CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Labor market and Economic perspectives on large-scale Migration in Sociology (LEMS)

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Dates and location:
Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim on Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18, 2017.[1]

Theme:
Labor market and economic sociologists take notice of each other less often than common concerns might suggest. This ignorance is particularly troubling amid the large-scale influx of immigrants and refugees into established economies over the past few years in particular and the past decade in general. Among these changes, issues of employment and emergent economic activities, which both fields focus on, gain in significance and salience. Labor market sociologists demonstrate that unregulated labor markets are neither free nor fair, diminishing hopes for quick integration. A focus on the distribution of relevant worker characteristics over a range of social dimensions such as class, gender, and ethnicity allows labor market sociologists to develop more constructive views of labor market mechanisms. Economic sociologists scrutinize dynamics around the establishment of larger social objects such as industries and “informal economies”, some of which are dominated by immigrant ethnic groups. In more specific settings, economic sociologists have found evidence that ethnic diversity—an obvious consequence of migration—increases the resilience of common market mechanisms. The conference seeks to foster a dialogue between the two views in order to develop conceptual, analytical, and empirical strategies that help us study and understand the forces undergirding the recent developments and their consequences.

Submission:
Name, title, and abstract (250 words)
Deadline: September 10, 2017 (LEMS2017@mzes.uni-mannheim.de)
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Job Posting: TT Assistant Professor Position at University of Iowa

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The Department Sociology at the University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, which would commence in August 2018. We seek candidates with expertise and research interests in the use and/or development of computational statistics, big data analytic techniques, network analysis, data visualization, automated text analysis, machine learning, spatial and longitudinal analysis, demographic techniques, or other areas of social data analytics.  We seek candidates who show strong promise and evidence of ability to pursue ambitious research programs utilizing any of the analytic techniques listed above or others, and who have clearly defined substantive interests in sociology.  We are interested in applicants who have published in peer-reviewed journals, and who show promise or evidence of ability to win external research funding. We also seek candidates with excellent teaching skills or potential. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Sociology or related field in hand by August 15, 2018.

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Job Posting: TT Assistant Professor Position at University of Illinois at Chicago

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The Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago is seeking candidates for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level beginning August 2018. We seek candidates who have a substantive research agenda in the areas of work, organizations, and the economy.  The candidate should use statistical methods in their research and be able to contribute to mentoring and teaching of quantitative and statistical methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Job Posting: Two TT Positions at University of Southern California

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The Department of Sociology (http://dornsife.usc.edu/soci/) in the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)  will be making two tenure-track appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of Fall 2018. The positions are open with regard to specialization. We are seeking candidates who have demonstrated exceptional promise in research and teaching. The Ph.D. is required by time of appointment.

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Sociology of Medical Education Interest Group ASA Meet-up

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Join the Sociology of Medical Education Interest Group for our second annual ASA Meet-up! Last year’s gathering in Seattle was a huge success and we would love to see you again this year. Please bring any interested colleagues and students!

Our event will take place on Saturday, August 12th following the Medical Sociology Section Reception. Please join us from 8pm at gaZette Restaurant and Lounge, located in the Westin Montreal.

The Westin Montreal is near the Palais des Congres. For more information, please visit: http://www.westinmontreal.com/gazette-restaurant-montreal/

Please contact Alexandra Vinson (alexandra.vinson@northwestern.edu) if you have questions about the event or would like to be added to the Sociology of Medical Education mailing list. ​

New Papers of Interest on Work and Organizations

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A note from the editor of Research in the Sociology of Work

OOW members will be pleased to learn a few things about RSW, one of the section’s two scholarly outlets (sister of Research in the Sociology of Organizations, edited by Michael Lounsbury).

Volume 30 of RSW, entitled Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management, and the Labor Market, has just been published. It contains articles on a wide array of themes and topics, including organizational change in health care organizations, the workings of internal labor markets in the financial industry, the link between management rhetoric and corporate downsizing, racial disparities at work after the great recession, and the authority systems found in UK call centers.

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Call for Papers: 2018 WFRN Conference

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“OpenScience: Assumptions and Translation of Work and Family Research” 
June 21-23, 2018
(June 20, 2018 Pre-Conference Workshop) 
Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, USA 

The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) invites the submission of abstracts for the 2018 Conference on “OpenScience: Assumptions and Translation of Work and Family Research.” The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2017. Continue reading “Call for Papers: 2018 WFRN Conference” →

Call for Proposals: Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants

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The Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants are aimed at scholars who seek to understand the conditions under which political negotiation can be achieved (or not achieved) in Congress and other legislative arenas. The grants provide up to $10,000 of funding for each awardee, to be used for up to one year of research and writing. Applicants must have a PhD in hand by the application deadline and must hold an affiliation with a college or university based in the United States. For more information, please visit www.ssrc.org/nacg or contact us at democracy@ssrc.org.

The deadline for applications is September 15, 2017.

ASA Item of Interest: Regular Session on Gender & Work

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Regular Session on Gender & Work
Tuesday, Aug. 15.  2:30 -4:10 PM.
Palais des congrès de Montréal, Level 5, 512D

Description
Gendered barriers and opportunities continue to shape the experience of women and men workers and the structural and cultural contexts of workplaces. This session contains six papers with fresh analyses of these issues in occupations that vary in their degree of precarity, professionalization, and gender segregation. Continue reading “ASA Item of Interest: Regular Session on Gender & Work” →

Call for Proposals: Southern Labor Studies Association’s Biennial Meeting

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Dirty Work

A call for proposals for the Southern Labor Studies Association’s Biennial Meeting

Where: The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
When: May 17-19, 2018

The Southern Labor Studies Association invites academics, activists, archivists, and others to propose panels, roundtables, and workshops for our next conference, which will take place at the Richard B. Russell Library at the University of Georgia. The theme of the 2018 conference is “Dirty Work.” This topic encompasses southern industries (mining, timber, turpentine, farming, chicken processing, catfish, etc.); the service economy (trash collection, domestic service, nursing, food service, etc.); bound labor (slavery, indenture, and prison labor); as well as work deemed morally “dirty” – from sex work and drug-selling to policing and overseeing. Panels discussing public history, archival projects, teaching, oral history, activism, important works in progress, and digital history are welcome. Southern labor studies topics outside the “Dirty Work” rubric are welcome too. The SLSA defines southern labor and working class studies broadly. We welcome historical and contemporary topics, all relevant academic disciplines, non-academic participants, and regional as well as comparative and transnational approaches. Our hope is to assemble a broad and diverse set of participants on a wide range of subjects.

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