Community, Work and Family IV International Conference

Community, Work and Family IV International Conference
Actors, Structures and Theories
19-21 May 2011
University of Tampere, Finland

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The conference intends to stimulate debate on current issues, controversies, developments and cross-national research related to community, work and family and their interface. The conference focuses on a number of contemporary and emerging themes about the challenges and opportunities for communities, organisations and families that confront rapid changes and transitions, with special focus on the interactions between actors, structures and theories.

The international community, work and family conference is connected to the Journal Community, Work and Family (CWF) published by Taylor & Francis.

The upcoming fourth CWF conference is hosted by the University of Tampere and organised by the Department of Social Research. The conference site is located in Southern Finland 175 km of Helsinki and it is easily accessible.

Conference Themes

• Active citizenship
• Care: ideas, practices and policies
• Flexibility, security and restructuring the life course
• Climate change, communities and sustainable work
• Work, family and life integration
• Globalization, insecurity and localities
• Diversity of families
• Ruptured structures and everyday realities
• Ageing, gender and work
• Restructuring organizations, management and well-being

Astract submission
The Scientific Committee invites scholars to submit an abstract. Time for submissions is from 8^th March 2010 until 30^th September 2010. Abstracts will be peer reviewed. Abstracts between 250-500 words should be submitted online. On the website you will find detailed instruction regarding the submission procedure. Selected abstracts will be announced by 30^th November 2010.

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