Venue: Napier University, Edinburgh
Dates: 18th to 19th November 2026
More information around the SERA 2026 Conference theme and strands can be found here.
The conference will accept individual papers, symposia, short presentations and poster presentations as well as suggestions for roundtable discussions, workshops and performance/arts-based sessions. See below for more details on each of these different formats.
Individual Papers
Individual papers require a 250-word abstract. Each paper will be allocated a 20-minute slot (15 minutes presentation: 5 minutes questions). Abstracts should include:
- Strand (best fit from the list above);
- Title of paper;
- Author name(s), affiliation(s), contact email address;
- 4 keywords
- Aims; methods; main findings; conclusions
Symposia
A symposium is a planned event lasting 60 minutes with between two and four individual contributions on a theme. If you are thinking of organising a symposium and are looking for collaborators, please get in touch with our network leads for advice. Symposia organisers are free to decide on how their symposium is run. They should provide a chairperson who will introduce the session and highlight relationships amongst the contributions. Symposia organisers should also provide a discussant to offer a critique of the whole symposium. The contact person identified on the proposal must act as a link between the conference organisers and other contributors. Proposals should include:
- title of symposium;
- Name(s), affiliation(s), contact email address of the symposium organiser;
- Name of chairperson/discussant;
- An outline of 200 words
- Symposium presenters;
- 250-word abstract describing the purpose of the symposium and the relationship between papers.
Short Presentations
A short presentation is an engaging and highly visual presentation of 15 slides for a maximum of 20 seconds each (300 seconds or five minutes in total). The format keeps presentations concise and fast-paced and is useful when wanting to highlight key points, pose questions, present evocative insights, and/or share research in-progress efficiently.
Short presentation proposals require a 250-word abstract. Abstracts should include:
- Strand (best fit from the list above);
- Title of paper;
- Author name(s), affiliation(s), contact email address;
- 4 keywords
- Aims; methods; main findings; conclusions
SERA Submission Dates
- Call for proposals opens Monday 6th April 2026
- All proposals to be sent to conference@gmail.com by Friday 15th May 2026
- Peer review of abstracts will be completed by the end of June 2026
- Notification of acceptance will be given on or before the week beginning Monday, 27th July 2026
SERA Conference Registration Arrangements
SERA Conference registration will open from early May 2026.