ESA Conference 2007 - Call for Papers "Professions and Civic Society in Transition: Conflict, Strategy and Dynamics"

Read the call for papers here.

Click here for the program: papers per session.

Abstracts of the accepted papers are here.

PhD Workshop organised by RN "Sociology of Professions" prior to the 2007 ESA Conference - Call for Papers "Professions, Citizenship and the Changing Worlds of Welfare Governance"

Read the call for papers here.

Click here for the program.

Newsletter September 2006

Newsletter October 2005

Newsletter January 2005

Newsletter August 2004

Newsletter November 2003

2006 – 4th Interim Meeting of the ESA Network „Sociology of Professions“

Click here to download the programme.

Click here to download a report of the meeting.

2005 – ESA Conference „Rethinking inequalities“, Torun, Poland, 9-12 September 2005

The Network is organizing seven sessions with the title „Professionalism in new and existing occupational fields – beyond exclusion and inequalities“ and two joint sessions with the Network „Medical Sociology and Health Policy“ entitled „Integration and co-ordination – challenges to health professions and professionalism“. 56 papers from 17 countries are accepted that cover a wide range of occupational groups and thematic issues.

The program can be found here
Abstracts can be found here

Symposium

2004 – Symposium The 3rd Interim Meeting of the ESA Research Network Sociology of Professions "Professions, social inclusion and citizenship" was held at the University of Lincoln, UK, from 15-17 April 2004.

For more information: contact Mike Saks at msaks@lincoln.ac.uk

Murcia Conference

At the Murcia Conference, 10 sessions were planned for the Sociology of Professions research network.

• A list of sessions can be found here

• A list of participations can be found here

• A document with abstracts of all the papers to be presented at the conference can be downloaded here

Publication

Health professions, gender and society

Shifting relations in times of institutional and social change

Edited by Birgit Blättel-Mink and Ellen Kuhlmann

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 23., no 4/5

For details: click here.

Second Interim Workshop of the ESA network Sociology of Professions

Continental Challenges to Anglo-American Sociology of Professions

2-4 May 2002
Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris

Programme modified according to submitted abstracts

• Historical and international studies

• Theoretical studies
• Studies on discourse of professionalism
• Methodological and comparative studies
• Sectoral and applied studies

The conference is sponsored by:
The Swedish Institute
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
The Swedish Research Council
Wenner-Gren Foundation

Download:

• A report from the conference (rtf-document)
• The abstracts of the papers presented at the conference here (pdf-file)
• The list of participants (pdf-file) 

General information about the Research Network

Internationalisation and European integration as well as national reorganisation has to a great extent changed the conditions for professions and professional work. Thus, there is vital interest for a research network in the sociology of professions on a European scale.

The network has emerged from, and is connected to the Research Committee 52 in the International Sociological Association. An inaugural meeting was held at the fourth ESA conference, August 1999. The first meeting between the biannual ESA meetings took place in Jesi, Italy 4-6th May 2000 on reliability of professions. The second meeting was held in Helsinki 28-1 September 2001.

Click here to read a report from the meeting at the Helsinki-conference.

Aims of the network:
to provide a European forum for the development, discussion and dissemination of research in the sociology of professions
to ensure an institutional context for workshops at future ESA conferences and for meetings between ESA conferences
to encourage and organise international research projects

Members may use the network:
to seek research contacts and partners
to raise issues for conferences and research
to give and to seek information on publications and on-going research
to announce conferences and meetings

Possible issues and research areas:
professions and the implications of new national management in comparative perspective
professions and international regulations
professional organisations and the role of nation-states
exchanges and international labour markets
relations between continuing professional development and self-regulation
the role of trade unions and professional associations, and European professional federations
reliability, legitimacy and trust in professionals in comparative perspective

For further information about the network and activities, please get in touch with:

Coordinators

Ellen Kuhlmann
Centre for Social Policy Research
University of Bremen
Parkallee 39
28209 Bremen
Tel.: 49 (0)421-218-4404
Fax 49 (0)421-218-9567
e-mail: e.kuhlmann@zes.uni-bremen.de

Julia Evetts
School of Sociology & Social Policy
University of Nottingham
fax: 0044-115-9515232
e-mail: julia.evetts@nottingham.ac.uk

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