Building on the success of the seven previous Doctoral conferences which
totally attracted more than 700 research papers from countries all over the
SE European region and beyond, we are pleased to be launching the Call for
Papers for the 8th Annual South East European Doctoral Student
Conference (8th SEE DSC). The aim of the conference is to further facilitate
the exchange of knowledge between young researchers, and to consolidate
the established network of scholars currently undertaking research in South
East Europe. Doctoral students and young researchers in the areas of
Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing,
Information & Communication Technologies, Psychology and
Behavioural Sciences, Politics, Sociology and Education Studies are
invited to attend and present papers related to their doctoral research.
The conference will comprise of:
- Paper sessions
- Special workshops/training sessions delivered by distinguished academics
- Panel discussions
- Social events

*** HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING THE 8TH SEE DSC?
By participating in the 8th SEE Doctoral Student Conference you are given the
opportunity to:
- Present your work in a friendly environment and receive valuable
feedback from experts in your field
- Strengthen your network with other PhD students as well as with
distinguished academics and professionals in your area
- Apply for the ‘Best Papers’ Award
- Publish your work in the Conference Proceedings
- Further develop your academic and research skills
- Publish your work in respectable Academic Journals (selected papers
only): Selected high quality papers that will be orally
presented at the conference will be recommended for publication in the
following journals:
- International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development
- International Journal of Enterprise Network Management


*** SUBMISSION DETAILS
Depending on the stage of your research, you can submit either a short paper
(3-5 pages) or a long paper (8-15 pages). All research papers will be reviewed
by at least 2 expert reviewers, and authors will have access to the feedback
provided. All accepted papers that will be orally presented during the
conference, will be included in the conference proceedings. For more
information including author guidelines please visit the following links
(depending on the research area your paper is addressed to):
Research Track 1 (RT1): Enterprise, Innovation & Development
URL: http://www.seerc.org/dsc2013/rt1.html
Contact: RT1@seerc.org
Research Track 2 (RT2): Information and Communication Technologies
URL: http://www.seerc.org/dsc2013/rt2.html
Contact: RT2@seerc.org
Research Track 3 (RT3): Society and Human Development: Psychology,
Politics, Sociology and Education
URL: http://www.seerc.org/dsc2013/rt3.html
Contact: RT3@seerc.org

*** IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Short or Full paper submission: Friday 12th April 2013
Notification of acceptance: Monday 20th May 2013
Response to reviewers’ comments and submission of FINAL camera ready
paper: Friday 21st June 2013
Publication of Conference Programme: Wednesday 10th July 2013
Conference fee: 50 Euro (includes coffees and lunches for the two days plus
a hard copy of the Conference Proceedings).

*** CONFERENCE TOPICS

RT1 - Enterprise, Innovation and Development (Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics):
- Banking crises
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Corporate Governance
- Defense and Peace Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Agricultural Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Logistics & Green Supply Chain
- Management
- Corporate Finance & Financial Systems
- Quality Management & TQM
- Customer Behaviour
- Change Management
- Knowledge Management
- Public Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Management of SMEs
- Enterprise Development
- Innovation Management
- Tourism
- Marketing Planning
- Organisational Analysis & Learning
- Human Resources Management
- Strategic Management Marketing
- Growth and Development
- International Business
- Applied Statistics
- Efficiency Analysis

RT2 - Information & Communication Technologies:
- Software Engineering
- Formal Methods
- Software Verification
- Model Checking
- Software Testing
- Modelling and Simulation
- Service-oriented Computing
- Cloud Computing
- Educational Informatics
- Technology Enhanced Learning
- Lifelong Learning
- Information Security
- Information & Knowledge Management
- Information Retrieval
- Artificial Intelligence
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Computational Biology
- Robotics
- Semantic Web Technologies
- Social Media Networks
- Next Generation Networks
- Wireless Access Networks
- Mobile Networks
- Health Informatics
- Geographical Information Systems

RT3 - Society and Human Development: Psychology, Politics, Sociology, and Education:

- Psychology
- Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy
- Positive Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Intelligence, Personality, and Individual Differences
- Health Psychology
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Clinical Psychology and Treatment of Mental Disorders
- Sports psychology
- Emotional Intelligence & Well Being
- Cognition and Emotion
- Motivation, Attention & Human performance
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Ageing and Cognitive Functions
- Quality of Life in Chronically-ill and Healthy Populations
- Psychology of Substance Use and Addictive Behaviours
- Cyber Psychology and Social Networks
- Sociology
- Modern Sociological Theory
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Social Mobilization Theory
- Stratification and Class
- Gender Studies
- Urban Sociology
- Sociology and Architecture
- Inequality and Social Exclusion
- Religiosity
- Ethnicity, Identity
- Social Policy
- Genocide Studies
- Post-Socialist Transformation
- Europeanisation
- Family and Community Life
- Crime (Deviance) and Criminal Justice
- Politics and International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- Political Thought: Ideas and Ideologies
- Media and Politics
- Political Violence, Terrorism and Counter-insurgency
- The Politics of Globalization
- Defense and Diplomacy
- Crisis Management
- Public Health and Social Care Policy
- Risk Analysis
- The Politics of Post-Communism and Transition
- Elections and Electoral Systems
- EU Policy and Integration
- International Relations
- Migration
- Public Administration
- Nations and Nationalism
- Conflict and Peace
- Geo-Politics (and Strategic Studies)
- Regional Development
- Environment
- Parties and Party Systems
- Education
- Special Educational Needs
- Health Education & Promotion
- Online education
- Intercultural Communication
- Ethno-linguistics
- English as a Lingua Franca
- The EU and Language
- Language Teaching and Testing