ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Submission Procedure

Authors should submit their abstracts through online submission system by following the link
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/APDR2024

Abstracts are accepted in the following languages: Portuguese, English or Spanish. The papers can be presented in one of these three languages.

No delegate should submit and present more than 3 abstracts.
Additional submissions (more than 3 abstracts) have the additional fee of 25 euros per presentation.

Submissions must be made by April 29, 2024 (NEW DATE).
  1. If you have not submitted through this system in the past, you will need to create a user account by clicking the "Registration" tab in the online system.
  2. After you log in to the system, click "+ Create new submission" in the Author Console.
  3. Enter the title, the abstract text (around 400 words).
  4. The section "AUTHORS" should list your e-mail address, Name, Organization, and Country.
  5. To add more authors, please enter the e-mail address of your co-author and click "+ Add." Fill in the fields to provide the name, organization, and country of your co-author and click "+ Add." Repeat this process to add more co-authors.
  6. Select two SUBJECT AREAS.
  7. Click "Submit."

Submission Decisions

​The organizing committee will notify all submitting authors of their decision until May 2, 2024. May 31, 2024 - Pre-Registration Due and Presenters must register to be included on the program. 

The abstracts presented at the 31st APDR Congress will be published in the Congress Book of Abstracts online (PDF) with ISBN.

​Publication Opportunities
 
Papers presented at the Congress can be considered for publication in the following Journals:
 
1 - Regional Science Policy and Practice (SCOPUS and Web of Science);
2 - Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (SCOPUS);
 
The submitted invited papers will undergo the journals' regular review process.
The Organizing Committee will look for the opportunity to promote the production of special issues of these Journals.
Abstracts should be submitted in accordance with the template available below:​

THEME

Regional Innovation Ecosystems and Sustainable Development

SPECIAL SESSIONS

SS01 - Territorial intelligence, key to a sustainable future?New challenges and prospects for regional development and growth: data, methods and solutions
Simona Cafieri
SS02 - Public Policy, Neuroeconomics and Behavioral Economics
Michelle Moraes, Orlando Gomes (Chair), Paulo Fagandini, António Morgado and João Vasco Gama
SS03 - Traditional Products and Development of Regions of Origin
Maria Inês Faria (Chair), Fernando Nunes Teixeira, Thiago Meneghel Rodrigues and Cristina Keiko Yamaguchi
SS04 - Media, “News Deserts” and Sustainable Regional Development
Pedro Jerónimo (Chair), Giovanni Ramos, and Luísa Torre
SS05 - New Trends in Telework: Reshaping Work, Business, and Society
Paulo Morgado (Chair) and Eduarda Marques da Costa
SS06 - Advancing Sustainability in the Agri-Food Chain: Bridging Research and Practice
Ana Marta-Costa (Chair) and Maria Raquel Lucas
SS07 - Contribution of European Universities to Inter-Regional Development
Pedro Assunção (Chair) and Ileana Dufranc
SS08 - Ruralities and Regional Dynamics in the Legal Amazon: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Cleiton Silva Ferreira Milagres (Chair) and Renata Rauta Petarly
SS09 - Cooperation Academia – Public Policy Institutions 
Luís Cruz

REGULAR SESSIONS

RS01 – Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
RS02 – Territorial Sustainability Strategies
RS03 – Natural environment, resources and rural development
RS04 – Demographic Challenges, Migrations and Integration
RS05 – Education, Skills, Labour Markets and Regional Development
RS06 – Regions and Global Value Chains
RS07 – Energy transition and Regional Development
RS08 – Digital Transition and Smart Cities
​RS09 – Social innovation, integration, poverty and exclusion
RS10 – Territorial Cohesion and asymmetries
RS11 – Governance, Leadership and Regional Development
RS12 – Regional resilience and crises
RS13 – Tourism, culture, sports and sustainable development
RS14 – Territorial Responsible Marketing
RS15 – Quantitative and qualitative methods in regional science
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