The 6th joint Nordic Development Research Conference, June 21-22, 2021, ONLINE, by the University of Jyväskylä, Finland https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/nordic-development-research
Call for papers for 15 exciting open working groups : DL 9th April 2021
The conference invites abstracts for papers to be presented from development research scholars from every career stage. All abstracts should be submitted for consideration in the accepted working groups. The working group coordinators will evaluate them and make decisions on their acceptance/rejection. The authors are requested to indicate a primary and a secondary working group for which s/he wishes the paper to be considered. The abstract of maximum of 400 words should be submitted in English (or Spanish for the bilingual working group) latest on 9th April 2021. The decisions will be communicated by 30th April 2021. The submission should be done through the conference system: find the abstract form here. We do not accept abstracts submissions by email. The authors are advised to have a close look at the available working groups before submission and relate their abstract with the overall theme of the working group. All the working groups will be conducted online. Please see the detailed descriptions of working groups here. The journal Forum for Development Studies will publish a Special Issue on the best papers of the conference. The special issue will be guest edited by selected members of the organizing committee, who will do the initial selection for the papers to be included and provide one round of editorial comments during August-October before authors’ submissions for the final blind review process. If you would like your paper to be considered for the special issue, please send you conference paper no later than 25th June in the conference email nordev2021@jyu.fi. Please indicate “FDS special issue” in the subject field of your email.
