ACSS 2013

The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Fourth Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, at the Ramada Hotel, Osaka, Japan from June 6-9 2013. Special Theme: "Society, Environment and Trust: Towards Sustainable Systems of Governance"

The conference theme is "Sustaining the Future" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this question from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to the Social Sciences, including the following streams:

Anthropology Archaeology Cultural Studies and Humanities Economics and Management Education and Social Welfare Ethnicity, Difference, Identity Globalisation and Internationalization Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender International Relations Linguistics Media and Communications Natural, Environmental and Health Sciences Politics, Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness Politics, Public Policy and Law Psychology Cognitive Science and the Behavioural Sciences Research Methodologies Quantitative and Qualitative Social History Sustainability Teaching and Learning Technology and Applied Sciences Other

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by the deadline February 1 2013. All abstracts will be blind reviewed by a voluntary team, and authors will usually be notified of the decision of the reviewers within two weeks of submission. Those who submit near the February 1 deadline will receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection by February 15 2013. All accepted authors may have their full paper published in the online conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by July 1 2013. The deadline for full conference payment for all presenters is May 15 2013.