CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The goal of the CIRA-ACRI conference is to bring together scholars, students, policy-makers and practitioners from across the globe on issues of contemporary significance for work and employment.
We invite proposals in English or French, addressing our theme:
The future of work
Labour challenges in peripheral and new industries
Labour market challenges amid regional economic development
Knowledge work and workers
Unions' response to cuts in the "social wage"
Diversity and work
Labour standards in a changing world
Changes in human resources management
Issues in comparative industrial relations
Labour history
Sweat-shops and unions
Legal challenges in labour and employment
Working conditions of immigrant labour
Technology and social media in the workplace
Teaching and employment relations in the classroom
Strategic human resource management and employee outcomes
Unions and firm outcomes
Labour and political rejuvenation
Issues of part-time work and casualisation of labour
Occupational training for the future
Health and safety in the workplace
Unions and internationalism
Corporate social responsibility: the employee stakeholder
Pay equity battles
Discrimination in the workplace
Sound Management and Solidarity Should Never be in a Recession: Employment Relations in Canada and Beyond
Topics may include but not limited to:The future of work
Labour challenges in peripheral and new industries
Labour market challenges amid regional economic development
Knowledge work and workersUnions' response to cuts in the "social wage"
Diversity and work
Labour standards in a changing world
Changes in human resources management
Issues in comparative industrial relations
Labour history
Sweat-shops and unions
Legal challenges in labour and employmentWorking conditions of immigrant labour
Technology and social media in the workplace
Teaching and employment relations in the classroom
Strategic human resource management and employee outcomes
Unions and firm outcomes
Labour and political rejuvenation
Issues of part-time work and casualisation of labour
Occupational training for the future
Health and safety in the workplace
Unions and internationalism
Corporate social responsibility: the employee stakeholder
Pay equity battles
Discrimination in the workplace
*For additional information regarding the theme, click on our home page.
Paper proposals should be submitted by 1 March 2012, in the form of an abstract of 250-300 words outlining the purpose, methodology, and main conclusions. Your submission should also indicate the topic area with which it best fits. The topic area may be from the list above or one that you propose. Please send proposals to ciraacri.conference@gmail.com
We also welcome submissions for a panel or symposium with several speakers. The proposal should contain a description of the theme, a list of speakers with their affiliation, and a brief (up to 100 words) description of each speaker’s contribution to the panel.
The peer review process will be completed by the end of March 2011 and the final conference programme will be available online as soon thereafter as possible.
For more information contact Dr. Kelly Williams-Whitt: ciraacri.conference@gmail.com
