Submissions will open in the fall of 2024, with a deadline of December 16, 2024.
Inclusive Solidarities: Reimagining Boundaries in Divided Times
Solidarity is a central value practiced across social and labor movements and a key principle underpinning social democracies. It is also a term with many meanings, referring to the cohesion of groups, the development of social policy and welfare states, or the goals and tactics of labor and social movement organizations. Solidarity in all its forms involves an act of political and social imagination – to identify who one is willing to act in solidarity with, or who are the members of one’s ‘imagined community’ (Anderson 1983). How community is defined, and how the boundaries around that community are drawn or imagined, have implications for who is included and excluded in collective action to redistribute power and resources, to demand rights, and to fight oppression.
The theme of this year’s SASE meeting recognizes the importance of reimagining the boundaries that define commitments to and practices of inclusive solidarity, at a time when the most visible trends are toward intensified divisions. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost in wars, invasions, and violent conflicts over the past year alone. Climate change is fueling displacement and famine, while attempts to mitigate carbon emissions encourage organizing for and against policies to reform farming, manufacturing, and energy production. Far right political parties have experienced growing support, with recent major election wins in Europe and Latin America – and a rising share of the popular vote in many countries world-wide. And multinational companies and their investors continue to adapt to a post-COVID global economy through pursuing particularistic interests within and across national boundaries, from opposing proposed regulation of AI and platform work to challenging the right to strike as a critical dimension of the ILO’s fundamental right to freedom of association.
While there are many examples of developments that are driving up inequality, precarity, and exclusion, these are also contested by creative movements that seek to build worker and citizen power based on more inclusive and participatory forms of solidarity. These take different forms, from a recent wave of labor organizing and strikes in the US to global racial and gender justice movements to international campaigns to improve labor and environmental practices across global supply chains.
The task of both identifying the challenges to solidarity and studying its changing forms, practices, and impact raises a number of questions for researchers and practitioners. How do individuals, organizations, and states confront divisive ideologies and political movements? What role do foundational social, political, and economic stratifications and established institutions play in exacerbating these divisions? And which institutions (old or new) serve as resources for bridging them? In what ways do multinational companies and financial actors benefit from these trends, and how do they adapt their own strategies in response to the changing scale and scope of regulation? In what ways are labor and social movements responding? How do they overcome or transform potential identity-based fragmentation to build more inclusive, intersectional forms of solidarity? And under what conditions do they succeed – in reembedding capital in ways that tie it to more solidaristic social commitments or in transforming capitalist ownership and power relations? What role do nation-states and political parties play in fostering inclusion or exacerbating divisions – and in encouraging alternative strategic choices by different stakeholder groups?
The location of our meeting in Montréal, Canada, is ideal for investigating these questions. Québec’s history is marked by frequent reimaginings of the boundaries defining solidarity and the practices that underpin it – from European colonization, the displacement of Indigenous Peoples, and centuries of religious or cultural and nationalist conflict; to the ‘Quiet Revolution’ of the 1960s that established a more inclusive welfare state and industrial relations institutions. Québec is known for its progressive policies supporting women’s rights, migrant integration, and Indigenous self-government; for the strength and creativity of its labor movement; for efforts to embed capital through worker investment funds and public investment; and for ongoing conflicts over citizenship rights and political self-determination. In short, it is both a model for reimagining more inclusive approaches to solidarity, while also typifying the many contradictions that mark the path to drawing and redrawing boundaries around different imagined communities.
The 2025 SASE Annual Meeting welcomes submissions that engage with and beyond these themes — in our association’s tradition of multi-scalar, multi-disciplinary research that subjects a broad range of socio-economic developments and paradigms to critical analysis. We look forward to bringing together a diverse community of international scholars to join our SASE community in Montréal.
President: Virginia Doellgast
SASE: 2025 Mini-Conferences
Call for Mini-conference themes
Mini-Conference Proposal Deadline: 16 September 2024
Inclusive Solidarities: Reimagining Boundaries in Divided Times
37th Annual SASE Conference
Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Québec
9-12 July 2025
Thematic mini-conferences are a key element of SASE’s annual conferences. We are currently accepting submissions for mini-conferences for the 2025 annual SASE conference, to take place at the Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Québec, 9-12 July 2025. Preference will be given to proposals linked to the overarching conference theme, “Inclusive Solidarities: Reimagining Boundaries in Divided Times” (full conference theme text can be found here). Special consideration will also be given to proposals that cover areas currently underrepresented in SASE, notably race and ethnicity, migration, economic history, and heterodox economics – as well as submissions that provide a global perspective.
Mini-conference applications are reviewed by the program committee, which changes each year and is appointed by the current SASE president.
Before submitting a proposal, please consult the list of extant SASE networks. Proposals that would otherwise fit within a network will be expected to include an explanation as to why the topic should be discussed in a mini-conference format. You may also consult programs from past conferences (https://sase.org/events/past-meetings-archive/) to view mini-conference themes from previous years. SASE is committed to diverse membership and lively intellectual debates, and encourages proposals that are offered by a diverse group of organizers and/or are likely to bring a diverse group of participants.
Proposals for mini-conferences must be submitted electronically to the SASE Executive Director (saseexecutive@sase.org) by 16 September 2024. To apply, please fill out the form available here. (If you have trouble downloading the form, email saseexecutive@sase.org and we’ll send it to you directly.) You will receive confirmation of receipt. Please be sure to indicate if the mini-conference was organized in the past, with details on attendance and how the current application may or may not differ from the past. Do note, however, that past mini-conference organization does not guarantee future organization – mini-conferences are not intended to be permanent structures, they rather vary in content and focus from year to year, depending notably on the conference theme of that year. Please note that you may only organize one mini-conference per year – if a given individual applies as organizer of multiple mini-conferences and more than one is accepted, that person will have to choose which mini-conference they will actually organize. Please also feel free to reach out with questions about the application procedure.
Mini-conferences are featured as a separate theme track in the program. If accepted, your mini-conference will be included in the general SASE call for papers (deadline 16 December 2024), and you will receive applications through our conference submission system. Applicants to mini-conferences must submit an extended abstract for review, and also submit a full paper before the conference. These papers are only made available to other participants in the mini-conference, not on a public-facing website.
You will review applications and create the panel sessions for your mini-conference, which may also include participants and panels you have invited in advance. If a paper proposal cannot be accommodated within your mini-conference, we will assist you in forwarding it to the most appropriate research network for consideration. As a mini-conference organizer, you will be expected to assign a discussant for each session that you organize.
Please note: mini-conference organizers are expected to pay conference registration and SASE membership fees.
Dates to bear in mind:
16 September 2024: Deadline for mini-conference proposals – use this form.
Early October 2024: Notification of acceptance of mini-conference themes
Mid October 2024: Circulation of general Call for Papers, which includes mini-conferences.
16 December 2024: Hard deadline for paper submissions to the SASE conference
January 2025: Accept/reject submissions for your mini-conference
February 2025: Create sessions and assign discussants
March 1 2025: Preliminary program published
1 July 2025: deadline for full papers (recommended but not required), to be given to discussants/moderators for review
9-12 July 2025: SASE annual conference
SASE is committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all members and event participants, irrespective of, for example, race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, language, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, religion, disability, veteran status, or socio-economic status. Our association exists for the purposes of scholarly, educational, and professional exchange; much of the richness and vitality of this exchange is owed to SASE’s diverse membership and spirit of inclusiveness. We provide inclusionary events such as the Women and Gender (WAG) Forum, conference fees are based on socio-economic status, we are dedicated to a Code of Conduct, and we consider diversity in committees and convener teams. Discrimination and harassment of colleagues, students, or other participants in SASE events undermines shared principles of equity, free inquiry, and free expression – and is considered by SASE to be a serious form of professional misconduct.
SASE has a limited number of rooms reserved for conference participants at the Hôtel le Dauphin. You can make a reservation by phone
(+1 514.788.3888 / +1.888.784.3888) or by email (mtl@hoteldauphin.ca), and mention the group name: SASE2025.
If you are traveling with family, we recommend the Delta Hotel (the rooms are particularly spacious, close to the conference venue).
Otherwise, hotels and vacation rentals near the conference location can be viewed and booked here – locations with the SASE logo are specifically recommended, and please note that prices are in CAD:
Submissions for the 2025 conference will open in October 2024, with a hard deadline of December 16th, 2024. Important dates and other information can be found here.
SASE is committed to a diverse membership and lively intellectual debates and encourages panels that include or are likely to include a diverse group of participants.
For SASE’s annual conference, submissions can be made in English or Spanish, but please note that SASE’s principal working language is English. Paper submissions in Spanish should be submitted to the Spanish-language Network M.
It is possible to submit in two different categories: Individual Papers and Sessions.
To submit an individual presentation, you must include an abstract. Please note: if your abstract submission is accepted, Networks D, E, H, I, J, L, N, P, and all mini-conferences recommend (but do not require) the submission of a full paper by 10 June 2024.
Attention: no author may present more than two papers, regardless of whether the papers have co-authors.
No paper or panel may be submitted twice to different networks or mini-conferences.
Abstract requirements by network/mini-conference:
Network A – abstract word limit: 500 words
Network B – abstract word limit: 250 words
Network C – abstract word limit: 1000 words
Network D – abstract word limit: 500 words, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024
Network E: – abstract word limit: 250 words, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024
Network F – abstract word limit: 500 words
Network G – abstract word limit: 1500-2000 words
Network H – abstract word limit: 600 words, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024
Network I – abstract word limit: 500-1500 words, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024
Network J – abstract word limit: 500 words, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024 – these papers will be made available to all participants in Network J through a dedicated link.
Network K – abstract word limit: 500 words
Network L – abstract word limit: 250-300 words, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024
Network M – abstract word limit: 500 words
Network N – abstract word limit: 500 words, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024
Network O – abstract word limit: 500 words
Network P – no specific word limit for abstracts, recommends full paper by 10 June 2024
Network Q – abstract word limit: 250-500 words
Network R – abstract word limit: 500 words, plus a short biography of the author
Network S – abstract word limit: 500 words (without references)
Network T – abstract word limit: 500 words
Network U – abstract word limit: 300 words
Mini-conferences – abstract word limit: 1000 words, all recommend full paper by 10 June 2024
Three kinds of sessions can be submitted: pre-formed panels with multiple paper presentations, roundtable discussion panels, and Book Salons.
SASE network and mini-conference organizers welcome both full sessions and individual papers.
Book salons consist of a book author, a moderator/chair, and 2-4 discussants. Only a description of the panel is required, no individual abstracts.
Roundtable discussion panels consist of a chair and 2-4 discussants. Only a description of the panel is required, no individual abstracts.
Pre-formed paper panels consist of a moderator/discussant and 2-4 paper presentations (with individual abstracts included in the submission).
The SASE Early Career Workshop (ECW) is a one-day workshop that provides an opportunity for a longer and deeper discussion of applicants’ conference papers. It takes place the day before the start of the annual conference (the next edition is 26 June 2024 in Limerick).
The Early Career Workshop provides additional career development and networking opportunities at SASE for PhD students and researchers having obtained their PhD within 3 years of the annual SASE meeting, as well as for early career scholars without institutional affiliation. It is a one-day workshop that runs the day before the main conference and is hosted by senior SASE professors, including a pre-Workshop networking event, sessions on getting published, career development, and an introduction to socio-economics. It will also provide an opportunity for a longer and deeper discussion of applicants’ conference papers.
To be eligible for the Early Career Workshop, you must either be a PhD student or a researcher having obtained your PhD within 3 years of the annual SASE meeting, or an early career scholar without institutional affiliation. Previous workshop participants may not apply for this award.
To apply for the Workshop, your paper abstract should be submitted and accepted to the main conference through the normal process. Applicants must also submit the following materials in English before the general submission period ends:
Any application without all of these elements will not be considered for inclusion in the Workshop. The deadline for these materials is the same as the general deadline for submissions.
While two papers may be submitted to the SASE conference, applicants may submit only one paper, under 10,000 words, to be considered for the Early Career Workshop. Only those papers accepted to the main conference are considered by the Workshop Organizing Committee for additional inclusion in the Workshop.
Each Early Career Workshop participant has their full main conference fee and membership waived.
There will be approximately 15-20 competitively allocated places at the Workshop.
The prize is awarded to papers that address substantive questions related to the study of labor markets, employment, education and training, industrial and labor relations, and human resource management, reflecting David Marsden’s unique capacity to foster theory-driven research, to engage in cross-disciplinary dialogue, and to encourage an international perspective even when focused on a single national or sectoral case.
To be eligible for consideration, the paper submission should be accepted for the annual conference (all network and mini-conference submissions are eligible, information on submissions here), and not be accepted for publication at the time of conference submission. Winners are expected to attend the award ceremony at the annual conference.
An independent jury of three SASE members decides the award.
You will need the following information for submission: submission information (title, abstract), and author information (name, email address, affiliation, country). You can return to your submission and modify it at any time prior to the deadline.
Once you have completed your submission, you will receive an automated email informing you that it has been received, providing you with an additional link to your submission. You can return to your submission with this link at any time to edit prior to the submission deadline.
With the exception of featured speakers and prizewinners, all attendees, including invited presenters, discussants, panelists, and moderators, must pay registration fees. To participate in the SASE annual meeting, you must be a current member of SASE. You can consult conference registration fees here. Membership to SASE includes a one-year subscription to Socio-Economic Review, SASE’s journal, published quarterly by Oxford University Press.