OOW member, Andreas Pekarek, recently published (with Peter Gahan) a piece on The Conversation website. The piece features informed analysis and commentary on Strategic Innovation in Australian Unions.
The details and a link to the article can be found below:
Andreas Pekarek and Peter Gahan. 2016. “How unions are changing in a bid for relevance – and survival”. The Conversation. URL: https://theconversation.com/how-unions-are-changing-in-a-bid-for-relevance-and-survival-56360
Applications are being accepted now for the 22th Annual Summer Institute in Political Psychology, to be held at Stanford University August 1-19, 2016.
The Summer Institute offers 3 weeks of intensive training in political psychology. Political psychology is an exciting and thriving field that explores the origins of political behavior and the causes of political events, with a special focus on the psychological mechanisms at work. Research findings in political psychology advance basic theories of politics and are an important basis for political decision-making in practice.
SIPP was founded in 1991 at Ohio State University, and Stanford has hosted SIPP since 2005, with support from Stanford University and from the National Science Foundation. Hundreds of participants have attended SIPP during these years.
The 2016 SIPP curriculum is designed to (1) provide broad exposure to theories, empirical findings, and research traditions; (2) illustrate successful cross-disciplinary research and integration; (3) enhance methodological pluralism; and (4) strengthen networks among scholars from around the world.
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The Work in Progress editorial team is delighted to announce that it has expanded into a joint project co-sponsored by the following four kindred ASA sections:
Work in Progress is a public sociology blog intended to disseminate sociological research and findings to the general public, with a particular emphasis on contributing to policy debates. After considering a number of names intended to strike a balance between covering the breadth of focus of the four sections while not overloading on specific terms, the editorial team decided on the following:
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We are delighted to announce the 6th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences. The summer school aims at promoting young researchers by strengthening their methodological understanding in linking theory and empirical research. The two weeks’ program creates an excellent basis for the advancement of their current research designs.
Dear colleagues,
As part of an ongoing meta-analysis, I am writing to request any unpublished and in-press studies of social class. Because there are competing operationalizatons of this construct, this request may be a bit cumbersome. However, I am most interested in work that has used multiple measures from the following list:
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If you are a student member of ASA or know of a student member who is interested in organizations, occupations, and work, please consider joining or encouraging him/her to join at no cost ASA’s Organization, Occupations, and Work (OOW) section.
Thanks to the generous support of its members, OOW is covering the section membership fees ($5) for the first 50 students whose full names are emailed to Michel Anteby at manteby@bu.edu Please note that students MUST already be ASA members to be eligible for this offer.
We are excited to share news of a new volume of Research in the Sociology of Work, which gives tribute to Randy Hodson.
A Gedenkschrift to Randy Hodson: Working with Dignity, Volume 28
Edited by Lisa Keister (Duke University) and Vincent Roscigno (The Ohio State University)ISBN: 9781785607271
Randy Hodson was one of contemporary sociology’s central figures in the study of work, occupations, and inequality. This volume pays tribute to his important scholarly contributions. Chapters by other important scholars in these fields reflect and build on his research in work conditions, worker resistance, and social stratification.
“This important volume extends a research tradition that finds its source in Randy Hodson’s remarkable scholarship, and particularly in his ability to put the lifeworld of workers back at the center of the sociology of work. Neophytes and social scientists already familiar with Hodson’s research program have much to learn from this first-class collection of essays. Through the various chapters, sociologists will rediscover a first rate mind — and human being — at work. Kudos to the editor for making this uniquely creative Gedenkschrift!”
Michele Lamont, author of The Dignity of Working Men, Professor of Sociology and African and American Studies, Harvard University
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COSSA, AERA and ICPSR have drafted a statement on Common Rule protections for Human Subjects. The letter can be found online here.
The OOW Section is pleased to officially announce its sponsorship of two related publications: Research in the Sociology of Organizations and Research in the Sociology of Work, both published by Emerald Group Publishing.
In addition to announcing the sponsorship to our members, a statement that the volumes are “Sponsored by the ASA Section on Organizations, Occupations and Work” will appear, during the sponsorship term, on the front covers of volumes published, on the homepage of the related publications, and on leaflets and other advertising materials which promote the publications and volumes.
Importantly for our members, Emerald has agreed to provide free electronic access to papers published in the publications, for agreed limited periods, and has agreed to contribute $1,500 USD annually towards the section. Emerald has also agreed to provide a 30% discount for OOW members of the print copies of the volumes.
The parties agreed on a period of one year (January 1— December 31, 2016) for this sponsorship, after which it will be reviewed by all parties for continuation.
The School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts at the University of California, Merced, invites applications from exceptional scholars for a faculty position in Sociology at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track).
The committee is interested in applicants whose research will contribute to the department’s existing strengths in social inequality (race, class, gender and sexuality), social institutions (e.g., education, health), and politics (social movements, public policy); and who have an excellent record of publication. Preference will be given to those who have the ability to teach graduate statistics. In addition, the committee is interested in applicants with a history of and/or commitment to mentoring students from underrepresented groups. UC Merced is building a dynamic and high-quality Sociology faculty and seeks an outstanding scholar to assist with training graduate students in our new PhD program.
For the full ad and more information, go to: https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/apply/JPF00288
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