Submission Procedure
Authors should submit their abstracts through online submission system by following the link
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/APDR2025
Authors should submit their abstracts through online submission system by following the link
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/APDR2025
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 30, 2025 (NEW DATE).
Submission Decisions
The organizing committee will notify all submitting authors of their decision until May 6, 2025. May 31, 2025 - Pre-Registration Due and Presenters must register to be included on the program.
The abstracts presented at the 32nd 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 - Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (SCOPUS);
2 – Discover Sustainability (SCOPUS and Web of Science);
3 – Journal of Management & Organization (SCOPUS and Web of Science);
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.
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 30, 2025 (NEW DATE).
- 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.
- After you log in to the system, click "+ Create new submission" in the Author Console.
- Enter the title, the abstract text (around 400 words).
- The section "AUTHORS" should list your e-mail address, Name, Organization, and Country.
- 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.
- Select two SUBJECT AREAS.
- Click "Submit."
Submission Decisions
The organizing committee will notify all submitting authors of their decision until May 6, 2025. May 31, 2025 - Pre-Registration Due and Presenters must register to be included on the program.
The abstracts presented at the 32nd 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 - Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (SCOPUS);
2 – Discover Sustainability (SCOPUS and Web of Science);
3 – Journal of Management & Organization (SCOPUS and Web of Science);
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:
Awards
Prize for the Best Paper presented to the 2025 APDR Congress: Any abstract presented at the conference is eligible.
Prize for the Young Researcher: Open to young researchers (up to 35 years at the time of presentation), must apply on the abstract submission.
Prize for the Young Researcher: Open to young researchers (up to 35 years at the time of presentation), must apply on the abstract submission.
THEME
Sustainable Transformation and Spatial Interaction of People and Places: Urban and Rural Landscapes for mobility, migration and tourism
SPECIAL SESSIONS
REGULAR SESSIONS
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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 – Smart Cities, Digital Transition and AI |
RS09 – Social innovation, integration, poverty and exclusion
RS10 – Territorial Cohesion and asymmetries RS11 – Governance, Leadership and Regional Development RS12 – Regional resilience, crises, and climate adaptation RS13 – Tourism, culture, sports and sustainable development RS14 – Territorial Responsible Marketing RS15 – Quantitative and qualitative methods in regional science |
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.