Call for papers: Organizing education – Sociological approaches, analyses and findings

By Marielk. The conference “Organizing Education – Sociological Approaches, Analyses and Findings” will be held 13–14 June 2014 at the University of Teacher Education in Basel, Switzerland. The conference is organized by the Education Sections of the Sociological Associations of Switzerland (SGS), Germany (DGS) & Austria (ÖGS).
The main aim of the conference is to put focus to extend the  organizational perspectives to theoretically and empirically examine themes such as inequality, quality, reforms and so forth, as well as to strengthen educational sociology by using the epistemological and methodological tools from organizational research to focus on the specifics and dynamics of organizations.
Conference contributions are expected on the following themes:

• Genesis, Functioning, Change and Mortality of Educational Organizations
• Educational Organizations and their Environments
• On the Relationship(s) among Educational Organizations
• Education as an Objective and Activity of Organizations
• The Production and Distribution of Education: Consequences for Pathways, “Consumers” and Careers
• Organizational Culture(s)
• Membership in Educational Organizations

Read more about the conference main theme and subthemes downloading the call of proposal here (pdf) or by visiting the conference website.
The abstract (5000-6500 characters, document max. 2 pages) should be submitted here in Word and pdf by the 30 November 2013.