Student presentations are the heart and soul of this conference! We invite all students to consider presenting, either on their own or as part of a small team. Both undergraduate and graduate students are welcome.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
To present, students must prepare and submit a proposal that engages with the theme outlined in the call for submissions or that otherwise addresses a peace studies issue. Students who wish to present as a group should designate a single group member to submit their materials and serve as the group’s point of contact.
The submission form requires students to provide their name, school, contact information, presentation title, and topical keywords. Students must also select up to two preferred session formats, upload their proposal, and give a brief quote about how their submisison will enhance this year’s conference.
PROPOSAL SELECTION
Submitted proposals are read, scored, and selected by conference leadership, sometimes with the help of volunteers recruited from among their peers, and then selections are reviewed and confirmed by the committee’s academic advisor. The students selected to present will receive their invitation by email in mid-February with instructions on how to confirm their participation.
Proposals will be evaluated based on their relevance to peace studies and the conference theme, the originality of the topic and its potential interest to a student audience, and the quality of the presentation outline and structure.
The reviewers might also consider the overall diversity of topics submitted and the student’s relative level of experience on the topic. These two additional factors will not automatically disqualify proposals, but if the pool of submissions is competitive, they might be used to select between proposals of similar quality.