Call for papers: The UNTANGLED project

07 Sep 2022
Untangled
07 Sep 2022

LABOUR MARKET EFFECTS AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION, GLOBALISATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
Brussels, November 9, 2022

The UNTANGLED project will host a conference examining the impacts on the (EU) labour market of technological transformation, globalisation and demographic change. These global megatrends are driving changes in skills demand and supply, job quality and working conditions. We will also discuss the social effects, such as inequality and changes in well-being, of the labour-market outcomes. Researchers from all social science fields are invited to contribute and participate. Read the full call for papers here.
 
Keynote speaker: Anna Salomons, Professor of Employment and Inequality at Utrecht University
 
Contributions should address the implications of technological transformation, globalisation and demographic change on: 
•    Heterogenous impacts of mega-trends on labour market outcomes
•    Work-related migration and skills
•    Education and future skill needs, productivity growth
•    (Regional / Rural-urban) convergence / divergence, EU economic governance, trade
•    Technology and human capital
•    (Wage / regional) inequality, social policy

Covering the combined impact of two or more of the driving forces – technological transformation, globalisation, and demographic change – is considered an added value.

Submissions

Please submit your paper or an extended abstract (approximately 800 words) along with i) paper title, ii) name(s) of the author(s), and iii) affiliation as well as the email address of the presenting author, to Ilse Tobback (ilse.tobback@kuleuven.be). Abstracts should include the following elements: introduction, methodology, major findings, implications and keywords.

Key Dates

  • September 10, 2022 – Deadline for abstract submission
  • October 15, 2022 – Registration deadline for presenting attendees
  • November 1, 2022 – Registration for all attendees
  • November 9, 2022 – Conference in Brussels

Registration is already possible here.

Scientific Committee

Mikkel Barslund (HIVA – KU LEUVEN), Karolien Lenaerts (HIVA – KU LEUVEN), Ludivine Martin (LISER), Robert Stehrer (wiiw), Piotr Lewandowski (IBS), Ronald Bachmann (RWI) and Roberta Capello (POLIMI).