Call for Papers - EXTENDED DEADLINE APRIL 1 2012
Special Theme: "Working Together Towards a Sustainable World"

The conference theme is "Sustaining the Future" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this question from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to the Social Sciences, including the following streams:

Anthropology
Archaeology
Cultural Studies and Humanities
Economics and Management
Education and Social Welfare
Ethnicity, Difference, Identity
Globalisation and Internationalization
Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender
International Relations
Linguistics
Media and Communications
Natural, Environmental and Health Sciences
Politics, Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness
Politics, Public Policy and Law Psychology
Cognitive Science and the Behavioural Sciences
Research Methodologies Quantitative and Qualitative
Social History
Sustainability
Teaching and Learning
Technology and Applied Sciences
Other  

Call for Papers

Submission procedure

Please note that you are asked to submit only ONE proposal of any kind to the ACSS 2012 conference. The deadline for submissions has been extended to April 1, 2012. 


Individual Presenter (30 minutes paper/60 minutes workshop)
You can submit a proposal to present an individual paper or give a workshop at ACSS 2012 under the open call for papers. Please submit through the online system by clicking on the ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM button below. You will be asked to create your own personal account before you will be able to upload your proposal. You can then return to the system at any time using your user name and password to edit your information and submission. Your proposal will normally be reviewed within two weeks.

If your proposal is accepted you will be invited to register for the conference. Upon payment of the registration fee your paper or workshop will be scheduled for presentation. If you wish your paper to be published in the conference proceedings, please ensure that a paper is uploaded through the online system by June 1 2012.


Virtual Presenter
We understand that some presenters will be unable to make the trip to Japan to present their paper, mainly due to financial and/or political restrictions on travel. ACSS 2012 has therefore instituted a virtual presentation system to allow the authors of accepted proposals the same publication opportunities as regular presenters.

You can submit a proposal for virtual presentation under the open call for papers through the online system by clicking on the ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM button below. You will be asked to create your own personal account before you will be able to upload your proposal. You can then return to the system at any time using your user name and password to edit your information and submission. Your proposal will normally be reviewed within two weeks.

If your proposal is accepted you will be invited to register for the conference as a virtual presenter. Upon payment of the registration fee your paper will be listed as a virtual presentation. If you wish your paper to be published in the conference proceedings, please ensure that a paper is uploaded through the online system by June 1 2012.

We do not allow presentations by video-conferencing but virtual presenters are encouraged to upload a video of their presentation onto the ACSS 2012 Youtube conference channel. Information on how to do this will be given to you following registration.

Following the conference you will be mailed a conference pack including a printed copy of the ACSS 2012 programme, and a receipt/certificate of virtual participation.

Panel Organizers (90 minutes)

As the chair/organizer of a proposed panel, you can submit a proposal through the online system by clicking on the ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM button below.

As the chair/organizer of the panel/colloquium, you will be asked to create your own personal account before you will be able to upload your proposal. You can then return to the system at any time using your user name and password to edit your information and submission. 
Panels should have at least four participants (including the chair). All the panel/colloquium participants must be listed in the submission, listing the chair or leader as the primary author, and the other presenters as co-authors. Panel organizers are responsible for the arrangement of all the presenters under their proposed topics, and should ensure that all are firmly committed.
Your proposal will normally be reviewed within two weeks. 
If your proposal is accepted you will be invited to register for the conference. Please ensure that you transmit the submission reference number to the other members of your colloquium and invite them to register in timely fashion. Upon payment of the registration fee of ALL PARTICIPANTS your colloquium will be scheduled in the conference programme.

If you, as the panel/colloquium chair, wish to publish a joint paper associated with the panel/colloquium in the conference proceedings, please ensure that a paper is uploaded through the online system by June 1 2012.

If you and your panel/colloquium members wish to publish separate papers then they will have to register individually with the system and submit their proposals for review.

 
General Information

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by the new extended deadline April 1 2012.
All abstracts will be blind reviewed by a voluntary team, and authors will usually be notified of the decision of the reviewers within two weeks of submission. Those who submit near the February 1 deadline will receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection by February 15 2012. 

Those who submit on or near the new extended deadline of April 1 will receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection by April 15.
All accepted authors may have their full paper published in the online conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by June 1 2012. 
The deadline for full conference payment for all presenters is April 15 2012.
 
To submit an abstract now, you must first register with our online system.
Please click on the link below


Proceedings Submission Deadlines
Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 1 2012 April 1 2012
Results of abstract reviews returned to authors: Usually within two weeks of submitting an abstract
Deadline for submission of full papers: June 1 2012
Deadline for full conference registration payment for all presenters: April 15 2012
ACSS Conference: May 3-6 2012
Abstract Submission Process
Acceptance of Abstract: If your abstract is accepted by the review team and you pay the conference registration fee by the specified deadline, your submission will be scheduled in an appropriate session for oral or poster presentation at the conference.
Final Paper Submission Process
If your abstract is accepted for presentation, you are encouraged to submit a full paper before June 1 2012 for inclusion in the ACSS 2012 Conference Proceedings, to be published online. The full article should be submitted in Word (NOT pdf). Final papers should be uploaded through the submissions system. Please ensure that your paper is ready to go to press by the submission deadline (March 1), having thoroughly read the paper for errors. If English is not your first language then this is especially important. To facilitate easier processing, reviewing, and publishing all submissions, PLEASE follow this checklist:

  • 12-point Times New Roman font.

  • Single-spacing throughout the document. 

  • Double space (instead of indent) to designate a new paragraph or section. 

  • Page numbers at the bottom center of each page. 

  • Top, bottom, and side margins no less than 7/8 of an inch or 2.2 cm. 

  • Cover page that includes title, authors, their affiliations, their contact information, and the topic of the submission. 

  • Title, authors and affiliations repeated at the beginning of the body of the paper. 

  • Manuscript not to exceed 5000 words (excluding tables, figures and references).
  • Manuscripts longer than 5,000 words will be returned for editing.

  • Graphs and visuals can be reproduced electronically.

Publication and Licensing Issues
Abstracts and follow-up full articles will be published in a conference proceedings volume to be made available online as part of the IAFOR research archive. Authors retain copyright in their work but through the act of submission to this conference are agreeing to a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License for their work to help ensure continued global access to the work over time. All publications produced for the conference, including abstracts, full papers and presentation slides will be openly archived eventually on the IAFOR site.

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