Events

CfP/ Conferences

WORK „Work in the Era of Unruly AI"
From August 20 to 22, 2025, the WORK conference "Work in the Era of Unruly AI" will take place in Turku. Abstracts can be submitted until February 20, 2025.

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As panel organizers, Julia Gruhlich, Birgit Riegraf, and Lena Weber are particularly looking forward to submissions on the topic „Women in leadership: Between recognition, high expectations and backlash”.

Many countries are striving for gender equality, institutionalizing both various organizational measures and legal frameworks to achieve this goal. The representation of women in leadership is seen as a key indicator of progress toward gender equality in both the workplace and in society. However, the openness to and promotion of gender equality has come with heightened expectations for female leaders, often with negative percussions. This stream explores the tensions between the legal and organizational frameworks in society and the working life experiences that promote gender equality on the one hand, and hinder the recognition of women as leaders and their achievements on the other.
We welcome papers with theoretical, methodological, and empirical focuses that explore the relationships between gender and power, especially the intersectional relationships between femininity and power, and women in leadership positions in diverse organizational and social contexts.
Deadline: February 20, 2025

Midterm Conference "Sociology of emotions"
The ESA Research Network 11 "Sociology of Emotions" invites abstract submissions for its Midterm Conference, which will take place in Belfast from August 26 to 29, 2025. The thematic focus is: „Emotions in Organizations: An important development of emotional labour studies has been the examination of emotions within organizations – focusing how organizational norms and regulations can both further and hinder emotions and their management at work. Empirical studies as well as theoretical considerations are welcome here.“
Call for Papers
Deadline: February 28, 2025

current events

second meeting
date: 15.-16.05.25
location: HU Berlin

third meeting
date: 21.-22.11.25
location: Universität Münster

past events

kick-off event "Diversity as a Higher Education Policy Challenge"
www.uni-potsdam.de/2024-11-29-tagung-diversitaet-als-hochschulpolitische-herausforderung
date: 29.11.24
location: Universität Potsdam