CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
2nd ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
https://umsustdev.org/2019-conference/
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED
TO MAY 13, 2019
The call for abstracts for the second annual Sustainability and Development Conference at the University of Michigan (October 11-14, 2019) has been extended to May 13, 2019. The conference is supported by several University of Michigan departments, as well as the journal World Development. It will cover a suite of key themes related to sustainability and development, but broadly focuses on the many global efforts to realize the SDGs and to assess the outcomes of SDG interventions. Last year’s inaugural conference brought together around 600 participants from over 50 countries to deepen our efforts to understand the breadth and depth of work on the subject. The 2 ½ day event facilitated collaborative conversation and action around sustainability and development relationships. We fully expect this year’s meeting, expanded to 3 ½ days, to do the same, and more.
One of the objectives of the conference is to offer insights into the editorial review process. The conference will offer an editorial round table, one-on-one expedited review sessions with journal editors, and opportunities for special issue collaborations. The conference will welcome editors from World Development, as well as Ecology and Society, World Development Perspectives, Landscape and Urban Planning, and Global Food Security. After last year’s conference, over 150 manuscripts were submitted to a special issue in World Development, for which the review process is now under way.
We welcome abstracts for posters, workshops, lightning talks, oral presentations, and pre-organized panel sessions. See the webpage, https://umsustdev.org/2019-conference/, for guidelines and other information. The submission deadline has been extended to May 13, 2019. We will communicate selection decisions by May 17, financial assistance decisions by May 20, and registration opens May 22. Invitation letters will be sent to those who register.
To strengthen the participation of junior scholars, we are excited to be able to offer free registration to undergraduates whose poster is accepted for the conference. We welcome collaborative poster presentations with existing institutional faculty advisors.
We hope very much that you will consider submitting an abstract and that we will have the opportunity to engage with you in person.
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Please direct any questions you might have to umsustdev@umich.edu