The submission portal is closed (deadline: January 20, 2023).

We invite academic and research submissions in three different formats: Oral Presentation, Symposium, Poster Presentation.

If you want to submit a proposal to present at the conference, please read the submission guidelines below. ⬇️

The conference committee will make a final selection of presentations, posters, and symposia based on scientific quality, relevance, importance, and impact. Unsuccessful submissions for oral presentations may be given the opportunity to present a poster instead.

All submissions should be related to one (or more) of the main themes of the conference:

  • The psychological, social, and societal factors shaping how we perceive and think about animals, human-animal relations, and animal welfare and rights
  • The impact of advocacy strategies related to animal rights, veganism, meat reduction and reduction of other animal products (e.g., dairy, eggs)
  • The social and behavioural science of animal cruelty, meat consumption (and other animal-product consumption), vegetarianism/veganism, and speciesism
  • The connections and intersections between human-animal relations and human intergroup relations as well as between animal ethics and other social justice domains including environmentalism, feminism, anti-racism

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations will be allocated 10 minutes + 5 minutes for audience discussion.

The default option is to deliver the talk in-person, but there will be some limited availability of time slots for virtual talks. You will be able to indicate your preference when submitting your proposal.

Submissions must include:

  • Names and affiliations of all authors
  • Contact details of the corresponding/presenting author
  • Presentation title
  • Abstract:  150 words limit, including rationale, methods, results, and implications of the work to be presented
  • Keywords: 4 or 5.

Symposia

The default option is to hold the symposium in-person, but there will be some limited availability of time slots for virtual symposia. Please contact the conference organisers directly via email (animaladvocacy@kent.ac.uk) in case you would like to hold the symposium virtually.

Symposia should include 4-5 speakers on a common theme relating to the conference topics. Symposia will be allocated 75 minutes and the chairperson will be in charge of timing individual talks and audience discussions.

All symposium submissions must include:

  • Name, affiliation and contact details of the symposium chair
  • Symposium title
  • Keywords: 4 or 5
  • For each presentation:
    • Names and affiliations of all authors
    • E-mail address of the speaker
    • Presentation title
    • Abstract:  150 words limit, including rationale, methods, results, and implications of the work to be presented

Poster Presentations

Submissions must include:

  • Names and affiliations of all authors
  • Contact details of the corresponding/presenting author
  • Poster title
  • Abstract:  150 words limit, including rationale, methods, results, and implications of the work to be presented
  • Keywords: 4 or 5.