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1^st International Business and Human Rights PhD Workshop

St. Gallen, Switzerland: March 31 – April 1, 2016

The Institute for Business Ethics at University of St. Gallen, the Business and Human Rights Center at New York University's Stern School of Business, and the Business and Human Rights Journal (BHRJ) are pleased to announce the 1^st International Business and Human Rights PhD Workshop in St. Gallen, Switzerland, taking place on March 31^st-April 1^st, 2016.

The Workshop will bring together approximately 10-15 excellent PhD students and early post-doc researchers (cut-off is one year after graduation) who engage in research in the business and human rights field. The Workshop aims at sharing and developing their respective research projects in a collaborative manner. Possibilities to publish in BHRJ will be explored. The Workshop is interdisciplinary: scholars from all disciplines are invited to apply, including ethics, law, business, human rights, and global affairs.  The papers should outline research-in-progress and must be unpublished at the time of presentation.

We encourage submissions from all parts of the world and strive for gender balance in our selection. We are currently exploring the possibility to offer travel stipends.   

To apply, please submit an abstract of no more than 600 words to florian.wettstein@unisg.ch and dbaumann@nyu.stern.edu. Please include your name, affiliation, contact information, and curriculum vitae.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is November 1^st, 2015. Candidates whose submissions are selected for the Workshop will be notified no later than December 1^st, 2015. Full papers will be due March 1^st, 2016 and will be distributed to all participants for review before the Workshop.

For questions and further information please contact florian.wettstein@unisg.ch.