SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Wednesday, October 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m. CET

From now until October 15, you can submit abstracts of your paper(s), research and practical projects, or contributed sessions (including a list of 2-3 speakers). Additionally, you can register for the Organized Workshop by Leuphana on Saturday. You can submit several abstracts. All this can be done during registration: https://en.xing-events.com/africa-conference or via africa-conference@leuphana.de.

Your abstract should be a maximum 750-word abstract (in doc / docx format) including title, description of the project, method, implications and results. Authors will receive an email with information on acceptance of their abstracts on October 31. We intend to propose a special issue on our conference theme to “World Development”. “World Development” is a multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development. The focus of the special issue is on evidence-based approaches for African development, entrepreneurship and management. Some papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue in World Development.

As a requirement for the Special Issue papers must (1) have a strong evidence base for proposed arguments; (2) avoid advocacy except for recommendations that rest on analysis and evidence; (3) clearly show the advance over existing knowledge; and (4) be empirical analyses for the most part and should not be based mostly on reviews of existing work. Please find here a Guide for Authors.

We will only consider your abstract(s) if you register for conference participation and submit your abstract(s) until October 15, 2018.