Call for papers

Poverty and Social Protection Conference 2020 accepts the following types of submissions:

• Research Papers: Completed research papers in any of the topic areas listed bellow or related areas.

• Abstracts: Abstracts of completed or proposed research in any of the topic areas listed bellow, or related areas. The abstract for proposed research should include the research objectives, proposed methodology, and a discussion of expected outcomes.
• Student Papers: Research done by students in any of the topic areas listed bellow, or related areas.
• Case Studies: Case studies in any of the topic areas listed bellow, or related areas.
• Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for Future Research: Incomplete research or ideas for future research in order to generate discussion and feedback in any of related areas.  
• Reports on Issues Related to the conference topics: Reports related to innovative techniques or research related to any of the topic areas listed bellow or related areas.

Proposals are accepted on a rolling admission basis as long as space is available or by March 10th 2020 at latest and are to be be submitted along with application form. All submissions will be peer reviewed and acceptance/rejections is based on their relevance to the conference topics. Notification on acceptance is sent within 7 days after the submissions has been received.

PSPC 2020 Scientific committee: 

Prof. Nasir Sulman - University of Karachi, Pakistan
Dr. Tiffiny Shockley - Queens University, USA
Dr. Elena Delavega - University of Memphis, USA
Dr. Dilan Gunawardane - Rajarata University, Sri Lanka
Prof. Madhu Bharti - CEPT University, India

PSPC 2020 Advisory board: 

Mr. Joulhlan Aralar - PESO Managers Association of the Philippines, Philippines
Dr. Ian Ndlovu - Ex-Open University, UK
Dr. Rachel Kabi - Rajiv Gandhi University, India
Dr. Dennis Stuebing, Canada
Dr. Yadira Méndez-Lemus - National Autonomous University, Mexico

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Topics:

• Agriculture
  
• Child labor
• Children and youth
• Culture
• Disability
  
• Disadvantaged groups 
  
• Economic development
• Education
  
• Empowerment strategies
  
• Ethnic studies
• Food production and safety
  
• Gender issues
  
• Labor market policies
  

• Literacy
• Micro-finance 
• Minorities
• Pension Reforms 
• Poverty 
• Poverty growth and inequality 
• Poverty reduction strategies 
• Poverty monitoring 
  
• Poverty and social Impacts 
• Poverty and culture 
• Poverty and education 
• Poverty measurement and analysis 
• Public health 

• Race and ethnicity 
  
• Rural development
  
• Rural education
  
• Social capital
  
• Social inclusion
  
• Social policies
  
• Social risk management
  
• Special and inclusive education
  
• Sustainable development
  
• Vocational education
• Water supply
  
• Other areas related to poverty, development and social issues
  

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Presentations:

The following presentation formats will be possible at the conference:

• Oral presentation - Take an advantage of oral presentation of your paper/ research on site and get the first hand remarks and comments from the audience. Encourage a live discussion regarding the presented topic and network with other researchers and academics in the field of education and related areas, from around the globe.
• Video presentation – Registered presenters who are not able to attend the conference in person may opt for this presenting format. Participants will watch either your recorded presentation or will be following it trough a live stream. They will be able to ask the questions either in a real time trough the internet connection or may fill in the reflection forms which we will be mailing back to you, if requested.
• Poster presentation - Participants will get familiar with your research/ paper trough poster exhibition which will be available in the conference’s venue during the entire length of the program. Presenters will have an opportunity to discuss and explain their research in direct contact to the audience. Alternatively, if required by presenters, reflection forms can be distributed to the participating delegates, which will be mailed back to you after completed by the conference’s delegates.

Equipment that will be provided by the conference and setup in all presentation rooms (excluding poster sessions):

• Laptop*
• LCD projector
• White board
• Microphone an sound system
• Internet access
• Limited printing facilities

     * Please, note that all electronic files should be written on CD ROM or USB flash drive.

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Proceedings:

Papers presented at the conference will be published in the official ISBN conference proceedings publication.

In order to have your paper published in the official conference proceedings, your submission should have been previously approved and registration arrangements completed.

Participants who have completed registration arrangements and wish their paper published in the official conference proceedings publication must submit their paper and/or abstract by March 30th 2020. 
 
Submissions’ formatting:

• A4 size paper
• Single line space
• Margins: 2 cm on the left and 2 cm on the right
• Format: Align left
• No footers and headers allowed and no numbered pages
• Fonts:

                Title: Times New Roman 14 bold
                Subtitles: Times New Roman 12 bold
                Text: Times New Roman 12

• First page:

                Title of submission
                Name/s of author/s
                Affiliation/s of the author/s
                E-mail address/es of the author/s

• Second page:

                Abstract of maximum 300 words (or one page)
                Key words (under abstract)

• Third page-:

                Full paper (unless only abstract is intended for publication)

• Last page:

                References

Deadline for proceedings submissions: March 30th 2020
Submissions received after this date or/and in a format different than specified will NOT be published. We strongly recommend early submissions to allow enough time for a review and feed back in case there are changes to be made in formatting.