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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i> Apologies for cross postings </i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img width=151 height=151 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CF2D68.15F61050" alt="cid:image002.png@01CF1B6B.F1B4EAD0"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>9<sup>th</sup> Annual South East European Doctoral Student Conference</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Thursday 25<sup>th</sup> & Friday 26<sup>th</sup> September 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Thessaloniki - Greece</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EL><a href="http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Building on the success of the eight previous Doctoral conferences which totally attracted more than 800 research papers from countries all over the SE European region and beyond, we are pleased to be launching the Call for Papers for the 9<sup>th</sup> Annual South East European Doctoral Student Conference (9<sup>th</sup> SEE DSC). The aim of the conference is to further facilitate the exchange of knowledge between young researchers, and to consolidate the established network of scholars currently undertaking research in South East Europe. Doctoral students and young researchers in the areas of Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Information & Communication Technologies, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Politics, Sociology and Education Studies are invited to attend and present papers related to their doctoral research.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The conference will comprise:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Paper sessions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Special workshops/training sessions delivered by distinguished academics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Panel discussions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Social events<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING THE 9<sup>TH</sup> SEE DSC?</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By participating in the 9<sup>th</sup> SEE Doctoral Student Conference you are given the opportunity to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-25.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Present your work in a friendly environment and receive extensive and valuable feedback from experts in your field<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-25.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Strengthen your network with other PhD students as well as with distinguished academics and professionals in your area<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-25.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Apply for the ‘Best Papers’ Award<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-25.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Publish your work in the Conference Proceedings which will be indexed at EBSCO database – <b><i>PLEASE NOTE that only the papers which will be presented at the conference will be included in the Conference Proceedings. Physical presence @the conference is necessary!</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-25.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Publish your work in respectable Academic Journals (selected papers only)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-25.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Further develop your academic and research skills<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <b>SUBMISSION DETAILS<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Depending on the stage of your research, you can submit either a short paper (3-5 pages) or a long paper (8-15 pages). All research papers will be reviewed by at least 2 expert reviewers, and authors will have access to the feedback provided. All accepted papers that will be orally presented during the conference, will be included in the conference proceedings. During the presentation at the conference the participant will have the opportunity to acquire additional feedback from two discussants that will participate in the session. For more information including author guidelines please visit the following links (depending on the research area your paper is addressed to):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Research Track 1 (RT1): Enterprise, Innovation & Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <span lang=EL><a href="http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/rt1.html" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/rt1.html</span></a></span> Contact: <span lang=EL><a href="mailto:RT1@seerc.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>RT1@seerc.org</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Research Track 2 (RT2): Information and Communication Technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <span lang=EL><a href="http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/rt2.html" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/rt2.html</span></a></span> Contact: <span lang=EL><a href="mailto:RT2@seerc.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>RT2@seerc.org</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Research Track 3 (RT3): Society and Human Development: Psychology, Politics, Sociology and Education<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <span lang=EL><a href="http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/rt3.html" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.seerc.org/dsc2014/rt3.html</span></a></span> Contact: <span lang=EL><a href="mailto:RT3@seerc.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>RT3@seerc.org</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Short or Full paper submission: <b>Friday 11<sup>th</sup> April 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Notification of acceptance: <b>Monday 19<sup>th</sup> May 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Response to reviewers’ comments and submission of FINAL camera-ready paper: <b>Friday 20<sup>th</sup> June 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publication of Conference Programme: <b>Friday 4<sup>th</sup> July 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference fee: 50 Euro (includes coffees and lunches for the two days plus a hard copy of the Conference Proceedings).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Get your work published: Selected high quality papers that will be orally presented at the conference will be recommended for publication in the following journals:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EL><a href="http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijird" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EL><a href="http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijenm" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB>International Journal of Enterprise Network Management</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>CONFERENCE TOPICS<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The following topics are encouraged, but are not exclusive:<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=284 valign=top style='width:213.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Research Track 1: Enterprise, Innovation & Development</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Entrepreneurship</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Entrepreneurial Spirit; Start-up Phase; Funding; Managing Growth; General Entrepreneurship <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Economics</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Economic Growth; Economic Development; Agricultural Economics; Environmental Economics; Efficiency Analysis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Finance</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Accounting & Control; Corporate Finance; Public Markets, Financial Systems; Banking Crisis; Financial Regulation; Venture Financing; Non-venture Financing; Applied Econometrics; Applied Statistics; General Finance <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Globalization</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Countries & Regions; Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; General Globalization; Managing Multinationals <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Leadership & Management</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Managing Teams; Communication; Motivation; Decision Making & Problem Solving; Leadership Style; Power & Influence; Leading Change; Management of SMEs; General Leadership <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Marketing</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marketing Strategy; Advertising; Market Research; Consumer Behaviour; Brand Management; Customer Relationships; Strategic Management Marketing; General Marketing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Operations</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Distribution, Sales & Service; Production & Logistics; Operations Management; Supply Chain; Outsourcing; Green Supply Chain Management; Quality Management & TQM; General Operations <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Organizations</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Human Resources; Governance; Corporate Culture; Organizational Design; External Relations; Knowledge Management; General Organization<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Social Enterprise & Nonprofit</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Corporate Social Responsibility; Nonprofit Management; Funding Nonprofits; General Social Enterprise <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Strategy</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Competitive Analysis; Strategy Development; Managing Effectiveness; Innovation Management; Technology Adoption; General Strategy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Other topics</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tourism; Agribusiness; Managing Health Care; Intellectual Property Protection; Career & Life Balance; Career Transitions; Creativity; Race & Diversity; Environmental Sustainability; Research & Development; Gender and Work<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=284 valign=top style='width:213.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Research Track 2: Information & Communication Technologies</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Software Engineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Formal Methods<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Software Verification<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Model Checking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Software Testing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Modelling and Simulation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Service-oriented Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Green Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Educational Informatics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Technology Enhanced Learning<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lifelong Learning<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Information Security<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Information & Knowledge Management<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Information Retrieval<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Multi-Agent Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Computational Biology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robotics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Semantic Web Technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Social Media Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Next Generation Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless Access Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sensor Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Internet of Things<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Smart Cities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Health Informatics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Self-adaptive Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Geographical Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=284 valign=top style='width:213.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Research Track 3: Society and Human Development: Psychology, Politics, Sociology and Education </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Psychology</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Counselling Psychology & Psychotherapy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Positive Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clinical Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Forensic Psychology <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Educational/School Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Developmental Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Intelligence, Personality, and Individual Differences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Social Psychology <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Health Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Industrial/Organizational Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sports psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emotional Intelligence & Well Being<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cognition and Emotion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Motivation, Attention & Human performance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cognitive Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Neuropsychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ageing and Cognitive Functions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Quality of Life in Chronically-ill and Healthy Populations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Psychology of Substance Use and Addictive Behaviors<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cyber Psychology and Social Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cross-cultural Psychology<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=284 valign=top style='width:213.05pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Politics, IR and Sociology </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>European Studies</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>European Union Integration <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>European Union regionalism <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>European Union Common and Security Policy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>European Union neighbourhood policy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The future of the European Monetary Union<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Germany and the European Union <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>International Relations and Regional Politics </u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Security issues in the South East Mediterranean <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Energy in the South East Mediterranean<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Exclusive Economic Zones <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Middle East politics <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Arab Spring <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Syrian civil war crisis <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>Turkey as a regional actor </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>Israel as a regional actor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Western Balkans and South Eastern Europe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The US in the world<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russia in the world <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>The politics of Globalisation</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Global Governance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>International Political Economy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Crisis of democracy and of democratic institutions</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Electoral Behaviour at the local and EU levels throughout the crisis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 2014 European Elections<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Protest votes, void ballots and abstention <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nationalism and the rise of the extreme right <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Public opinion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Protest movements<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Civil Society <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Media and Politics <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Greece</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Public sector reform and changes in the labour market in Greece<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greek foreign policy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greek energy policy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greek Politics <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Urban Studies and Sociology </u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Urban Sociology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Urban Geography <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Modern Sociological Theory <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Environmental issues and development </u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Climate Change <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Poverty and vulnerability issues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Development and Sustainability<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rustem Dautov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Research Associate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>The University of Sheffield, International Faculty - City College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>24 Proxenou Koromila, 54622 Thessaloniki, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel: +(30) 2310 253 477<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: +(30) 2310 234 205<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mob: +(30) 6945 069 303<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:rdautov@seerc.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>rdautov@seerc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web: <a href="http://www.seerc.org/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.seerc.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>