CALL FOR PAPERS
9th African Population Conference
Lilongwe - Malawi
May 20 – 24, 2024
Road to 2030: Leveraging Africa’s Human Capital To Achieve Transformation In A World of Uncertainty
Hosted by the Government of Malawi and the Union for African Population Studies
BACKGROUND
Every four years, the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) organizes a general conference on African population issues. The aim of these conferences is to share and disseminate research evidence on population and development issues and explore ways of applying the research evidence to improve policies and programs aimed at uplifting the well-being of people in Africa. The conference provides an opportunity for networking and knowledge sharing among researchers, policymakers, program managers, international development partners, and other key stakeholders in the population field. The conference includes capacity-building activities targeted at young scholars.
The 9th African Population Conference will be jointly hosted by the Government of Malawi and UAPS between 20th and 24th May 2024 on the theme “Road to 2030: Leveraging Africa’s human capital to achieve transformation in a world of uncertainty”. We invite submissions for research papers and posters, assessments of best practices, proposals for workshops and exhibitions.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS
1. Submissions are made online starting January 19, 2024, at the 9th African Population Conference website, https://uaps2024.popconf.org
All authors are asked to submit both a) a short (150-word) abstract and b) an extended abstract (2-4 pages, including tables) or a completed paper to be uploaded to the website following instructions available online. Authors may modify their submission online up until February 12, 2024, when the online submission system will close.
2. Extended abstracts must be sufficiently detailed to allow the session organizers to assess the merits of the paper, including a description of the topic to be studied, the theoretical focus, the data and research methods, and the expected findings.
3. If your submission is accepted in a regular session, you must upload the full paper by April 8, 2024.
4. The 9th APC submissions website will allow session organizers to view titles and authors of submitted papers as they are received online. The submitting author must provide their full name, e-mail, address, affiliation, and country of residence. The submitting author must also provide the names, email addresses and affiliations of all co-authors. Co-authors may visit the website to modify or add information such as addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
5. You may submit your extended abstract to one or two regular sessions, indicating your first and second choice on the submission form.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING POSTERS
1. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts for consideration as posters. All the above instructions for paper/abstract submissions also apply for poster submissions.
2. Authors submitting a paper to one or two regular sessions may also have their paper considered for a poster session if it is not accepted in a regular session. If you want your paper to be considered for a poster session, please check “Yes” in the appropriate area of the online submission form.
IMPORTANT DATES
January 19: Online submission of papers or extended abstracts opens
February 12: Deadline for submitting papers or abstracts
February 28: Authors are notified of papers accepted to regular sessions
March 15: Authors of posters and additional sessions, including member/partner-initiated meetings to be incorporated into the main programme, are notified
March 25: Submission of final abstracts to be published in the Conference Programme
April 8: Submission of final papers to the conference website and to discussants and session chairs
May 20: Conference begins
May 24: Conference ends
See the conference website.
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