Gender Relations in the Labour Market and the Welfare State

These are the webpages for the European Sociological Association's  Research Network 14: Gender Relations in the Labour Market and the Welfare State. The network brings together European sociologist at bi-annual ESA conferences and mid-term meetings. 

Employability and Locality

Under the broad heading of ‘employability and locality’, a group of CLMS academics meets regularly to discuss their research interests. Subject matters considered in the meetings thus far have included work, employment and the labour market in the East Midlands; regions; employment and learning; political economy; education and training; unemployment and health; older workers; and economic development.

Details on the Employability and Locality cluster

Work and Worker Organisation

• Critical Labour Studies
• European Employment Observatory
• Global Union Research Network
• Inter-University Research Centre on Globalization and Work
• Union Ideas Network
• Work and Lifelong Learning Research Network
• Working Lives Research Institute

Equal opportunities and employment rights

• Equality and Human Rights Commission
• European Commission: Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
• Institute of Employment Rights

Youth Transitions

• British Educational Research Association
• Centre for Longitudinal Studies
• The Journal of Education and Work
• The Journal of Youth Studies

Skills Development and Training

• SKOPE

Academic Practice and Distance Learning

• Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
• British Educational Research Association
• British Institute for Learning and Development
• Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE)
• Distance Education and Training Council (DETC)
• European Educational Research Association
• Norwegian Association for Distance Education
• Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
• Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Inc.
• Society for Research into Higher Education
• Staff and Educational Development Association

Other

• Exploring Online Research Methods
• Learning as Work
• University of Leicester School of Education
• University of Leicester School of Management

Academic Research Groups

• British Educational Research Association
• British Sociological Association
• British Universities Industrial Relations Association
• European Educational Research Association
• European Sociological Association
• Gender and Education Association
• Social Research Association
• Society for Research into Higher Education