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Call for Streams/Papers:

Equal Opportunities International (EOI) 2009 Conference, 15-17 July 2009, ISTANBUL, Turkey

EOI 2009 will take place between 15 and 17 July in Istanbul, Turkey. In recognition of the global crises which have left their marks on 2008 with enduring impacts today, the EOI 2009 Conference will focus on 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Times of Global Crisis'. The conference will provide an interdisciplinary and international platform for exploration of equality, diversity and inclusion in context. There will be academic and doctoral sessions as well as sessions for officers in equality, diversity and inclusion.

Conference web site is a: www.eoi-conference.org 

EOI Conferences are coordinated and supported by DECERe (Diversity and Equality in Careers and Employment Research) at the University of East Anglia. Emerald Press sponsors two best paper awards at the conference. Orgics Ltd is the main organiser for the Istanbul conference.

The inaugural EOI conference was held in 2008 at the University of East Anglia, UK, and focused on multiple strands of equality, diversity and inclusion at work. It was organised by DECERe, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK and it hosted 80 participants from 21 countries. Professors Geraldine Healy (Queen Mary, University of London) and Myrtle Bell (University of Texas , Arlington) have delivered keynote speeches. The conference had nine streams and a doctoral track.

Call for Stream Proposals and Papers

We welcome proposals for streams, abstract, developmental and full-paper submissions to the conference as below. EOI Conference seeks to provide an international and interdisciplinary platform for exchange of ideas in the field of equality, diversity and inclusion in the world of work. The conference welcomes papers which make empirical, theoretical or methodological contribution to our understanding in this field.

We welcome stream and workshop proposals which will focus on the theme of the conference and will encourage interdisciplinary, international dialogue.

Stream/workshop proposal should be in a single A4 containing the following information:

• A short title for your proposed stream
• Stream proposers: Name, institutional affiliation, and email addresses (ideally two chairs per track)
• Stream outline (rationale and key themes)
• Stream questions
• Stream keywords (maximum 5 words)

Stream proposals should be emailed to Enquiries@eoi-conference.org

EOI Conference welcomes three forms of paper submissions to regular streams:

• Extended abstract: Customarily an extended abstract should be approximately 300 words including references. This is suitable for research in its early stages of development.
• Developmental papers: These should be approximately 3000-5000 words, including references.
• Full papers: These are longer contributions less than 40 sides of A4 including references.

Please see EOI manuscript guidelines.

The manuscript submission site will open in the first week of February, and will close on 15 May, 2009. Final session lists for each stream are due on 15 June 2009.  All submissions to the EOI conference should be original pieces which were not published elsewhere in any other form. Please use the abstract/paper submission form for submitting your abstract/manuscript.

Stream chairs may organise the sessions in different ways. However, in general, 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.

Important Dates

Stream/workshop proposal submission: 25 January 2009
Please see above for guidelines for preparing stream proposals.

Abstract or full paper submission: 15 May 2009
Please see the link 'Call for Papers' on the left for details of abstract/paper submission. You need to register before you can submit a paper. All submissions should be made via the abstract/paper submission form on the left.
This deadline also applies to the doctoral stream.

Response to authors: 15 June 2009
Some stream chairs may offer early decisions on papers. Please contact the relevant track chairs for review and acceptance/rejection criteria and decisions.

Full conference schedule will be available 1 July 2009
Please note that some streams may impose other deadlines. Please read stream information for separate submission information.