Proposal Submission

Note: Important additional information concerning your conference participation can be found under Meeting Guidelines. Please review this information before submitting your proposal.

Individual Paper Presentations

Overview

Individuals may submit ONE proposal to present a researched-based paper. If your paper proposal is accepted, the program committee will group it with three or four other related papers into a panel. Each panelist presents his or her paper. After all of the panel’s papers have been presented, an open discussion follows with the audience. Each panel includes a moderator, who manages the time and introduces the panelists. (Note: To avoid scheduling problems and to maximize opportunities, each presenter is limited to participation in one session).

Submission steps for paper presenters

(These instructions are applicable only to presenters submitting a paper to be grouped by the program committee. If you are presenting a paper on an organized panel, your panel organizer will complete the submission process.)

1. Review the meeting topic category list below and determine which category best matches your proposal. (You will be required to provide the topic category name on the submission form.)

• Arts, Culture, Media
• Economic Development, Redevelopment, Tourism, Urban Economics,
  Urban Finance
• Education, Schools, Universities
• Environmental Issues, Sustainability, Urban Health, Technology and Society
• Globalization, International Urban Issues
• Governance, Intergovernmental Relations, Regionalism, Urban Management
• Housing, Neighborhoods, Community Development
• Public Safety in Urban Areas, Criminal Justice, Household Violence
• Immigration, Population and Demographic Trends
• Infrastructure, Capital Projects, Networks, Transport, Urban Services
• Labor, Employment, Wages, Training
• Land Use, Growth Management, Space and Place, Urban Design,
  Urban Development, Urban Planning
• Poverty, Welfare, Income Inequality
• Human/Social Services, Nonprofit Sector
• Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Diversity
• Social Capital, Democracy and Civil Society, Social Theory, Religion
  and the City
• Urban Indicators, Data/Methods, Satisfaction/Quality of Life Surveys
• Urban Politics, Elections, Citizen Participation
• Urban Theory, Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in Urban Affairs
• Professional Development, The Field of Urban Affairs

2. Make sure that you provide the following information in your abstract file.

• Paper title (maximum length of 125 characters [approximately 18 words])
• Abstract text (maximum length of 3000 characters [approximately 420 words])
• All co-author information (if applicable)
  • Full name
  • Affiliation (e.g., institution or organization) and department
  • City, State/Province, Country
  • E-mail address
  • Phone number

3. Email your abstract file to uaa@udel.edu.

After you have submitted your proposal, please check out the conference links at the top of this page. The answers to most of your questions can be found on this site. Check back often for updated information. If you have questions that are not answered on this site, visit the Contact Us page for UAA staff contact information.