Sufficiency and Beyond: Navigating the Middle Way

We are pleased to announce this call for abstracts for the "Sufficiency and Beyond: Navigating the Middle Way" conference in Oslo on June 23-24. Come up with some great ideas on sufficiency, and submit them before February 15th here.

The Sufficiency and Beyond conference invites contributions that explore the concept of sufficiency in all its dimensions: conceptualisation, operationalisation, methodologies, and practical application. Abstracts may, but are not limited to, develop and explore the concept within and/or between these sectors:

Food and agriculture
Digitalisation
Energy
 Mobility 
Buildings and construction 
 

Contributions focussing on production, consumption or both are welcome. While rooted in the social sciences and humanities, the conference welcomes contributions from all disciplines, particularly where there is an aim to contribute inter- or transdisciplinary.

Note also that the conference size will be limited, and we aim for around 50 participants. If we get many contributions, this might impact our evaluation and selection process of abstracts.

A selection of the abstracts may also be invited to contribute to an edited volume or Special Issue. We will provide more information on this at the conference.

Mobility

For the Mobile Lives Forum, mobility is understood as the process of how individuals travel across distances in order to deploy through time and space the activities that make up their lifestyles. These travel practices are embedded in socio-technical systems, produced by transport and communication industries and techniques, and by normative discourses on these practices, with considerable social, environmental and spatial impacts.

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Important dates:

January 2025: Call for abstracts launched
February 15: Deadline for submitting abstracts
March 15: Notice on acceptance of abstracts
May 1: Early-bird registration deadline
June 1: Final registration deadline
June 23-24: Conference held at University of Oslo, Norway
 

Conference venue: University of Oslo, Blindern campus

Conference fee:

There will be a small fee for participation to cover mainly the food. More information will come on this in 2025.

For questions and further information, do not hesitate to write us:

Marius Korsnes: marius.korsnes@ntnu.no

Cheng Yu: yu.cheng@ntnu.no

Submission guidelines

Formats: Oral presentation or alternative format. We will cater for oral presentations (of around 15 min each), but we welcome suggestions for alternative formats such as workshops, roundtables or other ideas. We aim to avoid long sessions with a series of 15 min presentations, so formats that are more engaging are highly appreciated.

Length: Max. 3000 characters.

Content: All abstracts should explicitly relate to the conference topic. This is the primary evaluation criterion.

How do I submit? Submit your abstract through this form before February 15th, 2025

Questions: Feel free to ask Marius Korsnes: marius.korsnes@ntnu.no or Cheng Yu: yu.cheng@ntnu.no anything.