CALL FOR PAPERS
Interim Conference

Research Network 9 - Economic Sociology
TOWARDS AN ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS

Moevenpick Hotel
Bielefeld, Germany
December 5-6, 2010

The current economic crisis raises fundamental questions for economic sociologists. These are questions that range from the sociology of finance more narrowly defined to other areas like social capital, valuation, status, stigma, trust, performativity, and cultural forms, as well as issues relating to the broader impact of the crisis such as the euro, housing markets, economic migration - all seem crucial for a substantive sociological understanding of the crisis. This interim conference invites paper proposals that help us to understand the crisis from a sociological point of view.

The conference will take place at the 5th and 6th December 2010 at the Mövenpick Hotel in Bielefeld (Germany). The Conference will be conducted in English.

Deadline: Abstracts are welcomed till 15th July 2010. Please include a paper title, 250-300 word abstract, author’s name, institutional affiliation, mailing and email addresses and send them to: Oliver.Kessler@uni-bielefeld.de

Notification emails will be sent by 31st July.

Publication:

It is anticipated that a set of selected conference papers will be published. Participants are asked to give us priority in the publication of their papers presented in the conference.

About the Network:

Since the inception of the ESRN and its first meeting, held in the context of the Amsterdam ESA conference in 1999, there have been additional meetings held in Moscow, (2000), Helsinki (2001), Murcia (2003), Rethymno (2004), and Torún (2005), Glasgow (2007), Krakow (2008), and Lisbon (2009). In the course of these meetings more than 400 papers have been presented and discussed. The papers cover an extensive array of economic sociology themes, and demonstrate a growth in interest in this expanding sociological subfield. The current research coordinators of the networks are Oliver Kessler (University of Bielefeld) and Nigel Dodd (LSE).

Acknowledgements:

The conference is financed by the European Sociology Association and COST Action IS0902 on ‘Systemic Risks, Financial Crisis and Credit’. Please visit www.worldfinancialcrisis.org for further information.

Source: http://www.europeansociology.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=29