[esreamembers.ibl] Second call for papers

“Dear ESREA member, I hope that the spring has arrive to you! Here in Linköping the spring has finally arrived after a very long and cold winter. It is just lovely to feel the warm sun again! Attached to this e-mail is the second call for paper to the 2013 ESREA conference within the network of Access, Learning Careers and Identities. This time the conference is held at Linköping University, Sweden, the 28- 30 of November 2013. The theme of the conference is “Times of Change: The Role of Adult Education in Times of Crisis”. The deadline for submitting abstract is the 31st of May. Have a nice day! All the best Sofia ------ Sofia Nyström, PhD, Senior lecturer: The Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL) - Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden / sofia.nystrom@liu.se / +46 (0)13 282095 / www.ibl.liu.se/medarbetare/nystrom-sofia / Secretary of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) - www.esrea.org --------------------- esreamembers.ibl mailing list esreamembers.ibl@lists.liu.se / https://lists.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/esreamembers.ibl ---------------------- ESREA Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network 28 – 30 November, 2013, Linköping University, Sweden Second Call for Papers Times of Change: The Role of Adult Education in Times of Crisis Call for Papers, Poster Sessions and Round Tables Papers, round-tables and poster sessions will be welcome which address one or more of the following areas across the wide range of adult education contexts: • The role and impact of adult education and learning in changing lives in times of crisis • The effects of the crisis on the professional identities of adult educators • Conceptual, theoretical and inter-disciplinary approaches to transitions, identity and learning career • The impact and role of class, gender, ethnicity and disability • Methodological approaches to researching access, transitions, identity and learning career Proposals are invited for papers, poster sessions, symposiums and round tables. Please submit abstracts in two separate files: one including the paper title, the name, address, e-mail of each author and information on whether it is a paper, poster session, symposium or round table; and the second one including the paper title and abstract. Abstracts should be one side of A4 maximum with Arial, 12 points. Please send your abstract in RTF-format. Please submit your abstract to Barbara Merrill (Barbara.Merrill@warwick.ac.uk). All abstracts for papers, poster sessions, symposiums and round tables to be submitted by 31 May, 2013. Notification of acceptance will be by 28 June, 2013. The deadline for the submission of completed papers will be 1 October, 2013. Information for contributors of Abstracts/Papers • A paper is proposed and submitted in the form of an abstract by one person. Up to three other people can be named as co-authors in the abstract proposal. • For each participant, a maximum of two such proposals may be submitted in which the person is named as an author or co-author. • The abstract proposal must indicate which of the named authors will be presenting the paper. All those authors attending must register for the ESREA 2013 Conference for Access, Learning career and Identity. • The author or one of the named co-authors is responsible for communicating with the ESREA Conference Organisers about the paper. • The conference organizers will allocate a chairperson and a discussant for each paper. • Accepted abstracts will be downloadable in PDF-format on the Conference website. (http://www.liu.se/esrea2013?l=en) Bursaries and support to participating graduate students As a way to support graduate-student’s participation in the conference, there will be three bursaries for this conference. To be able to apply, one needs to be a graduate student (e.g. PhD-student, EdD-student, master student); a member of ESREA (either individual or covered by an institutional membership) and one need to submit a paper to the main conference. The bursary is at the moment 300 Euros/person and should be used to cover parts of the costs for travel expenditures and/or accommodation during the conference/meeting. Applications should be submitted no later than August 1, 2013. Applications or questions regarding the application procedure should be directed to the secretary of ESREA Sofia Nyström (sofia.nystrom@liu.se). Scientific Committee Barbara Merrill, University of Warwick , UK – Chair Song-ee Ahn, Linköping University Sofia Nyström, Linköping University Per Andersson, Linköping University Rob Evans, Magdeburg University, Germany Lucilia Santos, University of Aveiro, Portugal Seija Keskitalo-Foley, University of Lapland, Finland Organising committee Song-ee Ahn, Linköping University, Sweden - Chair Per Andersson, Linköping University, Sweden Andreas Fejes, Linköping University, Sweden Sofia Nyström, Linköping University, Sweden Organising Institutions ESREA (European Society for Research on the Education of Adults) www.esrea.org ESREA promotes and disseminates theoretical and empirical research on the education of adults and adult learning in Europe through research networks, conferences and publications. It provides a Europe-wide forum for all researchers engaged in adult education and learning. The research networks hold seminars for the exchange of research and discussion and to encourage publications. Linköping University, Sweden and the University of Warwick, UK. For further information about the conference please contact Barbara Merrill: Barbara.Merrill@warwick.ac.uk Questions regarding practical issues such as accommodation, conference fees, venue, travelling inforamtion etc. should be directed to the chair of the organizing committee at song.ee.ahn@liu.se Conference registration Please visit the following site for registration. http://www.trippus.se/web/registration/Registration.aspx?view=registration&idcategory=35961&ln=eng Conference fees (in Euros) Early bird fee (On or before August 1) ESREA member: 180 Non-member: 250 PhD students: 75 Full fee (after August 1) ESREA member: 250 Non-member: 300 PhD student: 125 Conference dinner: 40 Persons who holds a position at a university should, no matter if the person is a PhD student or not, pay the full fee. Those who register as a PhD student need to be able to show proof of their status as a PhD student. The conference fee includes participation in the entire programme, a welcome reception, four coffee breaks and one lunch. Conference venue The conference will take place at Linköping Konsert & Kongress, which is located in the central part of Linköping. More information is available here: http://arenabolaget.se/en/konsert-kongress Important dates May 31, 2013 Deadline for submission of abstracts June 28, 2013 Acceptance of abstracts will be confirmed August 1, 2013 Deadline for early bird registration - (a lower fee for registration on or before this date) October 1, 2013 Final papers must be submitted October 25, 2013 Final deadline for registration and payment of the conference fee November 28-30, 2013 Date for the conference For more information, Please visit the homepage http://www.liu.se/esrea2013?l=en “