Venue: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 8th-10th November 2023 (Presential)
Organisers: Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL) – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) (Portugal); Centre for Social Studies (CES) – University of Coimbra (Portugal); ITES/UFAL -Incubator of Solidarity Economy at the Federal University of Alagoas (Brazil); Institute for Social Justice, York St John University (UK); Institute for Ecological Economics – Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria)
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The main theme for the 2023 edition of the international conference “Social and Solidarity Economy and the Commons” is the emergence of a “pluriverse” in the fields of solidarity economy and the commons. This results from the aggregation of diverse epistemologies, narratives, and strategies for social transformation that criticise and deconstruct the downsides of modernity as a social project. For Mignolo and Escobar (2010), these include a “disembeddedness”, resulting from a “marginalization of place (the here and now of social action) in the definition of social life” (p. 36). It also includes a “domination and disenchantment that came about with secularization and the predominance of instrumental reason to the normalization of life and the disciplining of populations” to “the extreme economization and technification of the world” (p. 36-7).
We invite researchers and practitioners to submit proposals for contributions to the conference. We aim to promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives at both theoretical, conceptual and methodological levels. Submissions might be based on formal research or on concrete activist, economic or public policy initiatives.
The conference is structured around six thematic fields:
Attention: For further information on each thematic field, please consult the annexed Conference Proposal.
We strongly encourage the submission of paper proposals by Ph.D. students on the methodological and ethical dimensions of research within these six fields of inquiry, with the purpose of organising a workshop on this topic for early career scholars, which will take place during the conference.
We will post regular updates about the organisation of this conference on the event’s webpage (https://ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt ), as well as send them by e-mail and through the social media accounts of CEI-IUL (Facebook and Twitter). Any questions regarding organisation of the conference or participation can be sent to ssecommons.cei@iscte-iul.pt.
Proposal Submission Guidelines
We welcome the submission of the following type of proposals:
All submitted proposals must have a maximum length of 800 words (including any references) and indicate which thematic field/s of the conference they address, along with five keywords. They can be submitted in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. However, the language of presentation shall be English. They should include:
In the case of an academic paper or research proposals by Ph.D. students:
In the case of an experience report by practitioners or activists:
In the case of a book presentation proposal:
Session proposals should include:
In your proposal, please indicate whether you would like to submit a full paper for online publication, with peer-review and in open-source format, in a website that the conference organisers will create for that purpose. The papers will be published during the first semester of 2024.
Please submit proposals by email to ssecommons.cei@iscte-iul.pt .
Important dates
Deadline for submission of proposals – May 31st 2023
Notification of contributors – June 30th
Deadline for registration (conference presenters) – October 6th
Publication of final program – October 15th
Deadline for registration (non-presenters) – October 25th
Beginning of the conference – November 8th
Submission of full paper for peer review and publication: December 15th
Conference registration
Site: https://ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/
Professors/lecturers, researchers and other professionals – € 175, 00
Students (Proof of enrolment in a higher education program required) – € 75, 00
Registration is FREE for students of ISCTE-IUL, CES-University of Coimbra, UFAL and York St John University.
Steering Committee:
Ana Margarida Esteves (CEI-IUL, ISCTE-IUL)
Leonardo Leal (CEI-IUL; Universidade Federal de Alagoas– UFAL)
Luciane Lucas dos Santos (CES U Coimbra)
Tom Henfrey (Schumacher Institute, UK)
Maria Fernandes-Jesus (York St John University, UK)
Roman Hausmann (Institute for Ecological Economics – Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)