please mark proposals by 20 January
Dear ,
The call for papers closed last night at midnight and we had a great number of papers proposed (1078!). As over 50% of abstracts were proposed on the last day, we encourage you to now log-in to view the new arrivals!
Below you will find some guidance on marking, and advice around transfers, so please make sure you read it all.
Marking
Due to the popularity of the call we must limit the number of proposals you may accept, as follows:
Roundtables: All roundtables can have one 90 minute session and we recommend accepting no more than 4 to 5 contributions.
You may accept more than four contributions only if you are sure that you can deliver a good roundtable discussion in 90 minutes with more than four participants.
Panels: Panels can have four papers per on one 90 minute session. Depending on the number of proposals your panel has received, we'd like you to accept the following number of papers (and be allocated the appropriate number of sessions):
If your panel received
- up to 9 paper proposals, you can accept no more than 4 papers and your panel will be allocated one (1) session;
- 10 to 13 paper proposals, you can accept up to 8 papers and your panel will be allocated up to two (2) sessions;
- 14 to 18 paper proposals, you can accept up to 12 papers and your panel can be allocated up to three (3) sessions;
- 19 to 32 paper proposals, you can accept up to 16 papers and your panel can be allocated up to four (4) sessions;
Please note that all panels must have at least 3 papers in a single session to be viable and no panel can exceed four sessions in the timetable. We know that those with a very high intake thus are sadly forced to reject a higher proportion of papers, but as the conference will have just seven session slots for panels, a panel that runs longer than four sessions would deprive its participants from the rest of the conference.
Instructions on how to mark proposals on the system can be found on the Marking papers page.
If you feel that the concept of the paper has been generated using AI, feel free to contact the author to ensure there is robust and independent thinking before accepting the submission.
Transfers
Within the permitted limit, we advise you to accept papers that you consider to be of high academic quality, pertinent to your panel's theme and, ideally, representing a diverse range of approaches.
Use transfer only for rare exceptions - abstracts that truly stand out, but do not fit your panel. We will try to rehouse the transfer proposals in other panels. More details on the transfer process are on the Marking papers page.
Please do not set anything to transfer simply because you feel bad about rejecting – if the abstract is of poor quality, they should not be put through the transfer process only to end up being rejected again.
Final note
Please mark up your proposals by 20 January, ensuring all are either accepted, rejected, or transferred and none are left pending.
Please try to meet the requested deadline, as this affects all the proposers and all the panels. We will not be able to start the transfer process, or announce the Call for Funding, until all proposals have been marked up.
Do email us in case you have any questions
Accommodation
Dublin is the capital city of Ireland and is famed for it’s history, literary legacy, traditional music and friendly ‘craic’.
While there are many accommodation options available, they fill up VERY quickly and we cannot emphasise enough to start your search and book early in order to find the best option for you.
Do have a look at the Accommodation page for some of the options.
With best wishes for the New Year,
DSA2026 Conference administrators
