers outside these themes. We hope that the conference 
will be a chance not only to focus on the themes we have identified in 
advance but also to explore new ideas, questions and concerns that are 
relevant to the sociology of children and childhood. 

More information about the conference is available at: 

www.esa9thconference.com


ABSTRACTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED VIA: 

Abstracts button at http://www.esa9thconference.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS

ESA Research Network – Sociology of Children and Childhood

We warmly invite you to submit papers for consideration for inclusion in

The 9th European Sociological Association Conference
Lisbon, Portugal, 2nd-5thth September 2009

 
The Research Network aims to bring together scholars engaged in theoretical 
and empirical work on Children and Childhood across Europe.  The Network has 
organised successful Sociology of Childhood Streams at the last five ESA 
Conferences (1999-2007).  The general theme of the 2009 conference is 
European Society or European Societies and the various sessions will address 
commonalities and differences between children growing up in European 
Societies.    

Abstracts (200 words maximum) will only be accepted through completion of 
the online submission form at: http://www.esa9thconference.com under 'Call 
for Abstracts'  

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 26th February 2009.  Decisions on 
acceptance will be conveyed by 26th March 2009.    

We are particularly keen to receive abstracts on the following themes:

•	Children’s everyday lives in European Societies
•	Citizenship and Participation
•	Childhood and children’s rights
•	Child Work and Economic Activity
•	What makes a ‘good’ childhood – children, health, wellbeing
•	Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Researching Childhood and 
Children’s Lives

We also welcome papers addressing other themes which can contribute to 
increasing our understanding of children’s lives in a European context from 
empirical and/or theoretical perspectives.


We will also be organising a meeting and social event for the Sociology of 
Children and Childhood Research Network at the conference. Information will 
be made available about this at the first session.