Industrial Relations in Europe Conference - IREC 2015

The Department of Sociology and Work Science at University of Gothenburg organises the IREC 2015 conference 'Converging or diverging industrial relations in Europe?' in Gothenburg between September 10-11, 2015.

Conference themes:

• Theme 1: Developments in European industrial relations
• Theme 2: European social dialogue
• Theme 3: Trends in collective bargaining and wage setting
• Theme 4: Transnational trade union cooperation
• Theme 5: Trade union revitalization and social movements
• Theme 6: Changing employment and working conditions
• Theme 7: Labour market mobility and migration
• Theme 8: Industrial relations in the Nordic countries
• Theme 9: HRM and union influence on company and workplace level
• Theme 10: Trade union responses to fiscal austerity and unemployment

Abstracts (max 400 words) should be sent before 31 March 2015 to irec2015@socav.gu.se. Please refer in your abstracts to one of the 10 themes. Papers may be theoretical and/or empirical (using qualitative or quantitative methods). As in previous conferences European comparative research papers are especially welcome.

Further information and updates will be published on the conference website: http://www.socav.gu.se/forskning/IREC2015

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