by Olga Popova, Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Regensburg, and David Martineau, CERES, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto / IOS, Regensburg
On June 26-28, 2014, the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Regensburg, organized its Second Annual Conference. The interdisciplinary conference was devoted to the relationships between formal and informal labour in East and Southeast Europe. IOS received 138 excellent submissions across a wide range of disciplines, including economics, sociology, history, and anthropology. 19 papers were selected for the presentation. During the conference, participants discussed a variety of topics such as informal employment, migration and informal networks, representations of labour, inequalities and non-work, social capital and trust.