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Call for Papers RN22 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty at the 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association European Society or European Societies? University of Lisbon, September 2nd-5th, 2009 (http://www.esa9thconference.com/) The topic of the 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association is "European Society or European Societies?" The event aims to explore whether we can look at European society as an increasingly cohesive entity or whether divisions of nation, class, ethnicity, region, gender and so on continue to be more salient. These issues are particularly important for the experiences and management of risk and uncertainty, whether it is about the responses and management of terrorism, climate change, the life course, intimate relationships, or health and illness. We would like to discuss such issues in national as well as in comparative perspective. However, the session stream is also a place to explore other recent developments in theorizing and research on risk and uncertainty. For this conference we would like to group sessions around specific risks (such as terror, death, intimate relationship) rather than specific approaches or areas (such as health and illness, media, crime). The idea is to create sessions which produce comprehensive overviews about a specific topic rather than a specific approach to improve our understanding of the regulation, perception and responses to specific risk issues such as terrorism, nuclear power or welfare. Therefore the list of topics listed below is still open: Terrorism, International Terror War, Security and Combat Climate Change Nuclear Power/Technological risks Genetically Modified Food/Biotechnologies Financial Crises Internet/ICT High Risk Organisations - Safety Culture Hospitals & Health Service Inequality in Health and Illness HIV/Aids Food Safety Vaccination Death and Dying Surveillance Probation / Rehabilitation Pathways into and out of Crime Mental Health The Life Course Youth Transitions Retirement / Pensions Work Intimate Relationships Welfare State Globalisation Migration Capitalism/Liberalism Methodologies of Risk Research Theorizing Risk - Different Approaches Please send an abstract no longer than 500 words by 30th November 2008 to Jens Zinn at: [log in to unmask]