STARDEC-2018: 1st Annual International Small Town and Rural Development Conference Iba, Nigeria, December 17-20, 2018 |
Conference website | http://www.ceracode.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stardec2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | November 15, 2018 |
Submission deadline | November 30, 2018 |
CALL FOR PAPERS:
1st Annual International Small Town and Rural Development Conference (STARDEC-2018)
Center for Rural Affairs and Community Development (CERACODE), Iba, State of Osun, Nigeria
December 17-20, 2018
Theme: Revitalization of Rural Communities and Small Towns
The Center for Rural Affairs and Community Development (CERACODE) welcomes regional, national and international speakers, presenters and participants to small town and rural development conference. The conference will bring together practitioners, policy makers, community leaders, rural development specialists, researchers interested in rural areas across countries. This conference is a unique opportunity to share your own success, learn from a diverse group of individuals and hear the latest on issues that matter to communities and people who call ruralhome. This conference is with the aim of reflecting on the innovation and development for the rural communities and other relevant normative, empirical, and theoretical concerns, implementation, strategy, management and policy that are distinctive to promote and sustain rural economies.
The conference creates forum for researchers to share with each other their views, opinions and findings on activities that facilitate developments in small town and rural areas. Participants will as well disseminate their research to a wide audience of scholars and practitioners in Africa and beyond.
This 2018 maiden conference, to be held in Iba, State of Osun, Nigeria at the Center for Rural Affairs and Community Development from the 17th to the 20th of December 2018, is in the process of receiving submissions from prospective participants. We invite you to submit your high quality papers to any of the tracks listed below or any other topics related to rural or community development and sustainability:
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How to Submit Papers
Submit your paper electronically through our online submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stardec2018 on or before November 5th 2018. STARDEC 2018 submissions, publication and editorial committee will maintain very strict rules on submissions formats and deadlines (Font: New Times Roman 12, Abstract: Not more than 300 words, Maximum number of full paper Pages: 10).
A formal notification of paper acceptance will only be issued after authors have addressed reviewer’s comments as recommended by the review process. For papers to appear in the proceedings, at least one author must register and pay the registration fee applicable to his/her category of presentation. Letters of Invitation to STARDEC 2018 will only be issued after author(s) registration has been confirmed. An online and hard copy version of the conference proceedings for all tracks and submission categories shall be made available. Authors of some selected papers will be requested to submit extended versions of their work for publication in an edited book.
For consideration for the best paper award in any of the submission categories, full manuscript must be submitted by November 30th 2018. For all accepted papers, a PowerPoint Version of the camera-ready paper must be submitted by December 10th, 2018. The STARDEC PowerPoint Template will be sent along with Notification of Acceptance letter to all authors whose papers/abstracts are accepted for presentation and inclusion in the conference proceedings.
We look forward to receiving your submissions in the different categories to this very opportune conference.
Direct all enquiries to:
Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi – ishmaelsanusi@gmail.com