AICSSE encourage submissions within Social Sciences Studies and Education and across a variety of related disciplines and fields. Papers may address, but are not restricted to, the main theme from any of the following sub-themes. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable.

Work and Employment Relations

• Gender relations in comparative perspective
• Race, Ethnicity and Nation: Anthropological Approaches to Collective Identity
• Modern workplace and employment relationships
• Employment and wages in the global economy
• Culture, resources and power
• Labour relations and labour market policy
• Migrant labour and HRM strategies
• Social partnership, HRM and employment
• Workforce diversity, equality and intersectionality
• Temporary work, mobility and crisis of worker representation (trade unions)
• Transnational mobility and temporary staffing agencies
• Migrant women’s empowerment
• Relationship between paid and unpaid work
• Informal economies

Religious Studies

• Contemporary religion and society
• Ethnicity, race and religion
• Islamic studies
• Contemporary Judaism
• Asian religions and traditions
• Indigenous religions
• Inter-religious relations

Law and International Relations

• Culture, Religion and World Politics
• International Labour Law
• International Human Rights Law
• Environment and Climate Change Law
• Public and Private International Law

Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology
• Brain and Behaviour
• Industrial and organizational psychology
• Personality
• Social, Community and Cross-cultural Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Social Psychology of Health
• Business/Occupational Psychology

Sociology

• Crime and Socio-legal Studies
• Social stratification
• Political sociology
• Urban, Rural and Industrial Sociology
• Stratification, work and labour markets
• Sociology of the family, childhood and gender
• Social stratification, social mobility and social class
• Race and ethnicity
• Childhood development and schooling
• Immigration and ethnicity
• Social Policy, Social Work and Social legislation

Language, Linguistics and Literature

• Relationship between linguistic and literary studies
• Semantics
• Dialect and literature
• Literature, Religion and Art
• Bilingualism, Grammar and Word use
• Phonetics and Phonology
• Film and visual culture and linguistics

Gender Studies

• Gender Theory
• Gender, Race and Nation
• Women Literature
• Leadership, Ethics and Democracy
• Psychology of Human Sexuality
• Psychology of Women
• Ethno-Cultural Issues
• Global Diversity
• Women, Employment and Society
• Social Stratification and Inequality
• Violence

Education

• Education, Equality and Development
• Education for inclusion and citizenship
• Disability and inclusion in international contexts
• Marginalised children, youth and adults’ participation in education
• Urban and rural education
• Human rights and international education
• Securitizaition, surveillance and youth studies
• Disadvantaged Youth
• Peace and conflict studies in education
• Migration and refugee studies in education
• Educational Leadership and Policy
• Evaluation and strategies for educational Change
• Pedagogy, Language and Culture in Education
• Pedagogy and empowerment
• Psychology and Education
• Science, Technology and Education