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The official languages for the conference are French and English.

Proposals for papers (extract and bibliography) should be between 5000 and 6000 characters long, including spaces, and address one or more of the themes described in the call for papers (main theme to be indicated in the submission). Submissions must include : a title, the surnames and given names of the author(s), the authors’ affiliations, up to five keywords, and key references. Submitting proposals in the on-line submission module follows three steps:

1. in the first form, fill out the fields for title, abstract (including a reference list), theme(s), language (English or French) and keywords. Please remove any information that could reveal the identity of the authour(s);
2. indicate the name(s) of the author(s) and their affiliation(s);
3. check the information and confirm.

The Advisory Panel will evaluate proposals with respect to the following criteria:

• Relevance of the paper to one of the four themes;
• Interest of the research object and objectives;
• Clarity of the methodology and relevance of the theoretical framework;
• Presence of theoretical or empirical results;
• Quality of the writing

As for previous editions of EPAL, participants will be able to submit their paper for publication either in a journal (possible partner journals have been contacted) or in the online conference proceedings. Information about partner journals will be published soon on the conference website.