Call for Papers

The 2020 Positioning Theory Research Conference is intended for early-career to senior academics, higher degree students, community researchers and practitioners with interests in connecting with research related to positioning theory. The conference language will be English.

Guidelines for Developing a Proposal/Paper

Submit your as a PDF or MS Word file. Proposals must be no more than 1500 words and must contain:

Title
Author(s)
Affiliations
Email addresses of all authors and one author designated as “contact email”
Abstract: The abstract is a single paragraph of 200 words to describe the topic focus of the proposal. The abstract should indicate the paper type: empirical, theoretical/conceptual, or methodological
Keywords: Up to five (5) keywords
References: In APA style

Read Full Guidelines for 2020 Call for Proposals

Submitting Your Proposal

Before submitting, please save your proposal as a PDF file
Submit your proposal using one of the following options:
1. Send your proposal as an email attachment to Professor Mary McVee at positioningtheoryconference@gmail.com
2. Submit your proposal using our web form

Review Process

Two reviewers will provide feedback to the steering committee on the alignment of the paper to the conference.

Key Information

• Conference Dates: July 19 to 22, 2020
• Location: University at Buffalo, SUNY
• Hotel information: Accommodations near UB
• Advance registration: $225 US
• Advance registration opens: March 16, 2020
• Advance registration closes: April 16, 2020

• Proposal submission guidelines
• Proposal submission close: Feb. 15, 2020– Proposal deadline extended to Feb. 28, 2020
• Proposal decisions: March 15, 2020

Submit a Proposal Now using our web form