Proposal | Submission Guidelines

Conference Proposal Guidelines

Purpose and Goals

Before submitting your proposal, please carefully review each Conference Presentation Type. When submitting your proposal, you will need to select the presentation format most conducive to showcasing your work. Conference presenter registration allows you to present in-person, online, or both in-person and online.


1. Proposal Presentation Types


Select a suitable presentation type:


2. Abstract


A concise description of the purpose, methods, and implications of your scholarly work. This will be used to evaluate and place your work in the appropriate session. See the “Knowledge Focus” section below for drafting guidelines.

  • The abstract should be a single paragraph of no less than 50 but no more than 250 words.

  • Do not include citations in the abstract. Avoid mentioning other works, but if you must, mention them so the abstract can be read without the need to consult a reference list. E.g. “Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ‘Philosophical Investigations.’”

  • Avoid acronyms, but if you must use them, spell them out in full. E.g., “CGRN (Common Ground Research Networks)”


This will appear in the Conference Program and will provide the information other delegates use to choose your session to attend.


3. Keyword Set

Keywords are used to organize presentations into appropriate sessions, so please choose words that clearly describe the main idea of your work. Please submit your keywords in the title case and separated by commas.


4. Knowledge Focus

Choose whether your work has an Research focus, Practice focus, or Theory focus.


Empirical Research Focus (Formerly Research)

  • Empirical Research involves careful and systematic observation of the world. It creates distance and relies on detachment between researchers and their subjects, with strategies to ensure fact-based impartiality and objectivity.

  • Discipline examples: sociology, psychology, education, arts, design, economics, business, natural sciences etc.

  • Methods examples: qualitative methods (e.g. case study, open-ended surveys, and interviews, focus group); quantitative methods (e.g. select response surveys, measurement, statistical analyses); mixed methods (qualitative + quantitative methods).


Abstract

 Without repeating the words of the title, begin the abstract with a sentence on the research topic of this conference presentation or journal article. Then, in the next sentence, state the objectives of your research and the reasons why it was undertaken. In the following sentence, explain the practical relevance and theoretical significance of this research. Next, identify the disciplinary framework, academic field, or thematic domain to which the work aims to contribute. The qualitative, quantitative or mixed research methods you have used can then be described in a sentence. This is followed in a sentence describing the research tasks undertaken, such as data collection and procedures of analysis. Now, in one sentence or at the most two, outline the main results of the research, including its limitations. End the abstract with a sentence that states the conclusions drawn from this research, such as possible explanations of phenomena, arguments that might validly be made, interpretations that can be applied, and implications pointing to further work.

 

 

Topic

Objective

Relevance

Field

Methods

Knowledge Activities

Results

Conclusions


Practice Research Focus (Formerly Practice)

  • Research Practice or Design involves interventions in which the researcher is an active participant. This may entail any or all of either or all of scoping for feasibility, planning, implementing, and evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention. The credibility of the researcher’s reporting depends on triangulation with other sources and moderation with alternative perspectives, such as research subjects, stakeholders, and independent experts.

  • Discipline examples: (same range as empirical research) sociology, psychology, education, arts, design, economics, business, natural sciences, etc.

  • Methods examples: qualitative methods (e.g. case study, open-ended survey, interview, focus group); quantitative methods (e.g. select response surveys, measurement, statistical analyses); mixed methods (qualitative + quantitative methods).

Abstract

 Without repeating the words of the title, begin the abstract with a sentence on the area of the intervention that you will be discussing in this conference presentation or journal article. Then, in the next sentence, state the objectives of the intervention and the reasons why it was undertaken. In the following sentence, explain the practical relevance and theoretical significance of such an intervention. Next, identify the kind of practice, the disciplinary framework academic field in which such an intervention is positioned. The methodology of the intervention can then be described in a sentence. This is followed in the next sentence by a description of the processes or stages of the intervention including how its effectiveness was evaluated. Now, in one sentence or at the most two, outline the main outcomes of the intervention, its successes and failures or limitations. End the abstract with a sentence that states the conclusions drawn from this intervention, such as possible explanations of process, interpretations of success or failure, and recommendations for future practice.

 

 

Topic

Objective

Relevance

Field

Methods

Knowledge Activities

Results

Conclusions

Interpretive Research Focus (Formerly Theory)

  • Interpretive Research takes existing knowledge artifacts and parses them for their meanings: the things to which they refer, the agencies they reflect, the structures they have, the settings in which they appear, and the interests they reflect. The objects of interpretive research may include philosophical texts, historical documents, literary works, media objects, artworks, designed objects, constructed environments, or available datasets.

  • Discipline examples: literature, philosophy, history, cultural studies, social theory, semiotics, linguistics, law, etc.

  • Methods examples: literary criticism, ontology (philosophical and digital), epistemology, critique, scenario planning, policy formulation, agenda development, data mining, quantitative meta-analysis, unsupervised machine learning.

Abstract

 Without repeating the words of the title, begin the abstract with a sentence on the topic of this conference presentation or journal article. Then, in the next sentence, state the objectives of your interpretive work and the reasons why it was undertaken. In the following sentence, explain the relevance and significance of such work and the need for re-interpretation of the kind you are offering. Next, identify the disciplinary framework, academic field, or theoretical domain to which your reinterpretation aims to contribute. The methods you used to collate source material can then be described in a sentence, such as literature review, textual analysis or critical reappraisal. This is followed in the next sentence by a description of the knowledge work undertaken, such as artifact analysis, close reading or theoretical reconceptualization. Now, in one sentence or at the most two, outline the main results of your interpretive work. End the abstract with a sentence that states the conclusions that might be drawn from your re-interpretation.

 

 

Topic

Objective

Relevance

Field

Methods

Knowledge Activities

Results

Conclusions


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