Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 14 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly funded) and special issues, 11 postdoc positions, 9 PhD scholarships and fellowships, 4 job openings, 3 summer schools, and a visiting fellowship in economic sociology, political economy, work and labor studies, and related fields, with deadlines from July 10 till August 26. Share this post with your colleagues and students. Good luck!

Calls for Papers — Conferences and Workshops:

— CfP: The Global Research Foundation for Corporate Governance 4th international conference, Loughborough University London (UK), September 11-13, 2024. On 11th September, a one-day workshop geared towards PhD students and early career researchers will be run by Prof. Gregory Jackson. DL: July 10

— CfP: “Reimaging the Future of Work”, the American Sociological Association Virtual Mini-Conference, January 30-31, 2025. DL: July 11

— CfP: “Household Finance in an Unequal World: Social Approaches” conference by the Emmy Noether Research Group “Peripheral Debt: Money, Risk and Politics”, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Germany), 5-6 December 2024. The conference is aimed at producing a joint publication; Limited funding is available. DL: July 14

— CfP: “Training, Education and the Labor Market” workshop, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg (Germany), 16-17 October, 2024. Keynoters: Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Lindsey Macmilla. DL: July 14

— CfP: “The State and the Market: Tensions between Antagonism and Complementarity in a World in Crisis“, the XIV Conference of Social Studies of the Economy, the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 4-8 November, 2024. Travel grants will be available for young researchers from Argentina and Latin America. DL: July 19

— The 5th Annual Conference of the Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools, University of Sydney (Australia), 28-29 November 2024. Keynoter: Greg Patmore. DL: July 19

— CfP: “Work in Transition – Transition in Work: Dynamics of Small and Medium Enterprises in a Comparative Perspective” international conference, Institute of Sociology, TU Dresden (Germany), 14-15 November 2024. For 2 persons from the Global South, travel costs and a lump sum for living expenses can be covered. DL: July 31

— CfP: “Navigating Inequality, Development, and Sustainability in the Global South” international conference, Vellore Institute of Technology-Andhra Pradesh (VIT-AP University), (Andhra Pradesh, India) and in a hybrid mode,13-14 September 2024. DL: July 31

— CfP: “Green Capitalism – A New Regime of Accumulation?” conference, Humboldt University Berlin (Germany), November 29-30, 2024. Keynoter: Brett Christophers. The organizers have limited funding available to cover travel and accommodation costs if needed. DL: August 1

— CfP: The History of Economic Thought Society of Australia & Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought annual conference, Alphacrucis University College (Sydney, Australia), 26-27 September 2024. DL: August 1

— CfP: “Global Elections and Economic Shifts: Political Economy in 2024“, PSA British and Comparative Political Economy Specialist Group workshop, City University of London (UK), November 1st 2024. Keynoter: Albena Azmanova. The organizer may be able to contribute towards your travel/accommodation expenses if you travel from outside the UK .DL: August 22

Calls for papers — Journals and Collections:

— CfP: “Gendered Labour History in Europe and Beyond” special issue of Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History. DL for abstracts: July 25

— CfP: “Working-Class Lives and the Continuity of Crisis: Pasts, Presents and Futures” edited volume. DL: July 29

— CfP: “Technological Change, Power and Work“,  British Journal of Industrial Relations‘ special issue. DL for abstracts: 31 July

Summer Schools:

— CfA: “In-between: Intermediaries and Intermediate Places in Global Labour – Past & Present“, a winter school for PhD students at the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, New Delhi (India), 17-21 February, 2025. Candidates without funding can apply for support of their travel expenses. DL: August 1

— CfA: “Economy & Society” winter school, New Political Economy Initiative at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 9-21 December, 2024. Applicants must be Master or PhD students from the Global South. All participants will receive the full costs of travel, accommodation, meals, materials. Among the teachers: Monica Prasad, Simone Polillo, Nitsan Chorev, Patrick Heller, and more great scholars. DL: August 4

— CfA: “Social Policies: meanings, measures and effects on individuals’ behaviour“, the Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research,  Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento (Italy), 23 to 25 October 2024. DL: August 26

Job openings:

— Director of the Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality and Democracy at the University of California Santa Barbara (USA). The ideal candidate will have a record of success in applying public-facing or community-centered scholarly research in critical political economy (or related fields) to address social issues across geographic and social scales. DL: August 1

— To attend the most interesting and promising online talks on various topics in economic sociology and political economy from all over the world follow the ES/PE’s Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin pages, Whatsapp and Telegram channels to have information about these events that are publicized only on our social media a week before they take place. On our social media you will also find the newest, excellent posts and articles from other media outlets.

— Two positions (all ranks) in Sociology of Work / Economic Sociology, the Sociology and Anthropology Programme of the University Brunei Darussalam (Brunei). DL: August 5

— Senior Lecturer in Global Development Studies, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg (Sweden). DL: August 19

—  Professor for Organization Studies (in areas such as institutional theory, social movements, socio-technical perspectives, innovation, stakeholder theory, social identity), the Institute of Organization Science at Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria). DL: August 21

PhD Scholarships and Fellowships:

— Several PhD Scholarships in Labour and Work research areas, The University of Sheffield Management School (UK). DL: July 10

— The Economic History Society Bursary Scheme for PhD Students working in economic and/or social history areas in United Kingdom colleges and universities. DL: July 14

— PhD student for a research project “Technological Change: Impact on Workers’ Skills, Firms and Labor Productivity, and Income Inequalities. A Comparative and Territorial Study“, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento (Italy). DL: July 15

— PhD studentship in “Algorithmic Management, Artificial Intelligence & Impact on Workers” research project, the University of Greenwich (UK). DL: July19

— Doctoral position in the group “Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis” at the Research Center on Inequality & Social Policy, the University of Bremen (Germany). DL: July 22

— PhD Scholarship for a candidate with Political Economy and Sociology experience to join “The Civic University: What is the future role of the university” project, The University of Greenwich (UK). DL: July 24

— The Hans Böckler Foundation scholarships to non-German doctoral candidates from various disciplines focusing on work / labor / finance who wish to stay in research institute, foundation or archive in Germany. DL: July 30

— The John Rovensky Fellowship for a doctoral student writing a dissertation in U.S. business or economic history. DL: July 31

— PhD candidate to join a project on Infrastructural Imperialism, the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University (The Netherlands). DL: August 23

Visiting position:

— Visiting Research Fellowship (at different stages of their academic career) to join the “ChainGE Lab: Labour Law for a Global Value Chain Economy“, a research project funded by a European Research Council Grant and directed by Prof. Hila Shamir at Tel Aviv University (Israel). Remote participation is possible. DL: August 15

Postdoctoral positions:

— Postdoctoral research associates in the field of social movements, the Department of Sociology at Princeton University (USA). DL: July 15

— Postdoc Research Associate to work on living labs and qualitative research methods, Department of Urban Development and Mobility, the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (Luxembourg). DL: July 25

— Post-doctoral researcher position at Kyoto University, Japan. The research for this position aims to compare market and societal conditions in Japan to other countries, especially in Europe, and to analyse system characteristics, barriers and drivers from a policy and innovations perspective. DL: July 30

— Post-Doc position to work on Innovations in the Governance and Financing of Community Energy Organizations, the University of Victoria (Canada). DL: July 31

— 2 Postdoc positions in International Political Economy / Political Economy of Development at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. DL: July 31

— Research Assistant in Sociology of Economic and Labour Processes, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy). DL: August 8

— A three-year Post-doc fellowship (with the possibility of an extension) in Financial History, the Department of Economic History at Uppsala University (Sweden). DL: August 15

— Post-doctoral researcher to join the “ChainGE Lab: Labour Law for a Global Value Chain Economy“, a research project funded by a European Research Council Grant and directed by Prof. Hila Shamir at Tel Aviv University (Israel). Remote participation is possible. DL: August 15

— Three post-doc positions to join a project on Infrastructural Imperialism, the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University (The Netherlands). DL: August 23

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