What is power and who has power today? Has power escaped from nation-states to international organizations and the global market? Does power reside in big institutions or is it rooted in micro level interaction? How does power hide from view and therefore become most effective?

For social scientists power is in many ways like what St. Augustine said about time: it is central to our investigations and we think we know what it is, but it is hard to explain. By bringing together scholars who approach power from different angles this conference will advance our understanding about power relations in social reality. Keynote speakers will include:

Mitchell Dean
Robert Dingwall - Unfortunately Prof. Dingwall has had to cancel his presentation

He will be replaced by Stewart Clegg

Mark Haugaard
Tuula Juvonen
Lois McNay
Randy Lippert
Leslie Pal
Pekka Sulkunen

If you want to present a paper, please send an abstract by 30th June 2008. The sessions can be found from "accepted sessions" page. You can contact the conference organisers by email: Power2008@uta.fi