Call for essay
Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Institute, in order to support writers and thinkers, will publish the thoughts and projects of dear writers and researchers in the framework of scientific articles and will pay cash rewards for the best articles.
The purpose of this program is to collect scientific articles and identify the young and elite talents of Afghanistan. The best articles of this competition will be published in a research book entitled “One Hundred Saving Ideas for a Peaceful and Prosperous Afghanistan” with the name and details of the author of the article. This book consists of six chapters and based on four core components (values of open society, mutual acceptance and pluralism, freedom and prosperity, and the fight against extremism), researchers’ research articles are collected.
The process of essay writing competition is online at the national and international level among Afghan youth and writers, which starts on January 25, 2022, and the deadline for receiving articles is February 20, 2022, and on March 20, 2022; The best articles will be announced and cash rewards will be given to the best authors.
First component: open society values
Related topics:
- The position of human rights in the national laws of Afghanistan
- The role of the rule of law in providing social justice
- Ways to achieve good governance
- Market economy and its role in investment development
- Democracy in Afghanistan; Challenges and strategies
- Limited governance and its impact on the growth and development of human societies
- Opportunities and challenges of market economy in Afghanistan
- The role of civil society in political and social developments in Afghanistan
- Practical and useful steps to realize democracy
- Indicators of open society / closed society
- Advantages of liberalism against communism
- Freedom of expression; Challenges and strategies
- The role of social justice for the transition from social challenges in Afghanistan
- The role of political and social participation of women in the development of Afghanistan
The second component: reciprocity and pluralism
Related topics:
- The role of mutual acceptance in ensuring sustainable peace
- The role of scholars and religious institutions in promoting ideas of mutual acceptance
- Strategies to promote reciprocity in Afghanistan
- The role of intellectuals and academic institutions in promoting pluralism in Afghanistan
- Obstacles to ensure reciprocity in Afghan society
- The position of mutual acceptance in Islam
- The relationship between pluralism and Islamic teachings
- The role of pluralism in the transition from conflicts in Afghanistan
The third component: freedom and prosperity
Related topics:
- Individual freedoms and economic development
- Practical and scientific solutions to realize freedom
- The place of freedom in Islam
- The role of freedom in providing social welfare
- Obstacles to freedom and prosperity in Afghan society
- Solutions for providing welfare in Afghanistan
Fourth component: fight against extremism
Related topics:
- Cultural and social factors of extremism
- Solutions to fight extremism
- Economic, political, and religious factors of extremism
- Factors of the growth of extremism in Afghanistan
- Damage caused by extremism in Afghanistan
- The role of youth, scholars, and academic institutions in the fight against extremism
The structure of the article
- Title
- Name and surname of the author
- Abstract: Statement of the problem, purpose of the research, method and manner of the research and the important findings of the research should be briefly stated. The keywords of the research should be noted at the end of the abstract.
- Introduction: statement of the research problem, research background, necessity and purpose, innovation aspect, main and secondary questions, author’s hypothesis and working method should be explained.
- The main text of the article: theoretical or conceptual framework, research method, analysis and discussion about the topic of the article based on scientific sources.
- Conclusion: Detailed research findings and providing solutions
- references
Article criteria:
- be between 1000 and 1500 words;
- written using the research method;
- At least 8 reliable scientific sources should be used and the citation should be based on the APA method;
In-text sources: (surname, year of publication: page number), example: (Beheshti, 1400: 124)
- All references should be in-text and avoid writing references in footnotes.
references:
*. Book: surname, name (year of publication), title of work, place of publication: publisher.
Example: Beheshti, Abdul Qahir et al. (1400), Youth and Enlightenment; Factors and Consequences of Extremism in Afghanistan, Kabul: Institute of Economic and Legal Studies of Afghanistan.
*. Translation book: surname, name (year of publication), work title, translator, place of publication: publisher
Example: Butler, Eamon (2021), An Introduction to Entrepreneurship, translated by Mohammad Khaled Ramzai, Kabul: Afghanistan Institute of Economic and Legal Studies.
*. Internet resources:
Example: Saiedy, Seyyed Mustafa (1400), The serious need to produce mutual acceptance literature in the current conditions of Afghanistan, available at: https://aelso.org/articles-literature_on_mutual_acceptance-saiedy/
- The author’s name and surname, official photo, and email should be included in the article;
- The text of the articles should be suggestive and provide scientific solutions, and criticism without a solution should be avoided;
- contain constructive messages and scientific and logical content.
Note 1: You can discuss various other topics centered on the four basic components (values of open society, reciprocity and pluralism, freedom and prosperity, and extremism) in your articles and present these topics to us in the form of a scientific and research article. .
Note 2: According to the mentioned criteria, the Institute of Economic and Legal Studies of Afghanistan will analyze and evaluate your articles and materials and will pay fees to the best articles after the review by the faculty. And in addition to that, the best authors will be able to participate in conferences and major programs of the Institute of Economic and Legal Studies of Afghanistan.
Deadline for receiving the article:
You can send your articles to the following email address until March 1, 2022:
research@aelso.org
If you need more information, you can contact Abdul Qahir Beheshti on WhatsApp number (0744020502); Contact the research officer of the institute.
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