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Appel à article du Journal of Professions and Organization This special issue invites contributions that take a comparative approach to understanding and explaining the intersection between professions and technology. Here, comparative perspectives have different (and possibly reinforcing) meanings: Comparisons between professions might highlight the trajectory of professional projects over time.The projects of para-professionals might also reveal insights into how technology is transforming the process of professionalisation and presenting threats to `established’ professions.Professions, can be judged comparatively as occupying an ambiguous position as `third logic’ between the state and the market. Across public, private and third sectors, professions exhibit tensions with jurisdictional and market imperatives which may be amplified or undermined by technology.National socio-political cultures have often been seen as dominant forces for the production of professions within each country. However, technology offers the opportunity to transcend such national boundaries, undermining jurisdictional powers and destabilising place and space. Professional regulation might become more problematic as a result. (...)Lire la suite : jpo-special issue-flyer- finalDate limite de soumission des propositions : 1er juin 2015