Scientific programme

The IIRA European Congress 2010 starts on Monday the 28'th of June at approx 9:00 with study group meetings and ends Thursday the 1'st of July at approx 16:30 after a short closing session. See the final congress programme below (word-file).

Special symposia

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on HRM/IR at Company Level: International and Comparative Perspectives, convenor: Stefan Zagelmeyer
Restructuring, economic recovery and sustainable employment: Europe within a global context, convenor: Mark Stuart
Workers' Collective Direct Action Responses to Redundancy in European Union Economies, convenor: Gregor Gall
Flexicurity and Labour Market Mobility in Nordic Welfare States, convenor: Tomas Berglund
Never ending reforms: The public management of markets for employment services, convenor: Thomas Bredgaard
HRM in globally distributed organizations - Building new skills & practices for virtual collaboration, convenor: Satu Lähteenmäki
International and Comparative Employment Relations: Beyond 'Varieties of Capitalism', convenors: Greg Bamber & Russell Lansbury
Regulating for voice in Europe's voluntarist economies, convenor: Jimmy Donaghey
Good-by Flexicurity, welcome Transitional labour markets?, convenor: Peter Auer

Study groups

Pay and Equality, coordinators: Marian Baird and Harish Jain
Gender & IR, coordinators: Gill Kirton and Anne-Marie Greene. Guest speakers: Hazel Conley and Cathrine Seierstad. A networking dinner will take place on Sunday 27 June - please send an email as soon as possible to g.kirton@qmul.ac.uk if you would like to come. All interested are welcome.
NB: The additional arrangement on gender and equal pay on the Danish & Australian labour markets has been cancelled.
Flexible Work Patterns, coordinator: Martijn van Velzen
Globalisation and industrial relations foresight 2025, coordinator: Timo Kauppinen
Public sector, coordinator: Nana Wesley Hansen
Workers’ Participation, coordinator: Ray Markey
Human Resource Management, coordinators: Stefan Zagelmeyer and Mick Marchington

Seminars

What can we learn from a European company survey?, chair: Greet Vermeylen, Eurofound, Ireland
New forms of governance in European industrial relations: a company and sectoral perspective, chairs: Christian Welz and Jean-Michel Miller, Eurofound, Ireland

The two seminars are organised by Eurofound. See the programmes and read more about the seminars on the Eurofound website

PhD workshop

Young researchers and PhD students in the beginning of their academic career are invited for a special workshop on how to get published in peer reviewed journals. The workshop will be chaired by Prof. Emeritus, Russell Lansbury and will feature a number of editors from prominent journals in the field of industrial relations and Human Resource Management. Editors will give presentations on the art of getting published from their specific editorial stance and participants will therefore get first-hand guidance on how to present their material and how to avoid typical pitfalls when writing. If you wish to participate in the workshop, please register by e-mail to acs@faos.dk. Registration should include note on career status (PhD in progress or recently finished). Read more