8^th South East European Doctoral Student Conference

16 - 17 September 2013, Thessaloniki - Greece

Thematic Areas

The conference will have an interdisciplinary focus and will cover various topics related to information technology, economics and business, political and social sciences. The following topics are encouraged, but are not exclusive:

Research Track 1 - Enterprise, Innovation and Development (Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics)

Banking crises
Foreign Direct Investment
Corporate Governance
Defence and Peace Economics
Applied Econometrics
Agricultural Economics
Environmental Economics
Logistics & Green Supply Chain Management
Corporate Finance & Financial Systems
Quality Management & TQM
Customer Behaviour
Marketing Planning
Organisational Analysis & Learning
Human Resources Management
Strategic Management Marketing
Change & Innovation Management
Knowledge Management
Public Management
Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development
Management of SMEs
Tourism
Growth and Development
International Business
Applied Statistics
Efficiency Analysis

Research Track 2 - Information & Communication Technologies

Software Engineering
Formal Methods
Software Verification
Model Checking
Software Testing
Modelling and Simulation
Service-oriented Computing
Cloud Computing
Educational Informatics
Technology Enhanced Learning
Lifelong Learning
Information Security
Information & Knowledge Management
Information Retrieval
Artificial Intelligence
Multi-Agent Systems
Computational Biology
Robotics
Semantic Web Technologies
Social Media Networks
Next Generation Networks
Wireless Access Networks
Mobile Networks
Health Informatics
Geographical Information Systems

Research Track 3 - Society and Human Development: Psychology, Politics, Sociology, and Education

Psychology

Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy
Positive Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Educational Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Intelligence, Personality, and Individual Differences
Health Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Clinical Psychology and Treatment of Mental Disorders
Sports psychology
Emotional Intelligence & Well Being
Cognition and Emotion
Motivation, Attention & Human performance
Cognitive Neuroscience
Ageing and Cognitive Functions
Quality of Life in Chronically-ill and Healthy Populations
Psychology of Substance Use and Addictive Behaviours
Cyber Psychology and Social Networks

Sociology

Modern Sociological Theory
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Mobilization Theory
Stratification and Class
Gender Studies
Urban Sociology
Sociology and Architecture
Inequality and Social Exclusion
Religiosity
Ethnicity, Identity
Social Policy
Genocide Studies
Post-Socialist Transformation
Europeanisation
Family and Community Life
Crime (Deviance) and Criminal Justice

Politics and International Relations

Comparative Politics
Political Thought: Ideas and Ideologies
Media and Politics
Political Violence, Terrorism and Counter-insurgency
The Politics of Globalization
Defence and Diplomacy
Crisis Management
Public Health and Social Care Policy
Risk Analysis
The Politics of Post-Communism and Transition
Elections and Electoral Systems
EU Policy and Integration
International Relations
Migration
Public Administration
Nations and Nationalism
Conflict and Peace
Geo-Politics (and Strategic Studies)
Regional Development
Environment
Parties and Party Systems

Education

Special Educational Needs
Health Education & Promotion
Online education
Intercultural Communication
Ethno-linguistics
English as a Lingua Franca
The EU and Language
Language Teaching and Testing