International Conference
“Care, Work and Quality of Life”
24 November 2026
The Research Institute for Quality of Life (ICCV) of the Romanian Academy is organising the international conference “Care, Work and Quality of Life: Building Better Long-Term Care Services and Carer-Friendly Workplaces” on 24 November 2026 in Bucharest.
The conference brings together researchers, academics, PhD students, practitioners and civil society representatives to discuss how to build better long-term care services and workplaces that support people with caring responsibilities.
Accepted papers will be presented in four thematic sessions:
- Long-term care: policies, services and social protection systems
- Care, employment and work–life balance
- Socio-economic participation, inequalities and the risk of radicalisation
- Gender-based violence: research, policy and practice
Papers will be presented in English.
Date: 24 November 2026, 9:30
Venue: Romanian Academy, District 5, Bucharest – for the plenary session, please use the entrance on Calea Rahovei; the thematic sessions can also be accessed from 13 Calea 13 Septembrie (rooms to be announced)
Participation: based on prior registration, subject to seat availability.
Registration: https://forms.gle/itznJed1H5M5vihp9
Registration is open until 16 November 2026 for authors of accepted papers and until 18 November 2026 for all other participants.
The plenary session will also be streamed online. The access link will be sent to registered participants in due course.
The conference programme will be published on the ICCV website (www.iccv.ro) in the coming days.
For further information:
Claudia Petrescu: claudia.petrescu@iccv.ro
Flavius Mihalache: flavius.mihalache@iccv.ro
Adriana Neguț: adriana.negut@iccv.ro
Corina Drăgan: corina.dragan@iccv.ro