New Publication: Organizational constraints on campus support programs: A case for former foster care youth

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Dominguez, Rachael & Ueno, Koji. (2025, online first). “Organizational constraints on campus support programs: A case for former foster care youth.” Children and Youth Services Review, 168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.108036

Abstract: Campus support programs provide targeted services to groups of students throughout their time in college. Some institutions have implemented support programs for former foster care youth, who face lower rates of college retention and graduation than their non-foster peers. These programs must operate within the constraints that colleges and universities impose on them while attempting to maintain program effectiveness. Despite the relevance of the broader university context on campus support program effectiveness, limited studies have examined possible implications of organizational constraints. This study explores organizational constraints and their consequences on campus support programs for former foster care youth. Using an integrated organizational sociology of education framework, we analyzed data from in-depth interviews with 20 program coordinators of campus support programs for former foster care youth across the United States. Results revealed five organizational constraints imposed by the organizational network and structure: limited resource allocation, immobilized information, structural disconnection, conflicting goals, and weak relationships. Our analysis suggests these constraints reinforce each other and undermine program effectiveness. We conclude by discussing the need for additional organizational research on campus support programs, arguing that addressing constraints can lead to a more thorough understanding of their consequences on campus support programs for marginalized student groups.

Free Access by January 17: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAvJ_4La8W7-W

CfP: Special Issue on Offshore Finance in Socio-Economic Review

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Dear section members,

We’re pleased to share a Call for Papers for a special issue of Socio-Economic Review on the topic of offshore finance. The deadline for first submissions is May 15, 2025.

This special issue will be co-edited by Brooke Harrington (Dartmouth College), Kimberly Kay Hoang (University of Chicago), and Vanessa Ogle (Yale University). For more details about the call and submission guidelines, please visit: https://academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cfp-offshore-finance.

OOW

Job Postings: Tenured Position & PhD Position

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  1. Tenured Position at UNC Charlotte

The Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking applications for a tenured position as Associate or Full Professor of Sociology (9 month term of appointment) who specializes in advanced data analyses, with an open substantive specialty to begin fall 2025.  

They seek to hire a scholar who can contribute to the Sociology Department and School of Data Science in teaching, research, and service. Requirements for this position include 1) a Ph.D. in Sociology or related field; 2) a strong research agenda that focuses on the use of quantitative methods with big data; 3) a commitment to teaching in a dynamic, access-oriented, urban research university, 4) evidence of teaching experience or preparation for college teaching; and 5) potential to secure external funding. 

Please apply online at https://jobs.charlotte.edu/ (position #007556) and include your curriculum vita, a cover letter, a statement about your teaching, a statement about your research, and contact information for three references. 

  1. PhD Position at emlyon Business School

Dear colleagues,

We are advertising a fully funded 4-year PhD position starting in September 2025 at emlyon Business School, France. We seek a candidate interested in pursuing a PhD focused on organisational, occupational, or work-related issues, with a commitment to ethnographic research. Candidates should possess an MA in Sociology or Anthropology and prior fieldwork experience. The working language is English, but understanding French will be advantageous.

She/he will be part of the OCE Research Center (https://oce.em-lyon.com). OCE is a group of researchers supporting the development of critical qualitative and ethnographic research on organisational issues. They have published their research in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Organizational Research Methods, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, and Ethnography.

We will examine applications until the position is filled. Feel free to contact me with any questions at gdumont@em-lyon.com.

Thank you,

Dumont, Associate Professor of Anthropology.
Director, Ethnography Institute
emlyon Business School & OCE Research Center
https://www.guillaumedumont.eu

New Book by Benjamin H. Bradlow

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Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg (Princeton University Press 2024)


For the first time in history, most people live in cities. One in seven are living in slums, the most excluded parts of cities, in which the basics of urban life—including adequate housing, accessible sanitation, and reliable transportation—are largely unavailable. Why are some cities more successful than others in reducing inequalities in the built environment? In Urban Power, Benjamin Bradlow explores this question, examining the effectiveness of urban governance in two “megacities” in young democracies: São Paulo, Brazil, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Both cities came out of periods of authoritarian rule with similarly high inequalities and similar policy priorities to lower them. And yet São Paulo has been far more successful than Johannesburg in improving access to basic urban goods.

Bradlow examines the relationships between local government bureaucracies and urban social movements that have shaped these outcomes. Drawing on sixteen months of fieldwork in both cities, including interviews with informants from government agencies, political leadership, social movements, private developers, bus companies, and water and sanitation companies, Bradlow details the political and professional conflicts between and within movements, governments, private corporations, and political parties. He proposes a bold theoretical approach for a new global urban sociology that focuses on variations in the coordination of local governing power, arguing that the concepts of “embeddedness” and “cohesion” explain processes of change that bridge external social mobilization and the internal coordinating capacity of local government to implement policy changes.

Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg

You can order it at any of the following links:

Princeton University Press (Save 30% from Princeton University Press with code: P327)

Bookshop.org

Amazon.com

CfP “Technology and the Organization of Fields” – Journal of Organizational Sociology Special Issue

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We invite paper proposals for this upcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Organizational Sociology. The special issue brings together theoretical and empirical contributions that advance our understanding of the link between technology and the organization of social fields. Papers will address the role of technology in field constitution and change and/or the role of fields in the design, production, and use of technology. Interested authors are asked to submit a 500-word abstract to the editors (dzifa.ametowobla@b-tu.de, david.seibt@jku.at) by December 15, 2024. The special issue will be published in fall 2026.

Please find more information on the topic and submission details in the full call: https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/JOSO/downloadAsset/JOSO_JOSO_CFP_Technology%20and%20the%20Organization%20of%20Fields.pdf

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Dr. Dzifa Ametowobla (dzifa.ametowobla@b-tu.de)

CALL FOR ASA OOW SECTION SESSION SUBMISSIONS – CHICAGO 2025

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CALL FOR ASA OOW SECTION SESSION SUBMISSIONS – CHICAGO 2025

The OOW call for submissions for our annual conference is now out!
Call for Submissions: https://www.asanet.org/2025-annual-meeting/call-for-submissions/

Section Sessions: https://www.asanet.org/2025-annual-meeting/call-for-submissions/papers-extended-abstracts/section-sessions/

1 – Organizations
We invite paper submissions under the broad topic of organizations, including studies that assess the implications of their structures, norms, policies, and practices.
(Session Organizer) Elizabeth A. Armstrong, University of Michigan; (Session Organizer) Matthew Clair, Stanford University 

2 – Professions and Occupations
We invite paper submissions on the broad topic of professions and occupations, including studies that focus on their emergence, evolution, and implications. 
(Session Organizer) Nicholas Occhiuto, Hunter College; (Session Organizer) Alexandrea Ravenelle, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 

3 – Gender Inequality in Organizations
We invite paper submissions under the topic of gender inequality in organizations.
(Session Organizer) Sharla Alegria, University of Toronto; (Session Organizer) Alexandra Kalev, Tel-Aviv University

4 – Labor Markets
We invite paper submissions under the broad topic of labor markets, including studies that examine their structures, dynamics, and consequences.
(Session Organizer) Koji Chavez, Indiana University; (Session Organizer) Steve McDonald, North Carolina State University

5 – Future of Work
We invite paper submissions under the broad topic of the future of work.
(Session Organizer): Angèle Christin, Stanford University; (Session Organizer) Steve Vallas, Northeastern University

6 – Informal and Unregulated Economies
We invite paper submissions under the topic of informal and unregulated economies, including studies that examine migrant and transnational dynamics.
(Session Organizer) Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Princeton University; (Session Organizer) Patricia Ward, Bielefeld University

7 – AI in the Workplace (joint with Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section)
We invite paper submissions under the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace. (NB: Thanks to a special relationship between the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology (CITAMS) section and the journal Information, Communication & Society (ICS), all papers with a theme of information, communication, or media that are presented at the 2025 meetings of the ASA are eligible for submission to a special issue of ICS edited by the CITAMS chair each fall.)
(Session Organizer) Barbara Kiviat, Stanford University; (Session Organizer) Simone Zhang, New York University.

8 – Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work Refereed Roundtables
(Session Organizer) Michel Anteby, Boston University; (Session Organizer) Sigrid Luhr, University of Illinois, Chicago

https://oowsection.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/call-for-submissions_asa_2024.docx

Section Sessions

Announcement: Co-editors Needed for the Journal Regulation & Governance; Apply by Nov 15, 2024

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Co-editors Needed for Regulation & Governance

Deadline for applications: November 15, 2024

At the end of 2024, David Levi-Faur will be stepping down as co-editor of Regulation & Governance, after nearly two decades of dedicated service to the academic community. We are looking for two new co-editors to work together with the remaining editorial team members, Alketa Peci (Fundação Getulio Vargas) and Yves Steinebach (University of Oslo).

Candidates should be renowned researchers in any of the journal’s main areas of interest (political science, socio-legal studies, psychology, criminology, sociology, organization and public management, management, economics, or other parts of the social sciences), who have the passion to continue to drive the journal forward.   To complement the strengths of the existing editorial team members, we particularly look for applicants with an interdisciplinary, comparative, and theoretically-driven lens who have backgrounds in sociology,  criminology, management, economics, psychology, or law and who have significant experience with interdisciplinary research on regulation.  

We strongly encourage applications from women and members of other historically marginalized groups or categories.  The current co-editors are based in Europe and Latin America, and we would welcome applications that further internationalize the journal.   Previous experience as an editor or in comparable activities is an important asset.  

All co-editors will jointly hold responsibility for editorial governance and oversight on submissions for papers assigned to them, including managing peer review processes and making decisions on acceptance/rejection of manuscripts.   Together, the editorial team will collaborate on matters of editorial strategy and establish a governance framework and division of labor.

Becoming a co-editor is a rewarding and fulfilling experience in which you can contribute to the vibrancy of the journal, help shape an interdisciplinary field of research, and gain recognition for your contributions.  

The post will initially be for a period of three years (renewable). We hope to have new co-editors in place by January 2025, though somewhat later starting dates will be considered if necessary.

About the Journal
Regulation & Governance is the leading journal dedicated to the study of regulatory governance. The journal publishes interdisciplinary research on regulation, governance, and emerging associated challenges worldwide, with broad implications beyond geographic and intellectual boundaries.

Key Skills and Attributes

·      A record of scholarly excellence in any of the fields covered by Regulation & Governance.

·      Strong knowledge of the relevant scholarly communities, in order to facilitate effective and timely peer review

·      Confidence in engaging with authors and researchers.

·      Commitment to ensure manuscripts are considered in a prompt, consistent and professional manner.

·      Passion to promote and continuously develop the journal.

Application Instructions
If you wish to apply for the position of co-editor for Regulation & Governance, please submit your academic CV and a very brief letter of interest (1-2 pages) via email to alketapecirg@gmail.com

Deadline for applications: November 15, 2024

We are planning to hold interviews online during the last week of November. 

If you have any questions about the role of co-editor, please feel free to contact the journal’s co-editors, Yves Steinebach (yves.steinebach@stv.uio.no), Alketa Peci (Alketa.Peci@fgv.br) and David Levi-Faur (levifaur@mail.huji.ac.il). The final selection will be conducted by a selection committee, which includes the three current editors, as well as Benjamin van Rooij (University of Amsterdam) and Tim Bartley (Georgetown University).

New Publication: Work After Lawful Status: Formerly Undocumented Immigrants’ Gendered Relational Legal Consciousness and Workplace Claims-making

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Tenorio, Luis Edward. “Work After Lawful Status: Formerly Undocumented Immigrants’ Gendered Relational Legal Consciousness and Workplace Claims-making.” Law & Society Review. 58(3): 383-414.  https://doi.org/10.1017/lsr.2024.29

Abstract: Undocumented status impedes immigrants’ workplace claims to legal rights and better treatment. But what happens when they obtain lawful permanent residency – does the reluctance to make claims in the workplace change? If so, how? Drawing on timeline interviews, I examine changes in the relational legal consciousness and reported workplace claims-making of 98 formerly undocumented Latino immigrants. Most respondents reported increased willingness to engage in, and follow through with, workplace claims. However, gendered differences emerged. Men’s claims largely revolved around wage negotiations, moving to a better paying position, and enforcement of legal rights with an attached monetary value. They were also more likely to frame claims as legal rights. In contrast, women’s claims largely revolved around better work treatment, access to job benefits, and workplace accommodations. They were also more likely to frame claims as moral rights. I explain these outcomes as a function of three relational mechanisms: lawful status being understood relative to experiences being undocumented; gendering in the legalization process; and social ties promoting gendered expectations of lawful permanent residency. My findings highlight the importance of gendered differences in relational legal consciousness and how lived reference points (e.g., prior undocumented experience) inform how legal consciousness changes over time.

Call for Papers: Workshop “Bringing Politics Back to Work”; ECPR Joint Sessions, May 20-23, 2025, at Charles University, Prague

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Call for Papers: Workshop “Bringing Politics Back to Work”
ECPR Joint Sessions, May 20-23, 2025, at Charles University, Prague

Workshop details and paper submission
Deadline for abstracts: November 21, 2024

The organization of work has undergone tremendous change in recent decades, yet we know little about how this has impacted the political outlook of the employed. We ask: How does the changing organization of work, how do well-being and social relations at the workplace, and how do job quality and job satisfaction impact political conflict in advanced democracies? Linking established literature in political economy and political science with that in the sociology of work and organization, this workshop aims to set an agenda for studying the political implications of what happens at the heart of the economy: at work.

An extensive literature in political economy shows that globalization, automatization and sectoral change have impacted labor markets and occupational class structure, what in return has reshaped political conflict in advanced democracies. This literature has left surprisingly untouched, however, the blackbox of what happens at work, i.e., inside enterprises or public organizations. Work organization, management practices, job quality, and well-being at work are, in return, subject to an extensive literature in sociology, psychology, and economics – which, however, rarely establishes connections with outcomes at the political level.

This missing link is surprising, as work is a site where people spend much of their awake time, experience intergroup contact and collaboration, authority, and conflict about entitlements. It is a site where we gain a sense of social status and recognition, of efficacy, security, and fairness –or, on the contrary, experience powerlessness, insecurity, and injustice. This has a formative impact on political outlooks, including on major phenomena of our time such as preferences for redistribution, political populism, or affective polarization.

“Bringing politics back to work”, we aim to shed light on mechanisms that link work and politics. We are looking forward to receiving paper proposals that contribute to the following questions by the deadline of 21st November 2024:

▪ 1: How do the organization of work, wellbeing at work, job quality, or contact/ conflict at the workplace inform individual political preferences in advanced democracies?

▪ 2: How does this relationship between work and politics vary by groups and context (countries, sectors, occupations, gender, age)?

▪ 3: How do political actors such as parties or unions address and politicize contemporary experiences at work?

▪ 4: How do social policies and welfare state arrangements influence these dynamics?

Organizers:
Paulus Wagner, European University Institute, paulus.wagner@eui.eu
Bruno Palier, Sciences Po Paris, bruno.palier@sciencespo.fr

Endorsed by the ECPR Standing Group on Political Economy and Welfare State Politics

Socio-Economic Review Cafe, Nov 13th

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Socio-Economic Review Cafe, 13.11.2024

Featuring a conversation with SER authors Terri Friedline (University of Michigan), Anna K. Wood (University of Michigan), Bengt Larsson (Linnaeus University), and Alex Lehr (Radboud University). The event will take place on Wednesday, November 13th, at 8AM PST/11AM EST/5PM CET. Register at this link!

Join us for a discussion of FinTech and FinTech companies and broader theories of how they impact markets and society. Friedline, Stewart, Bolinger, and Wood’s article “Fintech as invasive infrastructure: a critical discourse analysis of corporate newswires and press releases, 1995-2021” uses Indigenous theorizing to argue how “FinTech” is a predatory infrastructure that extracts from people and accumulates for others. Larsson, Rolandsson, Ilsøe, Larsen, Lehr, and Masso’s paper “Digital disruption diversified—FinTechs and the emergence of a coopetitive  market ecosystem” investigates FinTech companies in four European countries, and they propose that FinTech firms aid in the creation of “coopetitive” market where cooperation and competition are combined.

Together, these papers offer insights into how FinTech has impacted markets and inequality. Finance and digital technologies are rapidly shaping modes of accumulation and society, and these two recent articles make important contributions to our understanding of the consequences.

As with all SER Cafe events, we will facilitate a dynamic conversation with the authors rather than lengthy talks. Come ready to engage.