RESEARCH NETWORK ON SOUTHERN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION MIDTERM CONFERENCE
Territories, communities and sustainability: views from Southern Europe
Lisbon, 21 – 22 September 2023
Venues:
Lusófona University – Education Institute, Lisbon
NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lisbon
CALL FOR PAPERS
The theme “Territories, communities and sustainability: views from Southern Europe” is a challenging approach to study the links between different areas of knowledge, inviting interdisciplinary outlooks to sociologists and other social scientists interested in environment, development and educational issues.
This can be a particularly relevant reflection in the post-pandemic phase of current times, highlighting regional and local features of a global experience. It allows comparing Southern European societies, between themselves but also with other European (and non-European) societies, and therefore, providing insights to better understand each geographic and cultural area.
Participants are invited to discuss the actual role of communities and the linkages with territories, the social and cultural dynamics, and institutional foundations of Southern Europe, to understand current challenges and dilemmas specifically linked to territories and communities living on them. Papers with a comparative focus between countries of Southern Europe, other parts of Europe, the Mediterranean area and beyond are especially encouraged, as well as specific studies at country and regional level that provide general implications for the whole region.
Authors can send their proposals to one of the thematic tracks of ESA RN27:
• Territories, communities and social spaces
• Nature, environments and ecologies
• Education, research and innovation
• Gender
• Social stratification
• Cultures and lifestyles
• Social policy
• Migration and mobility
• Work, firms and markets
• Theoretical and conceptual development on Southern European societies
Authors can send their proposals to a special session:
• Social work and associationism in Southern Europe (with the Portuguese Sociological Association –
Thematic Section on Civil society, diverse economies and volunteering).
• Comparative education in Southern Europe (with the Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences –
Section of Comparative Education).
KEY DATES:
Abstract submission deadline: 30 th of June 2023
Notification of Acceptance: 20 th of July 2023
Early Bird Registration: 30 th of July 2023
Late Registration: 9 th of September 2023*
Program publication: 15 th of September 2023
* During the month of August 2023, the organization will not be able to reply to authors’ inquiries, including
requests for invoices and other administrative procedures.
ABSTRACTS, FORMAT AND LANGUAGES:
Abstracts should have between 300 and 400 words and should be accompanied by three to five keywords,
the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s) and email(s).
The language for abstracts is open, besides English, to different languages of potential common
understanding in Southern Europe, namely Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian.
The sessions will be presential, but some online presentations will be possible for people unable to come
to Lisbon for compelling reasons.
Abstracts should be submitted to: https://sites.google.com/view/rn27esa2023/abstract-submission