Topics: Ageing in Europe; Sociology of the Arts; Biographical Perspectives on European Societies; Sociology of Children and Childhood; Sociology of Consumption; Critical Political Economy; Sociology of Culture; Disaster, Conflict and Social Crisis; Economic Sociology; Sociology of Education;...

The primary focus of the Summer School will be on the preparation of an article for publication and it will include a session of questions and answers with the editors of the two ESA journals, i.e. European Societies and the European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology. Moreover, the...

The conference theme, "Industrialisation, socio-economic transformation and Institutions", is inspired by the historical legacy of the Industrial Revolution that has made Manchester a pre-eminent industrial metropolis of the world. The theme invites contributors to consider social and economic...

Papers that cover the following areas will be particularly welcome: - Justification or discussions concerning the inclusion of the History of Economic Thought within the economic pluralist perspective. - Expositions of economists’ responses to past financial crises, and their significance for...

At this conference we will be exploring the issues raised by institutional and individual attempts to reconcile the desire of University teachers and administrators to manage the learning of their students, and the desire of many university researchers and students to manage their own learning....