SUBMISSION PROCESS

Important dates

  • Dec 15, 2025: Submission of abstracts
  • Jan 15, 2026: Notification of acceptance
  • Jan 31, 2026: Submission of essays / visual essays
  • Feb 06, 2026: Registration deadline
  • Mar 01, 2026: Registration deadline
  • Mar 26–28, 2026: Conference

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

This call addresses first-hand doctoral researchers but is also open to postdocs and researchers in academic and professional practice. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

  1. Abstract (3,000 char.) specifying the title, the topical focus and its research context, underlying concepts, foreseen results, methods, relevance and originality. Please indicate clearly whether you are a doctoral researcher, and in which stage, postdoc or researcher in academic and professional practice.
  2. Outline of a reflection (3,000 char.) about Trajectories of your research, including collaborative/interactive aspects, and how they are referred to Trajectories of space discussed in your research.
  3. Image and graphics catalogue (at least 3 images), with captions, indication of authorship of images, copyright, and permission to publish. The author(s) of the contribution are responsible for the authorisation to publish the images and need to provide the necessary details.
  4. Short CV (800 char.).

Submission is through EasyChair, please fill out all the fields of the submission form. Parts 1–3 are to be handed-in as one pdf file without mentioning the author(s) name. The file must be in DIN A4 format and may not exceed a maximum of 6 pages in total and a file size of 5 MB, named with the title of the contribution. Please do not include your name and short CV in the main file you are uploading. While filling in your contact information in EasyChair, please add in the template your short CV.

ESSAY / VISUAL ESSAY SUBMISSION

Admissible applications, complying with the points above, will be given into a peer-review process to select participants for the conference. Authors will be supported with feedback for preparing the presentation.

Before the conference, further materials need to be handed in:

  • an essay of 10–15,000 characters, with an abstract (1,000 characters), bibliography, and up to 6 images or graphics,
  • or a visual essay of up to 12 images (artefacts, photography, graphics, performances, installations, etc.) explained by texts of 8–10,000 characters, with an abstract (1,000 characters) and bibliography, in case enriched with linked multi-media, video, or interactive materials.

Additionally, a brief description and reasoning (one page A4) is encouraged about the planned experimental presentation format at the conference.

PUBLICATION

Abstracts of admitted contributions will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts. Essays of selected participants will be published in the conference proceedings (open access with DOI and ISBN).

PRESENTATIONS

For each contribution at the conference 20 minutes of presentation by the author(s) are foreseen and 40 minutes of discussion with a board of respondents, as a second peer review. In-place participation is obligatory, except in particularly justified cases. Participants are encouraged to realise experimental presentation formats for the presentation and discussion at the conference, using different sorts of objects, media, creating spaces of immediate experience, live performances, artefacts, multi-media installations, or movie clips.

Submissions review process, and registration of CA²RE SUBMISSION are managed through the management platform.

CA²RE HANNOVER 25 – SUBMISSION