Call for Papers: SkiLMeeT conference on workers, firms, and skills in the digital and green transition

Project SkiLMeeT is accepting papers for its midterm conference, “Workers, Firms, and Skills in the Digital and Green Transition”, to be held on 2-3 October in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The keynote lecture will be given by Matias Cortes (York University, Toronto).

The deadline for submitting papers or extended abstracts is 1 May 2025. We welcome contributions from researchers across all social science disciplines, particularly papers addressing:

• Effects of the digital and/or the green transition on workers, firms and skills
• Measurement and analysis of skill demand and supply
• Skill gaps and skill shortages arising through the digital and/or the green transition
• Labour-market policies to reduce skill gaps and shortages
• Education measures to reduce skill gaps and shortages.

Please use the ConfTool system, https://www.skilmeet.eu/conftool/, to register and to submit abstracts or papers. Instructions for submitting can be found here.

You can find the detailed Call for Papers here and more information about the event here.