Labour and Global Justice Conference
The domain of Global Justice has substantially grown over the past twenty years, with important contributions from various fields such as political philosophy and International Relations. Practical issues such as poverty reduction and migration have received significant attention.
Labour issues however, although connected to poverty reduction and migration, have been underrepresented as explicit issues tackled within global justice debates.
This conference aims at drawing attention to labour issues emerging as explicit justice issues within the context of globalization.
The theme of this 'Labour and Global Justice Conference' is 'Labour Migration Policy Issues'.
Presentations are called for tackling issues such as:
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how national immigration schemes affect labour markets,
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migrant worker experiences, both documented and undocumented, and from different categories (workers, diplomats, expats),
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gender aspects of labour migration realities and policies,
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trafficking for purposes of labour exploitation,
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outsourcing and labour standards,
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assessments of policy instruments on labour migration,
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international trade unions and IFAs,
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effects on local labour markets caused by FDI,
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the potential of Global Governance with regard to labour justice,
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Interested presenters are required to send a 500 word abstract to wim.vandekerckhove@ugent.be by May 1st 2009.
The conference will host a number of keynotes (tba) and a special session of the European Science Foundation EUROCORES project 'Trafficking for Forced Labour in Industries other than the Sex Industry across Europe'.
Publication in conference proceedings is an option for those presenting at the conference, under certain conditions.
The Labour & Global Justice Conference 2009 is sponsored by the European Science Foundation, The FWO Labour 1500-2000 Research Group, the Center for Ethics & Value Inquiry (Ghent University), and the International Global Ethics Association (IGEA).