Young
Researcher Award 2016 –CALL FOR PAPERS
The
European Association for Sociology of Sport is proud to announce the 8th
Eass Young Researcher Award. The aim of the award is to facilitate the
integration of outstanding graduate students and young researchers into the
European community of sociology of sport scholars. The award will be granted to
a scholarly paper authored by a young researcher, which is deemed by a panel of
judges to be of highest quality. The winning author will be invited to receive
the award and present the paper at the Annual Conference of the Eass, to be
held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 4–8 June 2016. The winning paper may be considered
for publication in the European
Journal for Sport and Society.
DEADLINE
FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS:
31st January 2016
Selection Committee 2016:
Prof. Ilse
Hartmann-Tews (German Sport University Cologne), Prof. Toni Bruce (University
of Auckland), Dr Anna Vilanova (National Institute of Physical Education,
Barcelona), Dr Davide Sterchele (Leeds Beckett University).
All papers
should be sent to: Dr. Davide Sterchele, davide.sterchele@gmail.com
Eligibility:
·
Any student who is
registered for master or doctoral level graduate work at the time her or his paper
is submitted.
- Any researcher, younger than 35, who was awarded
PhD not earlier than 5 years before the time her or his paper is
submitted.
- The committee will accept only one submission per
author.
Awards:
- The winning author will be invited to
attend the Eass conference free of charge and to present the paper to the
plenary session during the closing ceremony.
- Eass
sponsored prize of membership in
Eass for the year after which the award is granted.
- The panel of judges may also give up to two honourable mentions. Young
researchers receiving an honourable mention will also have their papers
accepted for presentation at the Eass conference free of charge.
- Additional monetary prizes may be indicated in
the forthcoming announcements of the Eass
conference.
- The name of all winning authors will be posted on
the Eass website.
Requirements:
·
Candidates will submit
a scholarly paper on a topic that is of interest to the European sociology of
sport academic community. Please submit two
separate files: the first one must contain the title of the
paper and the full contact information of the author; the second one must
contain the title, the abstract and the full text of the paper (here the author
should remain anonymous).
- Papers with a lenght of over 8,000 words (references included)
will not be considered.
- Papers must be original, i.e. not already submitted elsewhere.
- Authors will submit a letter, signed by her or
his academic advisor, verifying their student status or the date of their
Ph.D dissertation (not earlier than 5 years before the time her or his
paper is submitted).
- Authors will comply with the publications
guidelines of ejss (see: http://www.ejss.ch/ ejss/guidelines.html)
- Papers should be sent to the Award Committee
Chair in electronic copy (Microsoft Word).
·
When sending the full
paper for the YRA, those authors who plan to attend the conference
independently from the YRA results must also submit their abstract via the on-line
submission system of the general conference.
For any enquiry, please
contact Dr. Davide Sterchele: davide.sterchele@gmail.com
Further information
about the Award at: http://www.eass-sportsociology.eu/awards.html
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