How do social, organisational, digital, and green transformations reshape the meanings of work across different social groups and institutional contexts?

These questions will be at the centre of the international conference “Social Boundaries of Work: The Meanings of Work in Organizational Contexts”, taking place at the University of Lodz, 21–23 October 2026.

🎤 CELSI researcher Tibor Meszmann will be among the keynote speakers, contributing perspectives on labour, social dialogue, and transformations of work in Europe.

## Keynote speakers

• Prof. Anne Antoni – Grenoble Ecole de Management
• Dr. Jo Cutter – Leeds University Business School
• Dr. Oksana Dutchak – Institute for Systemic Alternatives, Kyiv
• Prof. Arlie Hochschild – University of California, Berkeley
• Prof. Krzysztof Konecki – University of Lodz
• Dr. Tibor Meszmann – Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), Bratislava
• Prof. Bartosz Mika – University of Gdansk
• Prof. Eduardo Mollona – University of Bologna
• Prof. Dominika Polkowska – Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
• Dr. Katarzyna Rakowska – University of Warsaw
• Prof. Devi Sacchetto – University of Padova
• Prof. Charles Umney – Leeds University Business School

🔗 More information, registration and abstract submission: https://socialboundariesofwork.pts.org.pl/en/cpf/

Organisers:

Department of Sociology of Organization and Management, Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Łódź; Section of Sociology of Work (Polish Sociological Association); Section of Qualitative Sociology and Symbolic Interactionism (PSA); Łódź Branch of the Polish Sociological Association; ISA RC44 Research Committee on Labour Movements; Critical Labor Studies Network.

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