CALL FOR PAPERS





THIRD ANNUAL BAGSS CONFERENCE



The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS) invites contributions to its interdisciplinary Ph.D. Conference.



„WHEN THE STATE INTERVENES“



University of Bamberg, Germany.

July 20 -21, 2016.





Keynote:

Prof. Francesco Billari, University of Oxford, President of the European Association for Population Studies
Prof. B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, President of the International Public Policy Association


Sessions:

Labour Market
Migration

Family and Gender

Collective Action

European and International Institutions

Educational Systems and Interventions

Normative Issues
Limits to Interventions



Presentations:

The conference provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present and discuss their research with colleagues and leading scholars in the field. The event is structured into sessions. In each session an invited senior researcher will present his or her latest research and provide feedback on the papers presented by the Ph.D. students in the session. The conference panels cover a wide range of research areas, as listed above, dealing with state intervention across social sciences.



Submissions:

Please submit an abstract (max. 350 words, pdf) to:

orga-abc.bagss@uni-bamberg.de. The application should include your contact information (name, affiliation and e-mail-address) and your preferred panel.

Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2016.



Participants will be selected on the basis of these abstracts, following a peer-review process. Authors will be notified of the selection panel’s decisions by May 31, 2016. Presenters will be asked to submit either an extended abstract (2-4 pages) or a paper (max. 8.000 words) by July 01, 2016.



For further information on the preliminary programme, conference dinner and the limited number of travel grants visit www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/abc