Hight School of Education SPORT TOURISM New Challenges in a Globalized World

Call for Papers


Final call for abstracts

Please note that the abstracts submitted in this call will no longer be elegible for the full paper submission, but will be published in the abstracts book (ISBN: 978-989-98016-3-9). The deadline for the abstracts submission is 15th September 2014.

You should use this form

The Organizing Committee welcomes both fundamental and empirical contributions within the broad theme of Sport Tourism: of “Sport Tourism: New Challenges in a Globalized World”. The main research subtopics suggested are:

  • Sport Tourism Policies and Development
  • Sport Tourism Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts
  • Sport Tourism, Innovation and Competitiveness
  • Sport Tourism Supply and Demand Issues
  • Sport Tourism Events
  • Sport Tourism History
  • Sport Tourism Management
  • Sport Tourism and New Consumption Spaces
  • New Trends in Sport Tourism

Any research work specifically oriented to other areas of the analysis of Sport Tourism might also be accepted for presentation if considered of relevance for the field in question throughout the refereeing process.

There will be three possible types of presentations accepted at this conference:

  • Classical academic presentations;
  • Doctoral/Master presentations. A prize will be awarded to the best delivery/presentation by a PhD/Master student within this category;
  • Poster presentations. A prize will be given to the best poster produced by a PhD/Master student.

An extended abstract with a maximum of 500 words or 3,000 characters (spaces included), written in English, should be sent electronically (in Word and PDF format) to the e-mail address stc2014esecoimbra@gmail.com no later than 15th May 2014 15th June 2014 (CLOSED). You should use this form.

After a refereeing process, authors will be notified regarding the acceptance of abstracts by 15th July 2014 (CLOSED).

If the proposal is selected, the contents should be presented in the format of a paper with a maximum of 12 pages (including abstract, text and references), written in English, and should be sent electronically (in Word and PDF format) to the e-mail address stc2014esecoimbra@gmail.com no later than 15th September 2014. You should use this form.

After a refereeing process authors will be notified about the reviewers’ suggestions until 15th October 2014. The final paper with revisions must be sent by the authors no later than 30th October 2014, to be included in the proceedings e-book (with ISBN: 978-989-98016-4-6).

Please note that an author can only submit one paper as first author, and each paper must have a different author registered in the conference (one paper per author registered).



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