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*******************Apologies for cross-postings********************************** Dear all, we welcome submissions to our RC06 Family Research session at the ISA World Congress 2018 (Toronto, Canada), 15-21 June 2018, Toronto, Canada Submission deadline is 30 Sep 2017. Title: Labour Markets and Welfare States in Transition: Barriers and Opportunities for Work-Family Balance and Gender Equality Session Description: Over the last decades important societal developments have altered the situation for family practices. Increasing numbers of women in education and the work force, the new role of fathers as caregivers as well as providers and the expansion of family-friendly policies. These developments point towards more family-friendly and gender equal societies. However, labour markets, as well as welfare states, are undergoing major transitions facing increasing global competition, insecurity and pressure for continuously increased productivity. These challenges have introduced great polarization among employees resulting from the fragmentation in employment arrangements and differential quality of jobs. These trends appeared concurrently with young adults’ unemployment even among university graduates, waves of immigrations and workers’ mobility. The reduced quality of jobs offered to men and women in service and caring occupations has defied men’s and women’s ability to provide for their families creating new forms of inter-generational inter-dependencies. Thus, conflicting demands and rationalities of work, family and welfare states might collide even in societies with extensive family-friendly policies. As modern working life and family life has become more individualized and flexible with less clear boundaries, debates about work- family dynamics have expanded. This session welcome papers analysing barriers and opportunities for work-family reconciliation and gender equality in the changing labour markets and welfare states. Papers addressing the interactions between policies, ideologies, practices are specifically welcome. https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session9496.html Language: English Research Committee: RC06 Family Research (host committee) Regular session: maximum five 20-minute presentations Session Organizer: Isabella CRESPI, University of Macerata, Italy Email: [log in to unmask] http://docenti.unimc.it/isabella.crespi?set_language=en&cl=en A special issue will be pursued with a selection of the abstracts presented at the conference -- ****************************************************** Recently published: 2017 Crespi I. and Moreno Minguez A., Work and family cultures: Dynamics of family change in Southern Europe, in "Work–Family Dynamics Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals" Edited by Berit Brandth, Sigtona Halrynjo, Elin Kvande © 2017 – Routledge 2017 I. Crespi, S.G. Meda, Metodi qualitativi e sociologia relazionale: dimensioni culturali e riflessività nello studio delle relazioni sociali, in SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI, n. 1, 2017, pp. 33-59 Isabella Crespi, Ph.D in Sociology and Research Methodology Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology ESA RN13 Sociology of Families and Intimate lives Coordinator 2013-2017 University of Macerata Dept. of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism P.le Bertelli, 1 62100 - Macerata - Italy skype contact: isabellacrespi http://docenti.unimc.it/isabella.crespi (ITA) Follow me at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isabella_Crespi (ENG) https://unimc.academia.edu/IsabellaCrespi (ENG)