9th Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference
September 2003
NCVO's research team has been organising the Researching the Voluntary
Sector Conference every year since 1994. In the eight years since the first
conference, it has grown from a relatively small gathering of mainly
academic researchers to be a unique meeting place for researchers as well as
users of research to discuss current research, the policy implications of
research and the need for further development of research in the voluntary
and community sector.n
Each year, NCVO rewards a prize of £500 for the best paper contribution to
the conference. Since 2001 this prize has been named the Campbell Adamson
Memorial Prize, in honour of the late president of NCVO's advisory board.
The 2002 prize went to Eldin Fahmy, Sarah Cemlyn and David Gordon from the
University of Bristol for their paper "Poverty, Neighbourhood Renewal and
the Voluntary Sector in West Cornwall".
Call for Papers
The 9th conference will be held on 2 & 3 September 2003 (tbc), and we are
now inviting paper proposals on all topics, for example user involvement and
empowerment, the voluntary and community sector in a changing political
climate, the role of the sector in building social capital, community
capacity building, managing resources, organisational values and culture,
research methodological issues, social marketing/fundraising,
European/International working, changing shape of the sector, including
traditionally excluded groups in research.
Session format
Parallel sessions last 1½ hours and comprise 2 papers. Papers are grouped
into sessions based on a connection in the topic discussed. With half an
hour allocated to each paper, this leaves half an hour for joint discussion,
which benefits from similar subjects being presented from different
perspectives.
Format and timing of submissions
Submissions may be in the following formats:
*single entry papers, which will be grouped into sessions by the conference
organisers
*session proposals, comprising several papers on a related topic
*workshops/panels, comprising interactive discussion led by one or more
discussants/conveners
*poster displays, particularly suitable for work-in-progress
The following applies to submissions of all formats
*Abstracts of 400-600 words should be received by NCVO by 17 February 2003
*Authors will be notified of acceptance of their submissions by 10 March
2003
*Papers of 2,000-2,500 words for all oral presentations are required by 19
May 2003
*Abstracts and papers must be in Times New Roman, 11-point, single spaced
*At least one author of each paper and all involved in workshops/panels must
book a delegate place by 19 May 2003
Submissions for full sessions and workshops/panels must include
chairs/conveners.
Submissions that do not fulfil these requirements will not be considered for
acceptance.
Dissemination
All papers on the programme will be printed in the conference proceedings
which will be available to delegates at the conference. Papers will be
displayed on the NCVO website after the conference. Therefore authors will
be requested to get permission, where necessary, from their funder or other
stakeholders to make their findings public.
Further information
Should you have any queries, or if you want to know more about the
conference before deciding to book you can contact Jayne Blackborow in the
Research Team on 0207-520-2484, or E-mail [log in to unmask]
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