FAQ

Frequently asked questions

  • 1. How do I register?

    Registering for the congress involves creating a user account on the website, where you can access all the information regarding the status of your registration.

    To create a new account, go to the congress website and LOGIN in the top right-hand corner of the page.

    - Select the option: “Create New Account” and fill in all the fields with your personal details You will be sent a confirmation email to activate your new account - check your inbox and if you haven't received any emails, check your Junk, Trash or Spam boxes.

    - Click on the link sent to you in that email to validate your account

    - From here you can LOGIN using your details: e-mail address + password you have defined

    ATTENTION: creating an account does not mean registering for the congress!

    To proceed with the actual registration, you must enter your personal area of the website with your LOGIN details, selecting the REGISTRATION tab.

    Follow the instructions given by the platform. Registration will only be complete once payment has been made. If you still have any questions, please contact the organization at congresso-aps@eventqualia.net.

  • 1.1. What are the deadlines and fees for registration?

    Registration fees can be found here.

    For authors whose paper/poster has been accepted, the registration fee must be paid by a date to be defined. Papers or posters by authors who have not paid their registration fee by that date cannot be included in the program.

    If you pay your registration fee but for some reason are unable to attend the congress, we will refund it, but only if the request reaches us by February 15, 2025.

  • 2. I have co-authored an abstract. Do I need to register if I want to attend the presentation?

    Yes. Although the congress does not require all the authors/co-authors of the abstract to register, only one must register for the work to be eligible for the review process, participation in the congress does require registration.

  • 3. What should I know about payment and invoicing procedures?

    The payment method available is by credit or debit card. If you are unable to pay by this method, please contact the organization at congresso-aps@eventqualia.net.

    To issue an invoice/receipt, please fill in the information requested after payment by selecting the option Transfer receipt: Enter the name of the person or institution to whom you want to issue the receipt; taxpayer (NIF, VAT/CPF); address of the person or institution and country.

    Please note that invoices are generated automatically based on the data entered at the time of registration and once issued cannot be changed.

    The invoice will be available in your personal area.

  • 4. How can I submit an abstract?

    To submit abstracts to the congress, you must already have created an account on the website - check how to create an account in section 1.

    Note: Before submitting your abstract, please read the submission guidelines carefully and also check the available thematic areas and sections.

    To submit your work:

    - Enter your personal area of the website by LOGIN with the email and password you have chosen
    - Select the ABSTRACTS tab
    - Choose the “Submit new abstract” option and fill in all the fields.

    You can participate in a maximum of three abstracts, but you can only submit two abstracts as first author (i.e. two abstracts as individual author or one abstract as individual author and another as first author of an abstract with several co-authors, or two abstracts as first author of a collective work).

    See submission rules in section 5.

  • 5. What are the abstract submission guidelines?

    Abstracts must be entered by the authors on the XIII Congress website by October 14, 2024.

    When submitting an abstract, the following fields must be filled in:

    1. Thematic Area/Section (see list and call for themes)
    2. Type of presentation (you can choose communication or poster)
    3. Title
    4. Abstract (between 1750 and 2500 characters without spaces)
    5. Keywords
    6. If there is more than one author, indicate their order, name, institutional affiliation and e-mail address.

    Abstracts may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish, English or French;

  • 6. How does the review process work?

    The type of presentation will be available in your personal area of the website. The result will be expressed in one of the following forms:

    -Communication proposal accepted at ST/AT
    - Poster proposal accepted at ST/AT
    -Communication proposal not accepted at ST/AT
    -Poster proposal not accepted at ST/AT
    -Communication proposal accepted on condition that it becomes a poster at ST/AT

    It may also happen that a proposal submitted to a particular Thematic Area is considered by the respective evaluators to be better suited to another Section/Thematic Area, and is therefore forwarded to that Section/Thematic Area in order to be evaluated there.

  • 7. What are the presentation guidelines?

    It is not necessary to submit a final paper in order to present your work at the congress.

    After the congress, a new submission/review phase will open to be included in the proceedings of the XIII Portuguese Congress of Sociology, at which point participants with papers presented will be able to submit the final article. The writing guidelines will be made available on the website in due course.

    All the information about presenting papers can be found here.

    Oral Communications:

    - Oral Communications have an average time of 12 minutes. This time may vary depending on the number of papers in the session. On average, each session has 5 papers.

    - There is no limit to the number of slides. Authors are asked to take the presentation time into account in order to avoid delays in the program.

    - The use of digital media is not mandatory.

    Posters

    - Posters are prepared in A1 PDF format.

    - The PDF must be submitted on the platform, together with the abstract. The deadline for submission will be announced shortly.

    Mandatory content and recommendations

    - Posters must include the following information in the identification area:

    - XIII Portuguese Congress of Sociology

    - Name of study/project

    - Name(s)/Academic Titles of the authors

    - Institution to which they belong

    -E-mail

    In the content area, the following are recommended, in the order indicated:

    - Objectives

    -Method(s)

    -Results

    -Conclusions

    -Bibliographical references (where applicable)

    -Final indication of funding sources (where applicable)

    Display and presentation

    Posters are prepared in A1 PDF format.

    - The PDF must be submitted on the platform, together with the abstract

    Online posters will be displayed in an appropriately identified place.

    In-person posters will be presented in the classroom using a 1-page PPT.

    Posters will be included in the online edition of the conference proceedings.

  • 8. Should I send the final article?

    It is not necessary to submit a final paper in order to present your work at the congress.

    After the congress, a new submission/review phase will open to be included in the proceedings of the XIII Portuguese Congress of Sociology, at which point participants with papers presented will be able to submit the final article. The writing guidelines will be made available on the website in due course.

  • 9. What should I know about the proceedings?

    After the Congress, the Proceedings will be published in electronic format, with DOI registration. Acceptance of the abstract and presentation of the paper at the Congress does not guarantee publication of the final text in the Congress Proceedings. The texts will be subjected to an evaluation and selection process under the responsibility of the current coordinators of the sections/areas in collaboration with the new coordinators who will be elected in the electoral process for the Thematic Sections that will take place after the Congress. The evaluation process will be based on the criteria used by the journal SOCIOLOGIA ON LINE.

    In addition, an online document (without ISSN/DOI) will be made available listing all the abstracts presented at the congress.

  • 10. SOCIOLOGIA ON LINE journal special/thematic issue

    The coordinators of the sections/thematic areas will select the best texts from their areas to be included in a thematic/special issue of SOCIOLOGIA ON LINE, if the authors agree.

  • 11. Cancelation policy

    Refunds are only made, deducting bank fees, in the case of cancellations communicated by February 21st 2025.

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