---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ana Margarida Esteves <[email protected]> Date: Fri, May 31, 2019 at 3:13 PM Subject: New deadline for proposals: 20 June 2019, and other important information: International conference "Social Solidarity Economy & the Commons: Contributions to the Deepening of Democracy", 6-8 November 2019, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal Dear colleagues, We have been contacted by several potential participants who asked for an extension of the deadline for the receipt of proposals, so that they can have time to fully develop their proposal while fulfilling other professional and activist commitments. In order to honor these requests, we decided to extend the deadline to June 20. In order to make the conference more dynamic in terms of interactions between participants and the production of outputs, as well as fasten the dissemination of conference results at the highest level of quality and impact, we decided to introduce two innovations: 1) To offer, in parallel to traditional paper sessions, between five and six "Research Derby" sessions in which participants are invited to pool their proposals into a collective article draft. The topic of the "Research Derby" sessions will be in line with the five thematic areas proposed for the conference. Each session will be coordinated by about two senior scholars or practitioners, who will guide the participants through the discussions and the drafting process. The drafts will be finished after the conference by the participants in each session, who will be credited as co-authors. The organising committee will gather these drafts into a special issue proposal, to be sent to a journal in the Q1 or Q2 quarters of SCOPUS. The concept of the "Research Derby" was developed in the following article: Brett Favaro, Douglas C Braun, and Earth2Ocean Research Derby. “The ‘Research Derby’: A Pressure Cooker for Creative and Collaborative Science.” Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, no. 1 (2013). Abstract: Ecology and evolution research benefits when scientists engage in meaningful collaborations. However, making time for such efforts is difficult, particularly for early-career graduate students* who are often focused on an independent and self-driven research program. Here, we introduce the concept of the Research Derby, a collaborative and semi-competitive workshop where teams are given 24 hours to complete a research project. This ‘pressure-cooker’ environment is designed to give scientists a fun and short-term opportunity to conduct research outside their primary field, promote skills exchange within the research group, and ultimately produce high-quality scientific publications. In this manuscript we outline the goals of the Research Derby, explain how to set up such an event, and recount our experiences running a Derby within our research group at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. We argue that Research Derbies have the potential to achieve creative and collaborative high-impact science, and are a fun and productive research activity. *Note: In order to increase the diversity of perspectives and output, we also encourage the participation of mid-career scholars and practitioners. 2) To offer thematic interactive poster sessions, in which participants will be encouraged to interact with the authors and discuss ideas for the further development of research projects, as well as future collaborations. *We ask prospective participants to indicate, in their proposals, in they wish to be considered for either the "Research Derby" sessions or the poster sessions. * *Those who have already submitted a proposal do not need to re-send it. We just kindly ask you to send an e-mail to [email protected] <[email protected]> indicating if you would like your proposal to be considered to a "Research Derby" or a poster session, or if you prefer to be included in a classical academic paper session. * We are also happy to send you a list of confirmed Keynote speakers and members of the Scientific Committee of the conference, which you may find in annex. Kinds regards, Ana Margarida Esteves Kind regards, Ana Margarida Esteves -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens