International Association People Environment Studies Conference 2012

 

 

Conference Presentation Guidelines

All oral paper, case study and symposia presentations should be prepared for presentation via powerpoint.

Computer and digital projection equipment will be available for all presentation sessions and delegates are requested to liaise with conference technical support staff, who will be available prior to each paper session, to upload presentations immediately in advance of the start of the session.

In order to respect the individual needs of each presentation there are no formal guidelines: delegates will be expected to develop presentations that are consistent with the content of the accepted abstract and that communicate their work in a clear and effective manner.

Due to the high number of papers accepted for presentation, timing will be strictly controlled by session chairs who will have discretion to determine the detailed conduct of each session.  As a general guideline, however, delegates are advised to prepare presentations of a maximum of 12 minutes to allow time for questions and discussion, either at the end of each paper or collectively at the end of each session as determined by session chairs.

Posters - Dimensions:
A1 Portrait  (841h x 594w mm or 33.1h x 23.4w in
Please bring the poster along to the Conference.
There will be a dedicated room for Posters with pin up facilities.

Download the Poster Sessions List

Please indicate (Top left of A1)
Poster Title, and Conference theme (i.e. 2.4).
Name of author/s
Affiliation

We Would like to thank those who have submitted case studies.  They will be online shortly.

Submission format for case studies:

First, please submit an abstract of 200 words via the online submission process.

Your abstract will then be reviewed and if accepted we will request submission of a full paper of 1500 words and advise of the submission process and deadline.  

·    Refer to which of the 3 Conference Sub Themes this belongs to (Geographic scale, Design or Implementation or all three).

·    Describe the context of the case study, the partners/institutions involved (i.e. university, local government, NGO…), the focus of the case study (i.e. housing, education, environmental behaviour).

·    List all relevant outcomes of the research and illustrate how they have been applied (category 1) or describe the research briefs (category 2) or both (category 3).

·    List all relevant outputs, in terms of resources disseminated (i.e. publications, websites, manuals, policies, academic courses), social and economic spin offs (new organisations formed).

·    Any possible detail which could be of use to get in touch or gain more information about the experience illustrated.

  Post-Conference Book Guidelines

Guidelines and time schedule for full paper submission

These guidelines are provided for delegates who have had abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference who wish to submit a full paper. Full papers will be peer reviewed to determine a selection to be included in the post-conference book. This book will be the latest in a series published by Hogrefe Publishing. Selected peer reviewed papers in previous books have captured the high quality of the Alexandria and Rome IAPS conferences. The post-conference book from Leipzig is currently in press and will be available at the IAPS 22 Conference in Glasgow.

We would be grateful if delegates could express their interest in submitting a full paper by the end of July 2012.

The deadline for initial full paper submission is 31 October 2012.

Decisions and revision requests will be notified to authors by 31 January 2013.

The deadline for revised paper submission is 31 March 2013.

Please email your full paper

The full papers will be selected on the basis of a peer review process for which the major criteria are:

1. Relevance for the IAPS 22nd Conference themes and congruence with the IAPS mission.

2. Scientific quality with regard to clear underlying theory, information content, method and evaluation.

3. Clear questions, convincing arguments, and good answers

4. Innovative character of the approaches and/or findings and presence of clear policy and practice implications and societal value.

Because of the high number of submissions accepted for conference presentation the selection process will be strongly competitive. Therefore, papers which are not fitting the following format specification criteria will not be considered for publication:

1. At least one of the authors must have registered and attended the conference

2. Each author can submit only one paper, either individually or jointly with others.

3. Submission deadline must be respected

4. Format and extension requirements must be respected

Summary of format and editing guidelines:

• MS Word 97-2003

• Maximum 25.000 characters + spaces to include: title, abstract and text

• 3 to 5 keywords

• A4 or letter page format

• Times new roman, 12 point

• Double-spaced

• 2,5 cm all margins

• Left alignment

• First row indent (1 cm)

• Maximum 5 black & white tables and/or figures

• Page numbers, centred, bottom page

• Reference list and within the text following APA Style

Detailed preparation guidelines:

Title page, abstract, and keywords

• Each manuscript should include on the title page the following elements: Chapter title, Author names in full, brief affiliation for each author, name and full address of the corresponding author (including phone, fax, and email address), abstract (maximum 1000 characters + spaces), up to 5 key words.

• American or British English may be used. Please ensure that whichever is preferred is used consistently throughout.

• It is recommended that authors who are not native speakers of English have their manuscripts checked by a native-speaker colleague. Please note that the editors will not provide any proofreading services. So please ensure your paper is of high quality; otherwise it will not be accepted.

Reference list

• Please refer to the APA’s Publications Manual for detailed guidelines. The reference list should be alphabetical (not numbered). Some basic guidance on style is as follows:

Journal articles:

Goodland, R., Daly, H., & Kellenberg, J. (1994). Burden sharing in the transition to environmental sustainability. Futures, 26(1), 146-155.

Guerrier, Y., Alexander, N., Chase, J., & O'Brien, M. (1994). Values and the environment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Chapter in a book:

Uzzell, D. (1997). La responsabilidad ecológica en el ciudadano competente en la acción: algunas, cuestiones metodológicas [The ecological responsibility of a competent citizen through action: Some methodological questions]. In R. García-Mira,

C. Arce, & J. M. Sabucedo (Eds.), Responsabilidad ecológica y gestión de los recursos ambientales [Ecological responsibility and management of global environmental change] (pp. 9–21). A Coruña: Diputación de A Coruña.

Non-English references:

Authors should provide translations of non-English references, as in the example above (i.e., the translations are placed after the titles in square brackets).

Reference citations in the text

• Reference citations in the text should be separated with “and” when in the main text and with “&” when placed in parentheses, e.g.: “Smith and Jones (1989) have reported similar cases…” but “Similar cases have been reported by other authors (Klein, Bergman, & Müller, 2004; Lock et al., 1978; Smith & Jones, 1989).”

• Please list citations in the text alphabetically and in the format shown above. Multiple authors are cited in full on first mention and then with the first author name and “et al.” for subsequent citations.

• A maximum of three levels of subheadings are permitted. Headings should not be numbered.

Tables and figures

Tables and figures should be collected together in the correct order as they appear in the text in a separate page(s) at the end of the manuscript.

• Authors should provide high-resolution electronic files (at least 300 dpi) for any figures. No color figures may be used.

• Tables and figures must be cited in the text and must be numbered (Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2. etc.). All tables and figures must have a title or caption, formatted as in the following examples:

Table 1. Qualities of a healthy city