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Please circulate this announcement among your networks of research students and junior scholars:

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Submissions for the YRA 2020 are now open. Please note that the eligibility criteria have been revised to further facilitate the participation of junior researchers. We would also like to remind you that the YRA is not only about winning a competition, but can be seen as a developmental opportunity for your research students to engage with academic writing and receive feedback from leading scholars on the field. We hope you will encourage them to submit their work to the YRA 2020!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Young Researcher Award 2019 –CALL FOR PAPERS (new eligibility criteria highlighted below)

The European Association for Sociology of Sport is proud to announce the 12^th Eass Young Researcher Award. The aim of the award is to facilitate the integration of outstanding graduate students and young researchers into the European community of sociology of sport scholars. The award will be granted to a scholarly paper authored by a young researcher, which is deemed by a panel of judges to be of highest quality. The winning author will be invited to receive the award and present the paper at the Annual Conference of the Eass, to be hosted by Southampton Solent University in 18-21 May 2020 (https://www.solent.ac.uk/solent-sport/eass-2020-conference). The winning paper may be considered for publication in the European Journal for Sport and Society, , should the author wish to submit it.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS: 31^st January 2020

Selection Committee 2019:

Dr Mahfoud Amara (University of Qatar), Dr Tamas Doczi (University of Budapest), Dr Belinda Wheaton (University of Waikato), Dr Davide Sterchele (Leeds Beckett University).

All papers and enquiries should be sent to Dr Davide Sterchele at [log in to unmask]

Eligibility:

·         Any student who is registered for master or doctoral level graduate work at the time her or his paper is submitted.

• Any researcher, younger than 35, who was awarded PhD not earlier than 2 years before the submission deadline of the YRA call for papers.
• The committee will accept only one submission per author.

Awards:

• The winning author will be invited to attend the Eass conference free of charge and to present the paper to the plenary session during the closing ceremony, in which they will receive a €500 monetary prize sponsored by Eass.
• Eass sponsored prize of membership in Eass for the year after which the award is also granted.
• The panel of judges may also give one honourable mention. Young researchers receiving an honourable mention will also have their papers accepted for presentation in a parallel session at the Eass conference free of charge and will receive a €250 monetary prize sponsored by ENGSO Youth.
• The name of all winning authors will be posted on the Eass website (see: http://www.eass-sportsociology.eu/award-winners/)

Requirements:

·         Candidates will submit a scholarly paper on a topic that is of interest to the European sociology of sport academic community. Please submit two separate files: the first one must contain the title of the paper and the full contact information of the author; the second one must contain the title, the abstract and the full text of the paper (here the author should remain anonymous).

• Papers with a length of over 8,500 words (references included) will not be considered.
• Papers must be original, i.e. not already submitted elsewhere.
• Papers must be single-authored (please contact Dr Davide Sterchele if you need clarification).
• Authors will submit a letter, signed by her or his academic advisor, verifying their student status or the date of their PhD completion (not earlier than 2 years before the submission deadline).
• Authors will comply with the publications guidelines of EJSS

(see: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=ress20)

·         Papers should be sent to the Award Committee Chair in electronic copy (Microsoft Word).

·         When sending the full paper for the YRA, those authors who plan to attend the conference regardless of the YRA results must also submit their abstract separately via the on-line submission system of the general conference.

Further information about the Award at: http://www.eass-sportsociology.eu/awards/