10 Years of ESPAnet
The Anniversary Conference
University of Edinburgh, 6-8 September 2012
CALL FOR STREAM CONVENORS
The organising committee for the 2012 ESPAnet Annual Conference invites expressions of interest from colleagues interested in acting as stream convenors.
Responsibilities of Stream Convenors
Stream convenors are responsible for one or more sessions organised within a particular stream. The total number of sessions per stream will depend on the number of abstracts accepted. Stream convenors participate in the selection of abstracts by ranking all abstracts submitted to their respective stream.
Final decisions on the number of sessions per stream, and the final acceptance of abstracts, will be made by the Edinburgh organising committee. Once selected, stream convenors, together with local organisers, supervise the deadlines for paper submissions. During the conference, stream convenors chair their respective session.
Stream Themes
As organisers, we invite and give priority to suggestions for streams that fit the general themes below.
Proposals may differ from the broad themes listed, but suggestions should bear in mind that topics should appeal to a large number of researchers and should clearly relate to one of the broad themes (1-12). There is room for a limited number of further streams. All streams and sessions have to be 'open' streams and sessions (no closed research/interest networks). Stream convenors themselves shall not submit abstracts to their respective stream. Only one abstract submission per presenter is allowed.
Suggestions for Stream Themes:
1. European Union and social policy
2. Comparative methodology
3. Pensions
4. Health care
5. Labour market policy
6. Family policy
7. Social services
8. Poverty and social assistance
9. Inequalities and social policy
10. Political economy of welfare
11. Migration and social policy
12. Social investment
13. Further suggestions
14. Open stream
Expression of interest
Individual expressions of interest should fit on one page. They should include:
1. A stream title with an indication which theme it is directed at (see above)
2. A short description of the theme, including a description of the topics and/or types of papers that would be expected (max 300 words).
3. Full contact details of the stream convenor/s (with a maximum of two convenors per stream): Name/s, affiliation, postal address, phone number, e-mail.
Please send your expression of interest by 18 November 2012 to the following e-mail address: [log in to unmask]
Acceptance of proposals
The local organising committee will notify accepted proposals by 9 December 2012.
Jochen Clasen, Daniel Clegg, Alison Koslowski
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Jochen Clasen
Professor of Comparative Social Policy
School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Chrystal Macmillan Building
15A George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LD
Tel: +44 131 6509922
email: [log in to unmask]
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