Fifth International
Community, Work and Family Conference
The fifth international Community, Work and Family Conference will take place on 15-17 July 2013 at The University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia.
The conference focuses on how the rapid changes and transitions in society present challenges and opportunities for families, communities and organisations, with a special focus on work, families and communities in a globalising world.
The past decade has seen significant changes in social policy in Australia and the surrounding region, including universal paid maternity leave in Australia and New Zealand; new rights to request flexibility; and changes in industrial law. Changing patterns of immigration, care and work in the Asian region are also of international interest. The conference will bring together social scientists and practitioners from a wide range of countries and disciplines, including emerging industrial nations of the Asia-Pacific region.
CWF 2013 Conference themes
- Immigration, work, care and community, including intra and inter-country immigration
- Asia-Pacific perspectives on work, family, care and community
- Care: ideas, practices and policies
- Flexibility, security and restructuring the life course
- Climate change, communities and sustainable work
- Work, family and life integration
- Globalisation, insecurity and localities
- Community, work and family issues in diverse family types
- Ageing, gender and work
- Restructuring organisations, management and wellbeing
Further information
Details about the conference and information about the venue, accommodation, entertainment and attractions in Sydney and Australia will be available from this website - cwf2013.aifs.gov.au
Call for papers and registration will be available online from July 2012
Subscribe to aifs-cwf2013 for email updates about the conference
For other enquiries please contact the conference organisers
CWF 2013 Conference hosts and organising committee
- Centre for Work + Life, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia - Professor Barbara Pocock
- Women and Work Research Group, Business School, University of Sydney - Professor Marian Baird
- Australian Institute of Family Studies - Dr Michael Alexander
See you in Sydney in July 2013
