RT3 - Governance, Politics and Society

Track Theme: Democratic Governance, Education and Society.

Topics

• Politics
• EU Policy and Integration,
• International Relations,
• Migration,
• Public Administration,
• Nations and Nationalism,
• Conflict and Peace,
• Geo-Politics,
• Regional Development,
• Environment
• Parties and Party Systems
• Sociology
• Religiosity,
• Ethnicity, Identity,
• Social Policy,
• Genocide Studies,
• Post-Socialist Transformation,
• Europeanisation,
• Family and Community Life
• Language Policy and Practice
• Intercultural Communication,
• Ethno-linguistics,
• English as a Lingua Franca,
• English-Only Europe,
• The EU and Language,
• Language Testing,
• Language Teaching
• Media and Journalism
• Media Representation in the Balkans,
• Media Interaction and Globalization,
• Media Governance,
• Media Commercialization,
• War Reporting: Archiving of War Crimes,
• Media Freedom,
• Media Corruption

Abstract Guidelines

Maximum 500 words outlining clearly the following areas:

• Aim of research
• Methodology/Approach
• Findings
• Research limitations
• Practical Implications (If applicable)
• Originality/Value of paper
• Key-words (at least 3)

Full-Paper Guidelines

The full-paper submission should follow the guidelines given below. It should not exceed 3,000 words in length (including references list and footnotes).

• Harvard referencing style should be used as listed at http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libdocs/hsl-dvc1.pdf
• Times New Roman 12, double spaced
• A4 format left hand margin 25mm, right hand margin 40mm
• Footnotes numbered consecutively, provided at bottom of page
• Tables and figures clearly numbered and referred to in the text
• Quotations of more than 60 words indented, no quotation marks, single spaced
• Shorter quotations using single quotation marks in the body of text
• Both English and American spelling acceptable please be consistent
• Non-English words in italics
• Capital letters for abbreviations and acronyms

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts and Full-papers for RT3 should be submitted as a word document to the following e-mail address: RT3@seerc.org - please note that no submissions will be accepted after the deadlines.

Important Dates

• Abstract: 15^th March 2010
• Full-paper (camera ready paper): 15^th June 2010

Publication of Papers

All full papers that are accepted will be published in electronic proceedings which will be available for all participants on the first day of the doctoral conference.

Call for Papers

The extended Call for Papers of Research Track 3 is available here:
Download RT3 Call for Papers