Conference Submission Guidelines
The deadline for submissions to the 2025 conference was December 16th, 2024. Submissions for the 2026 conference will open in the fall of 2025.
Important dates and other information can be found here.
SASE uses Oxford Abstracts for its submissions – if you already have an account, you can use it to submit. If not, you will be prompted to create an account.
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.
PAPER AND SESSION PROPOSALS
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 A, E, J, L, N, and all mini-conferences recommend (but do not require) the submission of a full paper before the conference (deadline communicated by theme track organizers at a later date).
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 count: 500-750 words, recommends submission of full paper
Network B – abstract word count: 500 words
Network C – abstract word count: 500 words
Network D – abstract word count: 500 words
Network E: – abstract word count: 500 words, recommends submission of full paper
Network F – abstract word count: 750 words
Network G – abstract word count: 1500-2000 words
Network H – abstract word count: 500 words
Network I – abstract word count: 1000 words
Network J – abstract word count: 500 words, recommends submission of full paper
Network K – abstract word count: 500 words
Network L – abstract word count: 500-1000 words, recommends submission of full paper
Network M – abstract word count: 500 words
Network N – abstract word count: 1000 words, recommends submission of full paper.
Network O – abstract word count: 500 words
Network P – abstract word count: 500 words
Network Q – abstract word count: 800 words
Network R – abstract word count: 500 – 1,000 words
Network S – abstract word count: 500 minimum (without references)
Network T – abstract word count: 500 words
Network U – abstract word limit: 500 words
Mini-conferences – abstract word count: 1000 words, all recommend submission of a full paper.
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).
EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP
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:
- full paper
- two-page CV
- one-page case for support – a letter detailing why you wish to attend the workshop and what financial support you require from SASE (approximate cost of travel, whether you need housing during the conference, and what support you have from your home institution)
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.
ONLINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM
- We use Oxford Abstracts for our submission portal. If you already have an Oxford Abstracts account, you can use that for your SASE submission.
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.
MEETING COSTS
With the exception of featured speakers and prizewinners, all attendees, including participants in featured panels, 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.