CfP SASE Mini-Conference: Transnational Governance of Global Production in a New Era of Information Sharing
Dingwerth, Klaus
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Call for Papers: for our Mini-Conference SASE 2017 within the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) 29 June - 1 July 2017, Lyon, France,
https://sase.org/event/2017-lyon/#mini
Mini-Conference Title: Transnational Governance of Global Production in a New Era of Information Sharing: Prospects and Challenges for Labor, Business, and the Environment.
Organizers:
Nicole Helmerich, Hertie School of Governance,
helm...@hertie-school.org
Sigrid Quack, University Duisburg-Essen,
sigrid...@uni-due.de
Gale Raj-Reichert, University of Manchester,
gale.r...@manchester.ac.uk
Sabrina Zajak, Ruhr-University Bochum,
Sabrin...@rub.de
In the present changing global economy, modes of business, work and working conditions are being increasingly shaped by advances in communication, data, and knowledge sharing through information technology. Global firms are restructuring their production
with the help of sophisticated software which for example makes it easier to track the management of vast global value chains. Also, workers in factories have created communication platforms to share information over working conditions and mobilize collectively.
We are interested in understanding how these changes influence modes of regulation and governance, as well as methods of resistance and activism within industries in global production systems.
Indeed, digitalization and data sharing can affect global production, transnational governance, and work in multiple and ambiguous ways. For example, demands (through regulation and campaigns) to increase transparency in global supply chains are leading
to the creation of on-line tracking tools of materials and suppliers in global value chains. Multinational companies are introducing Industry 4.0 and smart factory programs to digitalize the production and management of their global supply chains. Branded
firms are also increasingly tracking working hours in real-time of outsourced factories in distant locations. Trade unions and other civil society organizations are also using new communication technologies and social media in creative and strategic ways in
their fight for better working conditions and higher environmental standards. Yet innovation in communication and information sharing also pose new threats as it opens avenues for new techniques of policing and controlling of workers, trade unions, and activists
by the state and business alike. Such prospects and challenges remain underexplored and are not yet fully considered in our current theoretical frameworks and ideas of transnational governance, global value chains, labor and environmental governance, institutional
theories of regulation, and transnational business governance interactions.
We are interested in papers that examine empirically and theoretically changes in the modes of regulation and governance, and resistance and activism, and the opportunities and challenges they create for positive change:
• How do new ways of communicating and information-sharing affect modes of governance that involve business collaboration along supply chains, the role of the state, and activist networks?
• How do new forms of collaboration and techniques of information sharing help integrate different issues such as labor, environment, and business conduct in campaigns and modes of governance?
• How are new forms of transparency requirements in global supply chains enacted, resisted, and create opportunities for change by business, the state, and other actors? How do workers, trade unions, and civil society organizations harness these requirements
for increased transparency in new forms of advocacy?
• In how far does Industry 4.0 and smart factories help to improve the outcomes of transnational governance (e.g. by better linking economic with social upgrading)?
• How far do advances in digitalization and information technology create new possibilities for policing and control by the state and/or the private sector?
Abstracts for submissions to mini-conferences should be no longer than 1000 words. The deadline for submitting proposals is February 3, 2017.
Further information for paper or session submission:
It is possible to submit in two different categories: Individual Papers and Sessions.
To submit an individual paper, you must include an abstract. Abstracts for submissions to mini-conferences should be no longer than 1000 words. All submissions need to include 3 key words.
To submit a session, you must include both an overall abstract for the session and abstracts for each of the 3-4 papers composing the session. The same word length applies to papers within sessions as does to individual paper submissions.
The deadline for submitting proposals is February 3, 2017. Acceptance notifications will be sent by March 1, 2017. All mini-conferences require the submission of a full paper by June 1, 2017.
Paper submissions and session proposals must be made through our online submission system. For technical reasons, you must log in to the SASE website to access the submission system.
https://sase.org/event/2017-lyon/
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me: Nicole Helmerich, Hertie School of Governance,
helm...@hertie-school.org
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Best regards,
Nicole Helmerich