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 at: www.eoi-conference. org
*Title of the Stream: *Change agency in the field of equality and diversity
*Stream organiser: *Dr Ahu Tatli, Queen Mary University of London
Email: a.tatli@qmul. ac.uk
*Stream outline*
Successful diversity management and equal opportunities programmes require a change in the formal and informal organisational structures as well as a cultural change. The change in the fabric of an organisation towards greater equality and inclusiveness operates at multiple layers of macro-structural, meso-organisational and micro-individual levels. This stream will address one of the important levels of organisational change: the actors, who implement, affect and carry out change in their organisations. The change agency in organisations may take many forms and may be formal and informal. Organisational change agents include not only the visible and formal agents of change such as diversity managers and equal opportunities officers, or diversity and equality champions, but also the trade unions, senior or line managers and the individual workers themselves. Within that context, the stream aims to explore the nature of and dynamics pertaining to change agency that promotes
diversity, equality and inclusiveness, true to its complexity and contextuality. In that sense, the submissions are expected to deal with the dynamics of power and domination as well as opportunities and constrains that frame change agency. Different theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome in this stream.
The *stream questions *may include but are not exclusive of the following:
1. In what ways we can theorise change agency in the field of diversity and equality?
2. Given that change agency is realised in multiple ways, who are the key organisational change agents that promote equality, diversity and inclusiveness?
3. What kinds of dynamics do exist between different organisational actors in terms of promoting or resisting change within the scope of equality and diversity initiatives?
4. What are the opportunities and constraints that frame organisational change agency? What are the resources at the disposal of equality and diversity change agents?
5. In what ways is the change agency of organisational actors affected by macro and
meso-level dynamics? How do the organisational structures of power and resources impact on change agency? What are the structural social, economic and political factors that shape the agency of actors who promote diversity and equality?
6. What is the role of and scope for ‘tempered radicalism’ (Meyerson, 2001) in changing organisations towards achieving greater inclusiveness, diversity, equality and fairness? Who are tempered radicals?
7. What is the role and power of diversity managers and equality officers in creating sustainable and effective change to the structures, procedures and culture of their organisations?
*Stream keywords: *change agency, equality, diversity, opportunities and constraints, power and resources
We welcome 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 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
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/rejectio n criteria and decisions. Full conference schedule will be available 1 July 2009
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