INDIAN SOCIETY OF LABOUR ECONOMICS (ISLE) CALL FOR PAPERS, 59th ISLE Annual Conference, 16–18 December 2017, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

• Date: 01 March 2017
• Published date: 01 March 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12054

INDIAN SOCIETY OF LABOUR ECONOMICS (ISLE)

CALL FOR PAPERS

59th ISLE Annual Conference, 16–18 December 2017, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

The 59th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) will be held during 16–18 December

2017 in the premises of Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Confer-

ence is being organized by the GIFT, in collaboration with the Department of Economics, Kerala University and

the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. The Conference president is Professor S. Mahendra

Dev, Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. Professor

D. Narayana, Director, GIFT is the Conference Organizing Secretary.

Conference themes

• Informality and labour market

• Macro-economic policies

and employment

• Technological change and employment

Submission of Papers: Papers along with a summary of approx.

500 to 750 words should be submitted online at www.isleijle.

org/59isleconference. Alternatively, the papers may be emailed

to conference.isle@gmail.com. Summaries of papers selected

for the Conference will be published and distributed among the

Conference participants. Selected papers would be considered

for publication in the subsequent issues of the Indian Journal of

Labour Economics during 2018, subject to peer review.

Best Paper Awards: Two awards, namely Ruddar Datt Memorial Award and Sanjay Thakur Young Labour Econ-

omist Award, carrying a prize of INR 10,000 each, have been instituted for the best paper writers who are below

40 years of age. Scholars who wish their papers to be considered for these awards are requested to visit www.

isleijle.org/59isleconference for submission guidelines. Please note that the papers under consideration for these

awards should be presented by the writers themselves.

Surjit Singh Fellowship: The ISLE awards one Fellowship instituted in memory of Dr Surjit Singh, former

Secretary of the Society, with a grant of INR 40,000 for preparing a research paper/monograph related to one of

the Conference themes. Applications for this Fellowship are invited from scholars who are below 40 years of age.

The application should contain a short proposal (about 1,500 words) providing details of the research object-

ives, hypotheses, methodology and theoretical framework of the study. The proposal should be original and not

be based on applicant’s earlier works, including PhD thesis. The application along with the proposal should be

emailed to the ISLE Secretariat at conference.isle@gmail.com by 30 June 2017. The decision of award would

be communicated by 21 July 2017. The awardee is expected to prepare a comprehensive draft research paper/

monograph by the end of October 2017 and also make a presentation based on the paper during the Conference.

For further details please vist www.isleijle.org.

Besides participation in the pre-conference event and all the sessions of the conference, registration will entitle

the participant to modest boarding, lodging, a Conference kit and other Conference materials. Fifty per cent and

25 per cent concessions on registration are available to Research Scholars and Assistant Professors respectively.

ISLE Membership: All participants should take the Society membership (Annual or Life) to be able to attend the

conference. The annual membership fee is INR 1,000 for those from India, US$ 75 for those from developing

countries, and US$ 125 for those from other countries. Registration and the Membership fee may be paid by way

of NEFT/RTGS Transfer or Demand draft (DD) or local cheques. Payment details are available on www.isleijle.

org/59isleconference.

INDIAN SOCIETY OF LABOUR ECONOMICS

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Plot No. 84, Functional Industrial Estate (FIE), Patparganj, Delhi–110092, India

Phones: 011-22159148/49, Extn. - 117/118; Mobile: +91- 9871177540

Email: isle.ijle@gmail.com; Website: www.isleijle.org

Conference registration fee

Category Participant Spouse/

Accompanying person

India (INR) 3,000 2,000

Developing countries (US$) 125 100

Other countries (US$) 225 175

Dates to remember

• Dates of the Conference: 16–18 December 2017

• Last date for submission of papers:

15 September 2017

• Communication from ISLE about acceptance

of papers: 30 September 2017

• Registration deadline: 15 November 2017

All queries relating to the Conference should be addressed to: conference.isle@gmail.com

For details and updates on the Conference, please visit www.isleijle.org/59isleconference