Call for abstracts: Include 2022

Include is a global conference that focuses on inclusive design and its people-centred, creative approaches. It is hosted by The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art. Submit your abstract for academic papers and posters under one of the conference themes.

Submitting an abstract

Everyone wishing to present their work to the conference must submit an abstract describing the proposed work. Abstracts must be:

• No longer than 300 words
• Anonymised for peer-review, i.e., please edit out author names, institutional affiliations, project partner names and any other descriptors that may make you identifiable as the author(s) of the publication
• Of high academic standard, both in terms of scholarly quality and use of English language.

Submission types

1. Academic papers
2. Posters

Academic research papers

Papers should address one of the Submission Tracks and should be of high scholarly quality with correct use of English language. We welcome a wide range of research submissions, including critical literature reviews and empirical, theoretical or conceptual papers. In all cases concepts and underlying principles should be defined, with relevant background information that will aid the understanding of other researchers and readers. If data is presented from primary research, e.g., patient interview data, ethical clearance and considerations should be clearly presented.

The work should not have been published elsewhere and should not be intended to be published elsewhere once accepted for inclusion to the conference. Full paper submissions should be between 2,500 and 3,000 words maximum, excluding the abstract and references.

All papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed.

Posters

We invite poster submissions of design projects and research that are currently underway or recently completed. In the first instance you must submit an abstract of not more than 300 words describing the poster relating to one of the submission tracks.

If your abstract is selected you will be sent a template and further guidance on how to produce your poster. Presentation of the poster at conference will also include a 3-minute video recording which will be hosted within a dedicated space on the conference platform. Posters will be displayed for the duration of the conference and there will be an allocated slot for contributors to present their posters virtually, so that conference participants have an opportunity to discuss the project with you. Participants will vote for the best poster and a prize will be given for the poster receiving the highest number of votes.

Submission tracks

We recommend that you first read the Calls for Academic Research papers and Posters before you select one or more Submission Track(s) for your work. The six submission tracks are:

• Track 1: Age and diversity
  (accessibility, designing across the life stages, neurodiversity, hidden disabilities, design for independent living)
• Track 2: Health and wellbeing
  (pandemic response, humanising healthcare, future of healthcare, community and public health, mental health and wellbeing)
• Track 3: Design for social impact
  (design for policy, Community design, sustainability, sanitation, global innovation)
• Track 4: Design value and business impact
  (inclusive innovation, design management, design value and impact, design for organisational transformation, knowledge transfer, design leadership, future of work)
• Track 5: Inclusive design applications
  (technology, architecture and built environment, fashion, product design, service design, mobility, banking, etc.)
• Track 6: Inclusive design: theory and practice
  (design thinking, systems design, theoretical frameworks, design futures, design education, etc.)

Submit your Abstract

Please submit your abstract via the Oxford Abstract platform.

Key Dates

• 5 May 2022
  Abstract submission deadline (anonymised for double-blind peer-review)
   
• 16 May 2022
  Notification of selection status
   
• 30 June 2022
  Full paper submission deadline (anonymised for double-blind peer-review)
   
• 5 July 2022
  Confirmation of acceptance of paper for presentation at the conference
   
• 31 July 2022
  Submission of final version of the paper (camera-ready version for publication in the conference proceedings)