Call for Papers

The Conference is open for participation to young researchers currently undertaking doctoral study, or in the early years of their research career (up to 2 years following the award of their PhD degree). It has an inter-disciplinary focus and its themes reflect the Research Tracks within SEERC.

All papers will be presented at the Conference to an expert panel of academics and other PhD Conference participants. Each presentation will be followed by questions from the audience and presenters will receive comments/feedback from the panel members. The accepted papers that will be presented will be included in the Proceedings published by SEERC. In addition, there will be a general discussion session guided by the panel discussants and participants, addressing various issues on PhD work and research experience in general.

Research Track 1: Enterprise, Innovation & Development
Foreign Direct Investment	Finance & Financial Systems
Supply Chain Management	Logistics
Quality Management	Labour Economics
Corporate Finance	SME Competitiveness & Development Policies
Corporate Governance	Organisational Analysis
Human Resources Management	Change Management
Public Management	Business Strategy
Strategic Management	Marketing
Knowledge Management
Research Track 2: Information & Communication Technologies
Intelligent Systems	Information & Knowledge Management
Service Oriented Software Engineering	Semantic Web Technologies
Testing & Verification of Software Systems	Modeling and Model Checking
Multi-agent Systems	Biologically Inspired Computation
Educational Informatics	Health Informatics
Geographical Information Systems	Simulation
Information Society
Research Track 3: Governance, Politics and Society
European Integration	International Relations
Migration & Mobility	Ethnicity
Conflict & Peace	Multi-level Governance
Media & Representation	Public Administration
Social Policy	Balkan Cinema
Minorities	Ethno-linguistics
Nations and Nationalism	Identities
The globalization of culture
Research Track 4: Risk and Well-being
Sustainable Development	Substance Abuse
Psychological Aspects of chronic disease	Health Education
Mental Health	Cognitive Neuroscience
Energy Policy	Energy Economics

All papers accepted for presentation will be edited and published in proceedings. Selected and best papers will be double-blind refereed and accepted papers will be published in special issues of the International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development (www.inderscience.com/ijird)

Please note that all submissions will be done through the conference management system, EasyChair.

Extended Abstract submission	~~15th February 2008~~ 29th February 2008
Notification of acceptance	~~14th March 2008~~ 31st March 2008
Submission of FULL - camera ready paper	30th April 2008