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Call for proposals

Call for proposals

Call for proposals

Submission of proposals

The ESERA 2027 Scientific Committee invites proposals for exploratory seminars, interactive posters, oral presentations, symposia, and workshops. Empirical and theoretical proposals are equally welcome. The submission platform opens on 28 September 2026. 

The submission deadline is 29 January 2027 (23:59 CET, UTC+1).  

Before submitting, we recommend carefully reading the instructions and guidelines and identifying the strands, themes, and keywords relevant to your proposal. 

Technical Criteria

To be considered for the ESERA 2027 Conference, all proposals must meet the following technical criteria for the double-blind peer-review process: 

  1. Anonymity: Ensure the extended summary does not reveal author identities, including anonymising self-citations and host institutions. 
  1. Deadline: Final submissions must be received by 29 January 2027 (23:59 CET, UTC+1). 
  1. Submission Portal: Proposals will be submitted exclusively via the online submission website. 
  1. Strands and Sub-themes: Choose one of the 20 ESERA Strands and, if applicable, a relevant sub-theme. Indicate additional suitable Strands and whether your proposal aligns with conference themes: critical thinking and science education, critical thinking in the age of misinformation, and critical thinking and artificial intelligence. 
  1. Proposal Components: Submissions should include: 
  • Author names and affiliations. 
  • A brief abstract (250 words max). 
  • An extended summary (2000 words max) includes a title, three keywords from the ESERA 2027 list, relevant references, tables, and figures. 
  • For exploratory seminars and workshops: A timetable using the ESERA 2027 Template (250 words max). 

6. Symposia: Symposia proposals must include three or four oral presentation submissions and a summarising abstract. 

An extended summary (2000 words max) includes a title, up to three keywords from the ESERA 2027 list, relevant references, tables, and figures. 

7. Presenter Roles: Each attendee can assume up to four presenter roles, limited to one instance of each role. 

  • Facilitator in an Exploratory Seminar 
  • Presenting an Interactive Poster 
  • Oral Presentation 
  • Coordinator or Discussant of a Symposium 
  • Workshop Facilitator 

8. Symposia Specifics: The symposium coordinator may not act as a discussant 

Style guidelines for preparing a proposal

1. Language: Proposals must be written in English. All contributions at the conference will be held in English.

2. Citation Format: Use APA7 (American Psychological Association) style for citations.

3. Consider review criteria: Each format has unique review criteria. Make sure that your proposal considers all of them.

Evaluation of proposals

Evaluation scores

At least two independent reviewers will evaluate each proposal. Reviewers will rank the quality of the paper based on the following criteria (maximum score of 28):

  • 4 – Excellent
  • 3 – Good, meets the criterion
  • 2 – Fair, some weaknesses
  • 1 – Poor, significant weaknesses or absent information

Review ouctomes

  • High Quality: The proposal will be accepted directly if both reviewers rate it as high quality (at least ‘good’ for all criteria)
  • Poor Quality: The proposal will be rejected automatically if both reviewers rate it as poor quality for all criterio
  • Intermediate Quality: Proposals rated in the intermediate range will be reviewed by the Strand Chairs. The Scientific Committee will then make a final decision (Acceptance/Rejection/Change to Another Format) based on recommendations from the Strand Chairs

If one or more proposals within a symposium are rejected, the accepted proposals will be considered as individual oral presentations.

Review Criteria

Here you can find each session format available for proposal submission, including specific review criteria and submission procedures for each format. Note that submission steps and criteria may vary by format. 

Extended abstracts for all conference formats may be considered for inclusion in the conference proceedings and the book of selected papers. Guidelines for revising extended abstracts for these publications will be provided later.