Systemic Approaches in Social Structures

Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies (HSSS)

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University of the Aegean,

Department of Sociology,

Mytilene, Greece.

6^th National & International HSSS Conference

"Systemic Approaches in Social Structures"

23-26 June 2010

Mytilene, Greece

Submission deadline (Abstract): 1 March 2010

Email: hsss06@soc.aegean.gr

CALL FOR PAPERS

HSSS Conferences endeavour to provide a platform to foster multidisciplinary discussions and support debates on the different sociological, economical, historical, pedagogical, philosophical, scientific and technological issues surrounding systems studies. They seek to advance knowledge about the effective and efficient implementation of systemic thinking by individuals, groups, organizations, society and nations for the improvement of economic and social welfare.

We welcome contributions that build on established lines of work as well as novel research streams. In particular, we are interested in high quality well-defined and analyzed theoretical surveys that provide a synthesis and comprehensive review of the historical development of one particular area of interest, and empirical studies, with strong grounding in a current or new theory, on important issues that have potential impact on organizations and are of value to researchers and practitioners in general and social sciences research community in specific.

The HSSS06 Conference is receptive to a wide variety of phenomena and topics related to the social policy, management, valuation with the impacts of systemic thinking at different levels of analysis (i.e., individuals, groups, firms, networks and societies).

The conference seeks research that examines system related topics from a wide range of scientific fields including, but not limited to, sociology, management, ebusiness, public policy, economics, finance, accounting, engineering, computer science, communication technologies, operations research, design science, organization studies, decision making, health care, cognitive science, environmental science, education, project management and strategic management. Diverse methods and approaches are welcome providing that they are relevant to the main theme of the conference.

Specific topics (applied to any of the above mentioned scientific fields) include, but are not limited to:

Ø Collaborative Systems Thinking

Ø Conceptual Frameworks of Modelling for Regional Planning

Ø Decision-Making Systems

Ø Demographic and social trends

Ø Disability themes and system design

Ø Education systems

Ø Employability systems

Ø Environment and transport

Ø Equality and diversity

Ø Gender and sex equality

Ø Global citizen, global manager

Ø Government and policy making

Ø Health systems

Ø Housing / migration

Ø Local communities and services

Ø Making social policy

Ø Our global village

Ø Poverty, inequality and social security

Ø Public services and economic policy

Ø Race and ethnicity

Ø Social capital

Ø Social class and mobility

Ø Social exclusion

Ø Social justice and equality

Ø Social Learning and Knowledge Management

Ø Social policy research

Ø Social services and care

Ø Social systems and networks

Ø Social welfare and quality of life

Ø Sociality- Social systems and networks

Ø System Dynamics: from Theory to Practice

Ø Systems Approach for Virtual Learning Development

Ø Systems Approach to Social Networks

Ø Systems Simulation

Ø Systems Thinking and Construction Productivity

Ø Systems Thinking for Sustainable Resource Management

Ø Technology and society

Publication opportunity:

Papers presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings with a refereeing procedure.

Selected papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in special issues of the following international journals (providing that there are high quality papers that are relevant to the main scope of each of these journals):

· International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies (IJASS), [www.inderscience.com/ijass] published by Inderscience Publishers (ISSN: 1751-0589).

· International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory [http://pi.library.yorku.ca], York University (Online ISSN 19162782)

· International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research (IJESAR) [www.ijesar.org] (On line ISSN 1791-3373).

· Portuguese Journal of Quantitative Methods (http://unide.iscte.pt/PJMQ).

· Statistical Review, indexed in EconLit. [www.gstat.gr]. (ISSN 1791-1745).

· Studies in Regional & Urban Planning (SRUP) [ISSN 1106-2606].

· The European Journal of Management and Public Policy (ISSN 1726-6475, ECPD).

Important Dates:

Extended Abstract Submission: 20th March 2010

Notification of decision: 29th April 2010

Full Paper Submission: 20th May 2010

Final author registration date: 1st June 2010

Final paper submission (with changes): 17th July 2010

Note to Authors: Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present up to two papers. Therefore, if multiple papers are accepted for presentation different co-authors need to present each paper.

Extended abstracts should be up to 500 words with up to six keywords. Submitted papers should not be more than 4,000 words including abstract, keywords and references (the Harvard referencing rules need to be followed). Papers should be submitted in English as .doc file attachments by email to the Conference email address: hsss06@soc.aegean.gr

Reviewing Process

§ The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all papers received by the submission deadline to ensure that the proposed paper is relevant to the Conference.

§ Paper selection notifications will then be sent out to relevant authors.

§ All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the conference scientific committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the paper is of a suitable length, the standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced. Their comments will be given to the author who will present the paper.

§ For authors whose first language is not English we request that you have your work proof read prior to submission by a native English speaker (or at least a fluent English speaker). Papers can be rejected due to a poor standard of English.

§ Papers that are accepted will be published in the conference proceedings providing at least one author registers and presents the work at the Conference (see the registration section of the conference website for more information about registration).

Registration

Registration options All prices are in € (Euro)	Early bird A discounted fee if paid before 1 June 2010	Standard Normal fee payable if paid after 1 June 2010
Academics	200€	250€
Post-Graduate Students: name of institution and student identity	100€	125€
Combined Supervisor and Student Discounted rate where both attend	250€	300€
Government , Public Sector, Professionals and Consultants	250€	300€

Discount (20%) is also available for participants from ex-East European Countries, the Balkans and North Africa and for HSSS members.

Visitors to Greece must have a valid passport and may require a visa. For more information, please visit your local Greek Embassy website. Please note that we are not able to provide visas.

Program Outline

The detailed programme will be posted once the review process has been completed.

Your contacts for this conference are:

Academic enquiries: “Kostas Rontos” <k.rontos@soc.aegean.gr>

Submission enquiries: “Eleni Kitrinou” < e.kitrinou@soc.aegean.gr>

Registration enquiries: “Flora Tsapala” <tsapalaflora@gmail.com>

Other enquiries: “Myrsini Roumeliotou” <myrsine@gmail.com>

Conference’s site:

http://www.aegean.gr/sociology/hsss06/hsss06-main.htm

HSSS President: Professor Nikitas Assimakopoulos

Conference Chair: Assosiate Professor Konstantinos Rontos