Announcements

• Nordic Working Life and Social Dialogue in Times of Crisis

  2021-02-16

  Deadline for abstracts is July 1st 2021. Deadline for full papers is December 1st 2021. The issue is expected to be published ultimo 2022.

  With this special issue, we would like to invite scholars to contribute to the issue of the future of Nordic working life during times of crisis. Papers can be either theoretical or empirical, historical, quantitative or qualitative as well as comparative or single-country studies. However, all papers must be situated in the literature on Nordic working life and labour markets

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• Unpacking the gendered Nordic Model of Security Work

  2020-09-15

  This special issue has deadline for full papers 31. May 2021 (was extended from 15. May). The issue is expected to be published by the January/February 2022.

  We hereby call for contributions for an upcoming special issue of NJWLS which aims to examine the connections between gender, diversity and work within security organizations in a Nordic context. More specifically, the special sets out to unpack what might be considered a gendered Nordic model of security work; a model in which gender equality and diversity are portrayed as increasingly important, both on a policy level and in everyday security work. 

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• Trade unions in the Nordic Labour Market Models – signs of erosion?

  2020-05-28

  This special issue's deadline for full papers has been extended to  15. February 2021. The issue is expected to be published by the end of 2021.

  High union density rates have been a characteristic of the Nordic labour market models, where strong and representative social partners and high industry level collective bargaining coverage make up the foundation. However, it can be argued the models are witnessing signs of erosion. 

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