Submission

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The following submission categories are welcome:

Posters
Oral presentations

A short abstract (150 words) is required for all submissions. An extended 2-page abstract is required for oral presentations, and voluntary for poster presentations. A template for the extended abstract is provided – it is found following the link in the top right corner on the submission page.

To submit, prepare your abstract, and save your extended abstract as a PDF file. It is possible to modify an abstract until the submission page closes.

Please note that first-time users have to register as users of EasyChair.

Submissions are done via the EasyChair Submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=slca2020

SUBMISSION THEMES AND TOPICS

You can indicate up to three topics for a submitted abstract.

Theme 1. Methods for social impacts
- Goal, scope and functional unit
- Assessing negative/positive social impacts
- Social inventory data and databases
- Visualising social LCA results
Theme 2. Methodological interests for applications
- Social organisational LCA
- Social LCA in policy
- Social LCA in procurement
- Social LCA in product design
- Social LCA for NGOs
- Social LCA for CSR
Theme 3. Scientific positioning and methodological interactions
- Complementarity and overlap between environmental and social LCA
- Social LCA in life cycle sustainability assessment
- Social science perspectives on social LCA
- The value of a life cycle perspective for social assessment
Theme 4. Impacts in practice
- Role of social LCA in social change
- Impact of social LCA on business practice
- Documented improvements from social LCA
Theme 5. Interests in the product chain
- Business vs social interests
- Actor perspectives along the life cycle
- Social visions and goals
- Equity and well-being
- Legitimacy, trust and certification
Theme 6. Interactions in the product chain
- Communicating along product chains
- Communicating social LCA results
- Facilitation and round tabling
- Actor interactions