When preparing your manuscript, please comply with these basic guidelines for consistency in the format before submission: 

• Full paper must not exceed 10,000 words, including tables and references, excluding appendixes. 
• Short papers should focus on the main ideas of the later full paper, i.e. they should explain the purpose of the paper, theoretical background, the research gap that is addressed, the approach taken, the methods of analysis (in empirical papers), main findings and contributions. Your short paper should comprise around 3,000 words (including references, appendices & other material). 

• All papers must be submitted in English.
• The first page must only include Title, author/s and contact information.
• The second page must include Title and Abstract (please do not include author information either on this page or in the rest of the paper).
• The abstract should contain about 300 words with a brief description of the article, its methodology and the main outputs.
• The format of the document must be word or pdf. Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides. Font size: 12-point Times New Roman double space.
• Tables, figures and images can be inserted either in the text or at the end of the paper.
• References must be listed alphabetically following APA style.

Submission is made through the University of Évora’s Event Management System (Sistema de Gestão de Eventos) page, (the same page used for registration).

After logging in to the SGE, you should choose the Conference and again select “Register” in the top right-hand corner. You can then confirm your registration and submit your paper proposal by selecting “Add submission” on the right-hand side, then fill in the fields marked, and upload the file (.DOC or .PDF).

Access the SGE website (Submission) here.

For any inquiries send an email to xixiibc@uevora.pt