The Sociology of Work Section of the Polish Sociological Association
and the Institute of Sociology, University of Zielona Góra in
cooperation with the Sociologists' Scientific Circle, University of
Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra Department of the Polish Sociological
Association and The Institute of Sociology, University of Wrocław
are pleased to invite you to participate in the international
conference “Social boundaries of work. The varieties of informal
work in contemporary societies”, which will take place in the
Institute of Sociology of the University of Zielona Góra on 12-13
November 2015.
We invite Authors to submit paper proposals to two thematic panels.
The panel Work and employment in modern societies: theoretical
challenges will cover the themes such as the definition and
measurement of informal forms of work, social and individual
consequences of informal work, areas and forms of informal work and
non-standard employment (unpaid care work, work in the informal
sector, voluntary and unpaid work in the new and old sectors of the
economy, internships and work within the (non) standard forms of
employment). The panel Precarisation and flexibility of employment:
the challenges of social practice will address the questions of
trade unions and employers' organizations attitudes and strategies
to address informal work as well as the challenges of informal work
for social policies.
Please send your abstracts and/or register using the registration
form provided to the conference address:
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(deadline extended)
he authors of conference papers will be offered a possibility of
publishing them in an e-book or a peer-reviewed journal in case of
their positive peer-review.
