Slovenska družboslovna konferenca (Slovenian Social Science Conference) je konferenca z mednarodno udeležbo, ki jo FUDŠ organizira že od leta 2009. Dogodek vsako leto privabi ugledne mednarodne in domače goste, mednarodno uveljavljene družboslovce ter tudi veliko mladih raziskovalcev na začetku kariere. Delež tujih gostov je iz leta v leto večji. Kakovostne prispevke po konferenci objavimo v znanstvenih monografijah kot samostojna poglavja ali v tematskih številkah mednarodnih znanstvenih revij.
Slovenian National Committee of the UNESCO Management of Social Transformations Program (MOST),
and
School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
in cooperation with
Slovenian Social Science Association and ISA Junior Sociologists Network
cordially invite you to submit paper proposals for the
12th Slovenian Social Science Conference
Towards a Good Society?
Incentives and Obstacles in the Framework
of Social Morphogenesis
May 28-30, 2020, Bled, Slovenia
Keynote speaker:
Margaret Archer,
Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick, UK
Scope of the Conferences:
Since the Enlightenment onwards, there has been a strong – perhaps the dominant belief about the human society heading towards the better. Industrialisation, technological development and increased complexity of the social order are seen to enable better conditions for individuals and communities in terms of having more freedom, better living standards, and more leisure, all based on the anticipated better developmental performances on a local, national and global level. The question remains however, for whom and when exactly? In the 19th century, industrial workers in the Western Europe could hardly be aware of overall societal progress that had been occurring by then. Nowadays, despite the opportunities linked to globalisation and technological development, huge gaps between the developed and the underdeveloped parts of the world have persisted, individual inequalities in terms of wealth distribution have increased and enormous numbers of people – both in the developed West and in the developing countries feel to be excluded and left behind. Moreover, tremendous ecological pressures have generated additional challenges.
Due to global connections in economic, political and cultural terms, we are supposed to live with the global social transformations – but are they really a way towards a Good Society? While addressing such questions, we need to be aware that the older, more static social patterns have been clearly replaced by accelerated morphogenesis and extended reflexivity. The social transformations are thus even faster, more unpredictable and often unconceivable. In addition, there is an unprecedented role of digital technology, especially in terms of artificial intelligence and its potential uses, changing not just what is social, but also what is human. On the other hand, the controversial nature of the accelerating social transformations has not provoked only the consideration of various alternatives that might better contribute toward a Good Society but also to the tendencies to reverse (or isolate from) the existing trends in terms of steering our society backwards.
The role of social scientists in this regard is to observe, interpret and evaluate these phenomena – and to add the perspectives of their own – well supported, of course, by relevant social theories and rigorous empirical observations.
Within the Conference we will thus deal with these challenges observing them in the interplay among structure, culture and individuals opening a variety of burning issues to be explored. Based on this, our conference shall primarily but not exclusively focus on:
- The Transformations of governance: The rise of populism, nationalism and anti-globalism vs. global citizenship and governance. We may also address and the re-distribution of the global political power and the transforming geopolitical situations.
- The economic transformations: Neoliberal economic practices vs. sustainable production. We will address the exclusive reliance on the market forces as well as the challenges of environmental and social sustainability, their interplays and clashes.
- The cultural transformations: Thick culture vs. thin culture. How have any of them manifested recently? Has instrumental, thin culture prevailed due to accelerated transformations? Do the rooted, thick cultural elements persist and where?
- The individual transformations: Empowered vs. impoverished individuals. How do individuals trigger social transformations and how social transformations have transformed individuals? Are they more reflexive, liberated, active, empowered agents contributing to a Good Society? Or mostly objects or even victims of social transformations?
Contributions addressing these and similar aspects of social transformations are welcome. You may address both Eastern and Western societies, global North or global South, deal with broad comparative perspective, individual case studies, and apply a broad variety of theories and research methods.
Abstract, language, and submission:
The organizers invite theoretically or empirically grounded papers on the above topics. Special consideration will be given to empirically grounded papers, either comparative or country-based. The language of the abstracts, the papers and the conference will be English. Abstracts should be no more than 400 words long. They should be accompanied by the name(s) of the author(s), his/her/their affiliation(s) and e-mail(s).
The processes of abstract submission and acceptance will be managed using the online platform. Please make sure you initially create an account for yourself on the conference platform and choose the status of Author in the process.
Publication of the papers: Full papers based on the conference presentations submitted within one month after the conference (i.e. before July 30, 2020) will be considered for publication in an edited book or in an edited volume of an international scientific journal.
Organizing institutions:
- Slovenian National Committee of the UNESCO Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST)
- School of Advanced Social Studies / Fakulteta za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici
- International Sociological Association: Junior Sociologists Network
- Slovenian Social Science Association
Important Deadlines:
Deadline for submitting paper proposals (max. 400 words) – December 16, 2019
Notification of paper acceptance – December 30, 2019
Deadline for registration – March 30, 2019
Conference Fees:
Regular fee – EUR 60
Discounted fee for PhD and MA students in Social Science – EUR 30
Accommodation and Travel: Will be covered by the participants.
Meals: reception dinner and coffee breaks snacks will be covered by the organisers
Conference venue:
Rikli Balance Hotel, Cankarjeva 4, Bled, Slovenia
Od 30. maja do 1. junija 2019 bo v Ljubljani potekala 11. slovenska družboslovna konferenca,
soorganizirana s strani Odbora za upravljanje z družbenimi spremembami (MOST) pri Slovenski nacionalni komisiji za UNESCO in
Fakultete za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici
v sodelovanju z slovensko družboslovno asociacijo in ISA Junior Sociologists Network.
Dogodek se bo odvijal pod naslovom "Opazovanje družbenih transformacij: nacionalne in transnacionalne perspektive."
Več od dogodku lahko preberete na spletni strani SSSC 2019.
Slovenska družboslovna konferenca skozi čas:
2017 – Družbene transormacije: Globalno in lokalno / Social Transformations: Global and Local
2016 – Sodobne družbene spremembe: Reflektiranje medkulturnih srečevanj / Contemporary social transformations: Reflecting inter-cultural encounters
2015 – Po Berlinskem zidu: 25 let transformacij / After the Berlin Wall: 25 years of transformations
2014 – Izzivi družbenih tranformacij / The Challenges of Social Transformations
2013 – Konec krize? / End of the Crisis?
2012 – Premisleki o demokratizaciji / Rethinking democratization
2011 – Družbena odgovornost v 21. stoletju / Social responsibility in 21st century.
2010 – Sodobni svet med svobodo in varnostjo / Contemporary world between freedom and security
2009 - Ekonomska, politična in družbena pozicija ter vloga Evropske unije in njenih članic v času globalne nestabilnosti
