PhD workshop on Perspectives on (Un-) Employment, Germany

Deadline: 4 July 2011
Open to: Ph.D. students who are interested in the topic
Dates and Venue: 13 – 14 October 2011, Nuremberg, Germany
Costs: conference fee of 40€ (including food and beverages during the workshop and the conference dinner), a limited number of travel grants is available

PhD workshop on Perspectives on (Un-) Employment, Germany

October 13-14, 2011, Nuremberg, Germany

The IAB Graduate School’s 4th interdisciplinary Ph.D. workshop on Perspectives on (Un-) Employment aims at bringing together young researchers from different disciplines. The workshop will provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. A number of experienced researchers will provide feedback and advice. The workshop will focus on but not be limited to empirical research in the following fields:

Labour market institutions and policies
Labour mobility and dynamics
Inequality and education
Qualification and skills
Regional disparities

Travel costs
For presenters without funding, a limited number of travel grants is available. Applications for travel grants have to be handed in with submission of the paper.

Conference fee
There is a conference fee of 40€ (including food and beverages during the workshop and the conference dinner, excluding beverages).

Application

Ph.D. students are invited to submit an extended abstract (minimum of 2000 words) or a full (preliminary) paper in pdf format to IAB.PHD-WORKSHOP@iab.de. The submission should include your contact information (name, affiliation and email address). Deadline for submission is July 4th 2011. Notification of acceptance will be given by the end of August 2011. Accepted students have to send in full (prelimi nary) papers no later than September 15th 2011.

Contact
Graduate School (GradAB)
Institute for Employment Research
Regensburger Str. 104
D-90478 Nuremberg, Germany
Fax: +49-911-179 5912
Email: IAB.PHD-WORKSHOP@iab.de

The official webpage.

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