SASE 2003: Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Knowledge, Education, and Future Societies

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
15th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics
LEST (Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail)
Aix-en-Provence, France
June 26 - 28, 2003

The 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics will be held at LEST in Aix-en-Provence, France from June 26 - 28, 2003. LEST is an Institute of Labour Economics and Industrial Sociology which has links with the National Center for scientific research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS), the Université de Provence and the Université de la Méditerranée. LEST has acquired a reputation for interdisciplinary research and for the comparative studies it has carried out at the international level on the links between Education and Productive Systems.
Aix-en-Provence (www.aixenprovencetourism.com) is a town with a rich historical background, which has attracted many painters, writers, and musicians. Visitors can enjoy its many interesting museums and the picturesque and historic buildings. In July, following the SASE meeting, a world-famous international music festival will take place (www.festival-aix.com) Aix is also close to other attractive locations, including Marseille and Avignon...
The international airport at Marseille-Marignane is about a 25 minute bus ride from the center of Aix-en-Provence. There are good connecting flights with the United States and a very good high speed train link from Paris and Lyon which now stops at a terminal outside Aix - about a 15 minute shuttle bus ride from the center of the city.
LEST web site: www.univ-aix.fr/lest

Program Committee

The program co-chairs for the meeting will be Carola Frege (London School of Economics, UK and Rutgers University, USA) and Lucio Baccaro (International Institute for Labor Studies, Switzerland). The Program Committee consists of the co-chairs and the organizers of SASE's research networks.

How to Submit Proposals

Sessions will be organized primarily through the Network Organizers. Network Organizers will solicit suggestions for panels and for individual papers. In addition to formal paper sessions, the 2003 meeting will include author meets critic panels, and focused debates on important issues. Contact information for the Network Organizers is avilable on the Research Networks page.

If you are interested in organizing a panel or presenting a paper, contact the appropriate Network Organizer directly. The person listed first in those networks with two coordinators is the primary coordinator, and the one with whom you should communicate. If you are unsure of the network in which your proposal or paper belongs you may send it to one of the Program Co-chairs.

French language proposals should be sent to Dianne-Gabrielle Tremblay, and Spanish language proposals to Manuel Angel Rodriguez (Click here for contact information.)

Note: Proposals submitted to the web site go first to the SASE office. The SASE office will forward them to the designated Network Organizer. If no network or network organizer is listed, the SASE office will forward the proposal to one of the Program Co-chairs, who will send it to one of the network organizers. The SASE office will let you know to which network organizer your proposal has been sent.

Paper proposals require a paper title and an abstract of up to 200 words, and complete contact information. Session proposals require a session title, an abstract of up to 200 words for the session, paper titles, and complete contact information for each of your proposed presenters. (See proposal forms.)

Want to organize a session? Multiple sessions? Present a paper? Send your proposal to the appropriate Network Organizer. A session can be organized in several ways – suggested formats are: with 3-4 presenters, the session moderator and a discussant (who can also be the moderator); with several panelists, whose papers are summarized by a rapporteur (who can also be the moderator); or as a roundtable or author meets critics session.
Not sure which Network is appropriate? No current Network fits your proposal? Send your proposal to one of the Program Co-chairs.

NOTE: SASE policy permits only two participations per individual at the annual meeting. A participation consists of delivering a paper at an official panel, serving as a discussant or moderator, or participating in a roundtable or similar discussion-oriented panel. This policy does not apply to Network Organizers who may moderate several sessions within their network.

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THE CONTACT INFORMATION - PARTICULARLY A CURRENT E-MAIL ADDRESS AND A POSTAL ADDRESS FOR ALL POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING CO-AUTHORS. THIS WILL ASSURE THAT LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE AND THE Final Program ARE SENT TO THE CORRECT ADDRESS.

The deadline (February 1, 2003) has been reached! Sorry!

The SASE office will notify you formally of the acceptance of your proposal. If you do not receive a letter of acceptance from the SASE office by Apri1 1, 2003, contact the SASE office by e-mail to find out the status of your proposal.

Grants to scholars from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviety Union

To encourage the participation of scholars from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviety Union in the Aix-en-Provence meeting, SASE will provide up to 5 travel and lodging grants to qualified participants. These grants will be funded in part from voluntary contributions of SASE members. If you wish to make a voluntary contribution to this fund, please indicate this on your registration form.

Those who wish to apply for this grant need to send a complete paper - preferably electronically - to the appropriate network organizer and the SASE office by February 15, 2003. Awards will be announced by April 1, 2003.

Meeting Costs

Register On-Line NOW!

To Participate in the SASE meeting you must be a member of SASE.
You can join as part of your registration fee.
Membership in SASE also includes a one-year subscription to
Socio-Economic Review, SASE's new journal.
The Registration fee includes lunch on Friday and Saturday.

*Non-Student Rates*		*Student Rates*
Early Registration (Through April 15, 2003)		Early Registration (Through April 15, 2003)
SASE Member:	$160	SASE Member:	$90
Non-SASE Member:	$225 (includes $65 SASE dues)	Non-SASE Member:	$130 (includes $40 SASE dues)
Late Registration (After April 15, 2003)		Late Registration (After April 15, 2003)
SASE Member:	$200	SASE Member:	$110
Non-SASE Member:	$265 (includes $65 SASE dues)	Non-SASE Member:	$150 (includes $40 SASE dues)

Graduate Student Stipends

To recognize the good work of graduate students and to encourage them to participate in the meeting, SASE will provide up to 5 stipends of $500 to the author(s) of the best graduate student papers submitted for presentation at the neeting Faculty and other members of SASE are encouraged to submit the papers of their graduate students. Students may also submit their papers directly. In case of multiple authors, the stipend will be shared among the authors who attend the meeting.

To be considered for a stipend, papers must meet the following criteria:

Have a maximum word length of 5,000 (word length to be added at the end of papers);
Address socio-economic issues;
Display originality in at least one of the following ways:
- Discovery of new ideas/facts/concepts/interpretations
- Critical examination of existing ideas/facts/concepts/interpretations
- Development/adaptation of ideas of others
- Demonstrate understanding of relevant socio-economic and other literature; and
Be well-written and clearly presented; include an abstract, introduction, conclusion, and appropriate sub-sections throughout; and employ a recognized system for Notes and References. The paper may be written in English or in the student's native language but presentations at the annual meeting must be in English, French, or Spanish.

It is permissible for the paper to have been submitted as part of an MA or Ph.D. thesis.

If you wish to apply for this award, send an electronic copy of your paper to the SASE office by February 15, 2003. An abstract of the paper should also be sent to one of the Network Organizers through the normal proposal process. The SASE office will notify the winning candidates by April 15, 2003. To receive the award, selected graduate students must attend the SASE meeting.

Travel and Accommodations

Hotel reservations may be made from Now to May 1rst 2003 by sending your personal registration file available from the Lest internet site
(http://www.univ-aix.fr/lest/lesrencontres/sase/infopratiquessase.html) to :

The Tourism Office - Booking and Information Department in Aix-en-Provence
2 place du Général de Gaulle - BP 16013100 Aix-en-Provence
Tél. : 04.42.161.184 / 185 Fax : 04.42.161.179
Email : hotelcongres@aixenprovencetourism.com

Or contact directly:

Aix-en-Provence Tourism
Attn.: PASCALE MICHELLIER
Service Hébergement Congrès
Tél. 33.(0)4 42 16 11 84/85
Fax 33.(0)4 42 16 11 79
E-mail: hotelcongres@aixenprovencetourism.com

Caution ! Aix-en-Provence is a very popular summer venue and we urge you to register for your room as soon as possible and in any case before the 1rst May 2003!

There may also be less expensive rooms available for graduate students (specify it as soon as your register). The SASE web site will also contain information on any airline discounts that may be available to meeting participants.

www.aixenprovencetourism.com is a great resource about Aix-en-Provence and available Lodging.

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Lucio Baccaro
International Institute for Labor Studies
4, Route des Morillons
Geneva 22 1211
Switzerland
E-mail: baccaro@ilo.org
Phone: +41 22 799 7819
Fax: +41 22 799 8542

Carola Frege
Labor Studies & Employment Relations Dept.
Rutgers University
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8553
E-mail: c.m.frege@lse.ac.uk
Phone: +1 732 932 1746
Fax: +1 732 932 8677

Network Organizers

For this on-line version of the Call for Papers, please see the Research Networks page.

Updates

Up-to-date information on the Aix-en-Provence meeting will be posted here on the SASE web site.
Come back often and check for news!!

Sorry:
The deadline (February 1, 2003) has been reached! Sorry!

If you have questions about
proposing sessions or papers,
or any other details concerning
the meeting, contact the
SASE office at:

SASE
PO Box 39008
Baltimore, MD 21212
Fax: +1 410 377 7965
Phone: +1 410 435 6617
E-mail: office@sase.org

Paper Version of Call for Papers

If you would like to have a paper version of the original Call for Papers please download the callforpapers.pdf file and print it. It includes Paper and Session Proposal forms. This version does not contain updated information added since the publishing of the original Call for Papers.