14th Annual Conference Call for Papers: Submissions

Submissions are accepted through the form above.

We ask interested parties to send us an abstract of about 500 words via the submission portal before the 29th June 2025.

Please select the ‘choose files’ option on the form above and attach relevant files. Please also add your name and contact email address before selecting ‘submit’.

If you cannot submit through this form, please contact jubileecentrepapers@contacts.bham.ac.uk and include all relevant information in your email.

Following submission, you should receive email confirmation. This can sometimes take several minutes to come through.

If you do not receive and email confirmation, please check the email address and resubmit.

If you still encounter issues, please contact jubileecentrepapers@contacts.bham.ac.uk

While our focus this time is on issues regarding character and virtues in the context of the tripartite conceptualisation, we will also look favourably upon proposals that explore other more general character-related issues from an educational, social scientific, philosophical, religious, or practice-oriented perspective. There will be parallel sessions devoted to general topics in the area of character, virtue, and character education. We particularly welcome proposals from teachers, professionals, and other practitioners.

We particularly welcome proposals from teachers, professionals, and other practitioners.

The papers are reviewed over the few weeks following the submission. It is likely you will find out around mid/late July 2025. If you have not received any correspondence by the end of  July, please contact jubileecentrepapers@contacts.bham.ac.uk

You are welcome to submit a paper alongside a colleague/co-speaker, however places are limited. It may be that we can only invite one of you to attend, so please clarify who would be your primary speaker on the form above.

If you have a co-author who is not interested in attending the conference, please do not enter their name on the form but keep their name on any uploaded files. 

This conference is an interdisciplinary conference discussing any topic relating to ongoing and future global challenges to healthy character development. 

We welcome proposals discussing AI, mental health, and environmental and political issues and will also look favourably upon proposals that explore different character-related challenges from an educational, social scientific, philosophical, religious or practice-oriented perspective. There will be parallel sessions devoted to general topics in the area of character, virtue and character education.

We particularly welcome proposals from teachers, professionals, and other practitioners.

Registration for the 14th annual conference will not open until later this year. Successful papers will be informed once the registration places are open.

A waiting list is available here if you are interest in attending as a non-speaking guest

The conference fee is £475

This includes full board (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)  at Oriel College from lunchtime Thursday 8th to lunchtime Saturday 10th.

Details of how to pay the registration fee will be provided in due course to those invited.

If you were not invited and wish to be placed on the waiting list, please complete the waiting list form that will be available once registration begins.

Please contact jubileecentrepapers@contacts.bham.ac.uk