[Commlist] LaborTech Inaugural Book & Graduate Student Paper Awards

LaborTech Inaugural Book & Graduate Student Paper Awards

Labor Tech Research Network labortechresearchnetwork.org 
<http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/> (LaborTech) invites submissions 
for the Labor Tech Book and Graduate Student Paper Awards.  LaborTech is 
an interdisciplinary and transnational group of experts concerned with 
the intersection of where technology meets work. We aim to reframe the 
conversation about technology and labor towards issues of power, 
inequality, and social justice, and incorporate themes of feminism, 
anti-racism, and transnationalism.  We also seek to foster an 
inter-disciplinary, cross-regional, and community-oriented space for 
discussion, collaboration, and empowerment.

As part of our launch as a nonprofit research network, LaborTech is 
inaugurating two Awards, one for Book and another for Graduate Student 
Paper, to honor works which have distinctive intellectual merit or 
activist impact, and have advanced the knowledge about labor and 
technology in the global society.  We invite submissions that address 
our core focus on labor and technology, and which may simultaneously 
address feminism, anti-racism, and/or transnationalism.  Please see our 
website (www.labortechresearchnetwork.org) for a deeper discussion of 
our Mission (in About Us page), and examples of topics in our 
decade-long Speaker Series.

LaborTech Award Committees will evaluate nominations on their 
contributions to, and impact on, studying the intersections of 
technology and labor.  A small cash prize and certificate will be 
awarded to the winners.  The winners will be announced in December of 
2022 at the LaborTech Launch Event, at the Annual Meeting of the Society 
for Social Study of Science (4S) in Mexico.

/Submission Requirements for Both Awards:/
Works from all disciplines and methodologies are eligible for 
nomination. Nominations are open to members of Labor Tech Research 
Network, as well as the broader scholarly community.  Nominations are 
welcome from authors, publishers, as well as self-nominations. We 
encourage submissions from women, people of color, queer communities, 
and those from the global south.

The deadline for submissions is *August 1, 2022.* Please submit the 
following items in English: 1) an electronic version in PDF format (for 
books, if only print form is available, please contact us), and 2) a 
one-page nomination letter stating the significance and contribution of 
the work.  Send materials or any questions to 
(labortechresearchnetwork /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(labortechresearchnetwork /at/ gmail.com)>

/Book Award Requirements:/
- Monographs only (no edited volumes or anthologies)
- Multiple authors are accepted
- Published in the last three years, 2020-2022

/Graduate Student Paper Award Requirements:/
The Graduate Student Paper Award is meant to honor labor and technology 
scholars in their early careers as students.  The criteria for 
submissions include the following.
- Writings by students who are currently in masters or doctoral 
programs, or who are graduating this year in 2022
- Single-authored pieces are preferred, but co-authors with other 
students are also accepted.  Writings that are co-authored with advisors 
or other PhDs are not accepted.
- Papers may be theoretical and/or empirical, as long as they have an 
original argument.  A variety of methodological and research styles are 
welcome.
- Papers may be published or unpublished.  If published, then dating to 
the last three years, 2020-2022
- Minimum 25 pages, maximum 40 pages, double spaced

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