Dear all,
*Apologies for cross-posting*
Please find attached a call for participation in an upcoming Sociological Review Symposium organised by Rachel Cohen, Doris Eikhof and Kate Hardy.
Everyday Self Employment - A Sociological Review Symposium
30th October, City University, London.
9am-5pm
Self-employment has grown dramatically in the UK, up 663,000 in the four years to 2014. The ONS reports that currently 4.6 million people are self-employed in their main job (15 percent of all of those currently in work in the UK) and that a further 356,000 are self-employed in a second job. Almost three quarters of the rise in total employment since 2008, made up of self-employment. Yet average median income from self-employed work fell 22% between 2008/9 and 2012/13.
This symposium will highlight the potential contribution of sociology to re-emerging debates over self-employment. We will bring together scholars and practitioners across disciplines (sociology, management studies, cultural and creative industries, law and geography) and areas of sociological study, including sociology of work, migration, gender, culture, identities and the family. The symposium will focus on the everyday experiences of self-employed work and workers in a range of geographical, occupational and industrial contexts. We will consider: pressures and strains of self-employed work; work-life boundaries; times and places of self-employed work; socio-legal and political status, including migration or ethnic status. And will critically engage with current statistics on rising self-employment.
Initial Speaker List Includes: Dieter Bogenhold (Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt), Alan Bogg (University of Oxford), Sara Carter (University of Strathclyde), Rachel Cohen (City University London), Katie Cruz (University of Leeds), Doris Eikhof (University of Leicester), Mark Freedland (University of Oxford), Kate Hardy (University of Leeds), Mark Harvey (University of Essex), Linda McKie (University of Durham), Michael Newman (Leigh Day Solicitors; vice-Chair Discrimination Law, Association), Monder Ram (University of Birmingham), Shona Sinclair (Director of Work4ME Cooperative), Zulema Valdez (University of California, Merced). And more to be announced.
Funded Places
We have funded places for for PhD/Post-Doc Poster Presenters. If your work focuses in whole or part on self-employment, would you like to present a poster about your research on self-employment? If so, please send us your idea for a poster in an abstract of approximately 100 words to Rachel Cohen: [log in to unmask] by September 15th.
All approved poster-presenters will get travel expenses (up to a maximum of £60) to attend the symposium (up to
six travel bursaries are available).
Registration
Attendance is FREE and includes lunch and refreshments, but places are limited and registration is required. To register, email Kate Hardy: [log in to unmask] by September 15th, including your name, affiliation and any dietary requirements.
For further updates and information see: http://www.city.ac.uk/events/2015/october/everyday-self-employment-symposium
Best,
Kate
Dr Kate Hardy
Lecturer
Leeds University Business School
GM 12. Maurice Keyworth Building
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
0113 3434549
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