Annual Seminar 2023
The 20th Annual Seminar 2023 will take place in Athens, June 29-30, 2023
LEAVE POLICIES IN CHANGING TIMES: NEW PATTERNS OF WORK AND CARE AND GENDER AND SOCIAL EQUALITY
Patterns of paid work, employment, societal care needs and care cultures are changing rapidly across the world. How are leave policies responding to these changes? What are the impacts of these changes on leave policies (including parenting leave policies) and on gender and social equality? The Athens Seminar will discuss these issues and particularly focus on three thematic pillars:
A. LEAVE POLICIES, GENDER AND SOCIAL EQUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING WORK FORMS AND PATTERNS:
What are the impacts of new forms and patterns of work (e.g., teleworking, platform, mobile, remote, and/or flexible working-time arrangements) and work cultures (e.g., long-hours, work-intensive contexts) on leave policies and on gender equality and social equality? Under these new circumstances, what kind of leave policies best respond to the needs of caregivers and care receivers and promote gender and social equality?
B. LEAVE SYSTEMS, CARE CULTURES, GENDER EQUALITY, AND SOCIAL INCLUSION:
How is care work undertaken in this historical moment and in different societies? Can parenting leave policies influence caring patterns, foster gender equality in caring and promote more socially inclusive caring societies?
C. LEAVE POLICY, AGEING SOCIETIES AND ADULT/ELDERLY CARE:
Caring needs of adults, and particularly the elderly in ageing societies, have spurred debates/proposals for a “caring economy”. What is – or could be – the contribution of leave policies to elderly/adult care?
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Taking into account the thematic pillars of the Seminar, please send the title of your presentation, name(s) of presenter(s) and a short description (max 120 words) by 28 February 2023 to INLPR2023@gmail.com. Notifications of proposal approvals will be sent by March 20, 2023.
Since 2004, the network has held an annual international seminar, which brings together members and other participants from many countries. Seminar programmes normally start with a session focused on leave policies in the host country. This is followed by a mix of thematic sessions and sessions on recent developments in particular countries. Through this page, you can access the programme and Powerpoint presentations from the latest and from earlier annual seminars.