ABSTRACT SUBMISSION & REGISTRATION

• Submission for Proposals opens: June 15, 2021
• Submission for Proposal closes: October 31, 2021
• Authors will be notified of the reviews outcome around December 1, 2021

First call for proposals

The EARLI Special Interest Group Writing and Umeå University invite proposals to the 19th biennial SIG Writing conference to be held at Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden on June 20–22, 2022. Immediately prior to the conference, 17–19 June 2022, a research school will be held. Although the conference will be held on campus in Umeå, we will offer a low-budget alternative zoom version. However, this basic zoom experience cannot be considered as an equivalent experience to attending on campus. 

The aim of the conference is to promote interaction among researchers who are interested in understanding the cognitive, social and developmental processes involved in writing, who are concerned with designing writing instruction in various educational settings, or with exploring the functions of writing in different social and institutional contexts. The scope of the conference is broad, and we hope to draw together a wide range of researchers and professionals.

The conference theme for SIGwriting 2022 is #right2write, as it would have been in 2020. Technology has become ubiquitous and is changing how we communicate, and how we perceive modes of communication. Writing has historically been important for democratic change, and this is perhaps even more so today given that the ubiquitous nature of technology affords all the possibility to use writing as a driving force of social evolution, both positive and negative. We, therefore, particularly invite contributions for SIGwriting 2022 that focus on the conference theme of #right2write, and consider writing as civic and democratic participation, and writing in equitable learning environments.
 

Submissions

• All proposals must be submitted using the online submission system: https://www.earli-eapril.org
• Presentation formats are Paper, Poster, Symposium, Roundtable, and Demonstration sessions. These are described below.
• PhD students and Emerging Researchers are invited to submit to and participate in the pre-conference research school. See https://www.sigwriting2022.se for information about the research school and how to submit proposals for research school.
• All proposals are blind reviewed by two reviewers to ensure high quality and relevance for the conference.
• The reviewers evaluate the proposals for relevance, originality, clarity, and breadth.
• The reviewers evaluate symposia for their cohesion and relevance, and each included paper for quality.

Paper

• Proposals must be written in English.
• The abstract of 250-350 words (including any references) should include the following:
  • Research topic / aim
  • Theoretical framework / area of investigation
  • Methodological design
  • (Expected) conclusions/findings
  • Relevance to domain of writing and other forms of text production
  • 5-6 key words
• No extended summary is needed.
• Paper presentations will last 25 minutes, including at least 5 minutes for questions and discussion. They will be scheduled in 90-minute sessions of three papers.
• Please plan your presentation to allow for questions within the 25 minutes allocated to your paper. We suggest that you end your presentation with a couple of potential questions in order to stimulate discussion after your presentation.

Poster

• Proposals must be written in English.
• The abstract should be 250-350 words (including any references).
• No extended summary is needed.
• The research poster is a popular method of presenting research findings succinctly through a combination of text and graphics. Research posters must be printed and the space available is A0 portrait, i.e., 1189mm (height) X 841mm (width).
• The Poster Exhibition Area will be open for the entire conference. Your poster will be displayed from the morning of the 20^th of June through to the afternoon of the 22^nd of June. 
• All poster authors will present in a poster session where poster authors should be prepared to explain and answer questions about their research to those attending the Poster Exhibition.

Symposium

• Symposia consist of one 90-minute session organized by the submitters.
• Symposia include a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 papers, a named chair and a named discussant, who will offer a critique of the symposium and its papers.
• At least 3 countries need to be represented in a symposium.
• Proposals must be written in English.
• A symposium is submitted as a single submission that includes a description of the symposium (250-350 words) and the abstracts for all the papers to be presented as part of the symposium (250-350 word abstract per paper).
• No extended summary is needed
• Two weeks prior to the conference the proposer needs to provide the discussant with the presentations included in the symposium.
• It is possible to link two or more symposia together. Indicate in the title of each of the linked symposia the order in which they should be presented. When possible, the parts will be allocated in non-parallel time slots in the order suggested by the proposers.

Roundtable

• Round tables are organized for researchers who wish to focus on a specific topic, theoretical or methodological issue, and discuss and debate the topic for 45 minutes.
• Proposals must be written in English.
• The organiser of a roundtable submits a proposal with a plan for the roundtable that includes the title for the roundtable and an abstract of 250-350 words (including any references), in which the topic and objective of the roundtable is stated.

Demonstration session

• Proposals must be written in English.
• The proposal consists of an abstract of 250-350 words (including any references) presenting a tool or method, its novelty, and applicability.
• Authors will present a live demonstration using their laptop and other necessary equipment and/or devices. Software simulations or videos can also be used during the demonstration session. 
• Each demonstration session will last for 20 minutes and will run in parallel with other demonstrations.

Questions

Any questions regarding abstracts and abstract submission should be emailed to elisabet@umea-congress.se