Call for papers: Re-Inventing Policies and Institutions for Inclusive Labour Markets in Europe and Beyond
43rd Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation

The 43rd Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation (IWPLMS) will take place at Utrecht University on 8-9 September 2025. This year's conference will explore how to strengthen labour market institutions and construct policies that can improve job quality, build inclusive labour markets, and develop genuine social market economies. Abstracts can be submitted until March 31.
The International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation (IWPLMS) is dedicated to understanding the processes shaping inequality and segmentation in labour markets. It adopts a multi-disciplinary, dynamic and comparative institutional theoretical perspective in analysing change over time and differences across countries.
Topics of Interest
- Job quality and working conditions
- Non-standard employment and platform work
- Segmentation from a social partner and firm-level perspective
- Work-life balance and labour shortages
- Migration and labour market inequalities
- Other issues on processes shaping inequality and segmentation in labour markets
For more information about the topics, submission instructions and deadlines, refer to the document Call for papers IWPLMS Utrecht 2025.
Contact details
If you have any questions, please contact us via iwplms@uu.nl.