FECO 2023: Future of Employment: Challenges and Opportunities - 2023 Pune Pune, India, January 18-19, 2023 |
Conference website | https://www.sse.ac.in/feco2023 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=feco2023 |
Abstract registration deadline | December 20, 2022 |
Submission deadline | December 20, 2022 |
COVID-19 brought about a number of changes in the economy. Today, we are into the second year of the pandemic but governments are still operating under uncertainty about when and whether another wave would strike. According to the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022, global unemployment has been projected to be 207 million in end-2022.
The pandemic’s impact has been particularly devastating for the labor markets in developing nations that have high levels of inequality, heterogeneous working conditions, and weak social protection systems. Although developing countries have used a large range of measures to address the crisis, the relief packages were insufficient owing to their limited fiscal space. Also, the presence of a large informal economy reduced the efficacy of such policy instruments. In this scenario, job losses have compounded the financial stress for the already economically vulnerable households and estimates suggest that the pandemic pushed approximately 77 million into extreme poverty during 2020-21 (Mahler et al. 2021).
A significant feature for the formal sector was the new culture of working from home, which brought in sudden changes in the working conditions and adapting to new technologies. While most of the skilled workforce started remote offices, the option was not feasible for majority of the jobs in the emerging nations, which adversely impacted a large part of the workforce in terms of job losses, pay cuts and uncertainty of returning to their workplace.
Against this backdrop, Symbiosis School of Economics is organizing an international conference on Future of Employment, Challenges and Opportunities (FECO) in January 2023. The objective is to discuss the social and economic developments in the employment and livelihood opportunities around the world; challenges faced during the COVID period and to explore future opportunities.
Submission Guidelines
The Organising Committee of The 2023 International Conference on Future of Employment: Challenges and Opportunities (FECO 2023) is calling for research paper submissions.
To present your research at the conference the FULL PAPER must first pass the peer review process. Full text papers should be submitted by 15 November 2022, using the link below. There is no maximum number of pages for each article (Arial 12pt, 1.5 spacing) but it is advisable not to exceed fifteen (15) pages.
FECO 2023 welcomes papers in the following Streams:
- Labour Market Reforms and Policies
- Employment in the Informal Sector
- Women and Employment
- COVID-19 and the changing employment scenarios
Committees
CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Dr. S B Mujumdar - Chancellor
- Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar - Pro-Chancellor
- Dr. Rajani Gupte - Vice Chancellor
- Dr. Jyoti Chandiramani - Director SSE and Dean, FOHSS
SSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
- Dr. Jyoti Chandiramani - Director
- Dr. Sudipa Majumdar - Professor
- Dr. Niharika Singh - Assistant Professor
- Dr. Shuchi Misra - Assistant Professor
- Dr. Gargi Patil - Assistant Professor
- Dr. Sneha Kumari - Assistant Professor
- Mr. Sumit Oberoi - Research Assistant
Contact
Email: feco@sse.ac.in
Postal Address:
Prof. Sudipa Majumdar, Conference Chair, FECO 2023
Symbiosis School of Economics,
Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411004.
Maharashtra, India.