We are pleased to announce the organization of the 10th edition of the Medici Summer School in Management Studies for doctoral students and young researchers which will be held in Bologna, Italy, June 11 – June 15, 2018. The school is organized and sponsored by Bologna Business School (University of Bologna), HEC Paris (Society and Organizations Research Center and the HEC Foundation), and MIT Sloan School of Management (Economic Sociology PhD Program). Host faculty include Emilio Castilla & Ezra Zuckerman Sivan (MIT), Simone Ferriani & Gianni Lorenzoni (Bologna), Rodolphe Durand (HEC), and Gino Cattani (NYU). Guest faculty include Harry Collins (Cardiff), Jennifer Howard-Grenville (Cambridge), Brayden King (Northwestern), Johanna Mair (Hertie & Stanford), and Brian Rubineau. This year’s theme is “Organizations as Vehicles and Settings for Social Change.”
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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at The Clayman Institute for Gender Research
The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship that focuses on the Institute’s current theme, “Beyond the Stalled Revolution: Reinvigorating Gender Equality in the Twenty-first Century.” Recent Ph.D.’s in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences whose research centers feminist, women’s or gender studies are eligible. We encourage scholars with a strong interest in interdisciplinary methods to apply. While in residence at the Institute, Postdoctoral Scholars are expected to participate in Clayman Institute activities throughout the academic year in addition to pursuing their own research. Our application will be available to access October 1, 2017 through January 11, 2018.
Clayman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Application
Application Opens – Oct 1, 2017
Application Deadline – January 11, 2018 midnight PST
For questions about the postdoctoral fellowship application, please see the Application Details.
Technology Management Program Seeks Ph.D. Applicants
The Technology Management Program (TMP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara is looking for highly qualified prospective doctoral students who have an interest in technology and work, technology’s implications for society, innovation, and the management of engineers and scientists. We are open to students with a range of backgrounds including all of the social sciences, engineering, the physical sciences, and management. TMP is methodologically and substantively eclectic. We are interested in students who wish to pursue ethnography, survey research, big data analysis and experimental research. UCSB has few disciplinary boundaries, so students can construct their program in ways that suit their interests and abilities. Our aim is to produce a cadre of scholars who can address thorny problems concerning the impact of technology on work and society, the management of technical and scientific personnel, and the sociological and psychological dynamics of innovation.
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The Working-Class Studies Association Seeking Nominations for Awards
The WCSA is pleased to invite nominations (including self-nominations) for awards covering the year of 2017.
Award categories are:
- Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing: Published books of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and other genres
- C.L.R. James Award for Published Books for Academic or General Audiences
- Russo & Linkon Award for Published Article or Essay for Academic or General Audiences
- Studs Terkel Award for Media and Journalism: Single published articles or series, broadcast media, multimedia, and film
- Constance Coiner Award for Best Dissertation: Completed dissertations only
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Marxist Section Membership – gift subscription to Monthly Review
The Marxist Section of ASA is offering six-month gift subscriptions to Monthly Review for the next 14 people who sign up to become a Section Member before 30 September. Monthly Review is an independent socialist magazine covering economics, politics, inequality, race, gender and other issues from a global and Marxist perspective.
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Petition for ASA Section on the Sociology of Reproduction
Are you interested in forming an ASA Section on the Sociology of Reproduction? An increasing number of sociologists are studying reproduction by conducting research on topics such as pregnancy, labor, birth, abortion, contraception, prenatal testing, assisted reproductive technologies, and infertility. Further, the sociological study of reproduction is a critical place of feminist research. Here are a few reasons why an ASA Section on the Sociology of Reproduction is a good idea:
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Call for Applications: Early Career Work and Family Fellowships
The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) is seeking applicants for 2018 Early Career Work and Family Fellowships.
The goal of the program is to help promising young scholars establish career successes, as well as integrate them within the WFRN research community. Fellows receive membership in the WFRN, conference registration, and $500 to attend a preconference and the 2018 WFRN Conference (to be held June 21-23 in Washington DC). Fellows will be connected with one another in periodic encounters beyond the conference, intended to facilitate collaboration and peer-mentorship.
To be eligible, candidates must have received their doctorate in 2015 or later and have yet to progress into tenured or secure senior level positions. Information about the program and application materials can be found at https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/content/early-career-fellowship-program. The deadline for receipt of applications is September 15, 2017. Questions about the program can be addressed to the program director, Stephen Sweet at SSWEET@ITHACA.EDU.
SocArXiv Sociology Open Award Recognition (SOAR)
SocArXiv encourages ASA sections to open their awards.
- Read about the details on the SocArXiv Blog. We have money!
- Get SOAR on the agenda of your council or membership meeting this August in Montreal. Let us know if you’d like a SocArXiv Steering Committee Member to attend your meeting. We’re happy to provide information, answer questions, and talk through what the process may look like for your section.
- Individuals can participate too. If your ASA section does not participate, but you are submitting a paper for their award, upload the paper to SocArXiv before the award submission deadline. If you win the award, let us know and we will give you $250.
Reach out to us at socarxiv@gmail.com if you have questions or if we can help!
Call for Applicants: Best Dissertation Award, Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation
The Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation aims to deliver rigorous and independent research on how the reputations of individuals, corporations, and institutions around the world are created, sustained, destroyed, and rebuilt.
The Centre has established this Award to recognize and reward significant scholarly contributions to the literature. The Award comes with a £1,000 prize and funded attendance to the 2017 Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Annual Symposium, to be held 30 August-1 September 2017 at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. The winner is invited to participate in a workshop for emerging scholars at the Symposium, which will be led by distinguished researchers in the field.
On the Market: Michael Gibson-Light
Michael Gibson-Light
University of Arizona, School of Sociology
PhD Candidate
mgibson@email.arizona.edu
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Organizations, Occupations and Work 