1 Theme

It is our pleasure and privilege to invite you to participate in the International Conference on“Social Development and Innovation in a Global Perspective” to be held in July, 2017 in Wuhan, China. Since 2015, it is our 3rd conference for International Union of Eminent Scholars and call for international cooperation on sociological and social work research. We obtain strong support and wide acclaim from Chinese researchers. Hosted by School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the 3rd conference brings together researchers from both China and around the world.

The 3rd conference will continue our insistence on quality and innovation, and exhibit following features:

1) Quality: The conference will focus on the quality of academic publications and comments by using professional peer review mechanism, so that participants can fully express their views, and receive valuable feedback.

2) Globalization: We invite eminent scholars at home and abroad to participate in to create a platform for international exchange and cooperation. For selected scholars abroad, we will subsidize the cost of international transportation.

3) Innovation: Designed to nurture and develop our future research leaders, our conference does not limit the theme of papers and encourage young scholars to present their innovative or frontier sociological or social work research. We welcome both theoretical and empirical research.

We sincerely invite eminent scholars at home and abroad, in the field of sociology and social work, to submit your paper and present your findings.

2 Hosting School

School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

3 Date

July 1-2, 2017

Registration begins on June 30th.

4 Address

Huazhong Technology University International Academic Exchange Center in Wuhan, China

5 Fee

（1）The conference does not charge any fees.

（2）We will cover the cost of meals and hotel fees for paper presenters, selected reviewers and speakers. We will help all other participants reserve the hotel but will not cover the cost.

（3）We will not cover domestic travel but will subsidize the cost of international travel.

6 Paper Submission

（1）Deadline for paper submission: May 1st, 2017

（2）We welcome sociological and social work paper and do not limit the theme.

（3）All papers should be written in Chinese or English.

（4）After peer review process, we will announce the outcome via email before May 15th, 2017.

（5）Agenda will be announced before June 15th, 2017.

7 Committee Members

Zuoyu Zheng and Xiang Gao

8 Email:

cehepar@hust.edu.cn

xiangxianggao@hust.edu.cn