Equal Opportunities International Conference
Equal Opportunities International Conference
Chicago, IL
July 1 - July 3
2008
* Preliminary Information *
Call for Papers
- Equal Opportunities International Conference
- Primary contact for queries: Ruth Bridgstock
Research Fellow, DECERe, r.bridgstock@uea.ac.uk - Stream 2: Multiple Discrimination and Mapping Diversity
- Co-chairs: Iyiola Solanke, University of East Anglia and
Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University
The Equal Opportunities International conference will be from 1-3 July, 2008, at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. The conference will provide an international platform for exchange of knowledge across all strands of equality, diversity and inclusion at work. The conference will have a total of about 80 delegates and nine streams, in which there will be approximately eight presentations each. In addition, there will be several high profile keynote speakers, and a number of professional development sessions.
The call for papers will open early in February (at http://eoi-conference.org/), and will close on April 11th , 2008. Papers will be selected by May 1, and final versions of papers are to be sent to the EOI Conference organiser for online publication on June 6^th . Conceptual and empirical papers relating to the conference theme and Stream guidelines are welcome. These papers are to be no more than 5,000 words in length. Paper presentations at the conference will be a maximum of 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Data projectors will be available in each conference room.
Registration Fees
Registration fees for the conference will be £400. This price includes:
- Full attendance at the conference, 1-3 July 2008
- Accommodation for the nights of 1, 2 July 2008 at UEA Guest Suites
- All meals and refreshments for the conference, including the welcome function at the Sainsbury Centre, the conference dinner at the Cathedral, and either a cruise on the Norfolk Broads or a tour of Norwich Castle.
Travel expenses are not included in the registration fee. Registration will be available online through UEA Conferences.
10 bursaries to cover registration fees will be made available to PhD students who are submitting a paper for one of the streams or for the doctoral symposium to be held on Thursday the 3^rd of July. Applications for conference bursaries can be made to the conference organisers, and a form for this purpose will be available on the conference website.
Equal Opportunities International Conference Stream Summaries
Stream 2: Multiple Discrimination and Mapping Diversity
Co-Chairs:
- Dr Iyiola Solanke, UEA Law School, i.solanke@uea.ac.uk, Tel: 01603 593755
- Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University, Department of Government, i.solanke@uea.ac.uk , Tel: 617-496-0181
Stream outline
Discrimination lawyers are coming to the recognition that while the traditional 'single-axis' legal framework for protection provides a remedy in many cases, it is too rigid to recognise complex, or multiple, discrimination. Simultaneously, social scientists concerned with the production and use of data are questioning whether ethnic data should be created in pluralistic societies, and if so why and how? Also, how should sexual orientation or religion be counted and classified? The purpose of this strand is to bring together experts to exchange perspectives on the constraints and contradictions, strategies and practicalities in relation to new challenges faced in both enumerating society and tackling multiple forms of discrimination.
Stream questions
- What is the relationship between data and operationalising multiple discrimination?
- Is the way in which categories are created relevant for discrimination law, for example in creating positive action measures?
- Is the way in which legal protection from discrimination is organised relevant to demographers - does law influence whether they count and the way in which they count?
- Are there categorical complexities common to both law and demography such that common consideration of these provide an opportunity for improvement?
Key words: Multiple, discrimination, intersectionality, ethnicity, data.