Abstract Submission
Guidelines for Abstract Submission
Adhering to submission guidelines is crucial for abstract acceptance. Key points include:
- Submission deadline: 17th April – 10th May 2026) from the date of announcement
- Word limit: Maximum 350 words (excluding title and authors)
- Required sections: Background, Description, Lessons Learnt, and Conclusions or Background, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
- Formatting: Often submitted through an online portal in plain text format.
- Categories: Abstracts are usually submitted under specific tracks (e.g., Track 1: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Africa’s Grand Challenges, Track 2: Breaking the Silence: Writing African Narratives for Global Impact and Track 3: Navigating the Publishing Ecosystem).
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- Focus: Climate change, public health, sustainable development, food security, urbanization, etc.
- This track invites abstracts that demonstrate how transdisciplinary research (integrating multiple academic disciplines and non-academic stakeholders) is being applied to address complex, real-world problems in Africa. Submissions should highlight the integration of diverse knowledge systems, including community and indigenous knowledge, and show how research outputs are designed for both scholarly impact and policy/practice relevance.
- Focus: Epistemic justice, decolonizing research, storytelling, underrepresented perspectives
- This track centers on abstracts that challenge dominant Western-centric research narratives and amplify marginalized or silenced African voices. Submissions may reflect on the process, ethics, and challenges of writing research that is locally grounded yet globally relevant. Contributions from early-career researchers working in fragile or conflict-affected contexts, indigenous knowledge systems, or historically underfunded disciplines are especially encouraged.
- Focus: Manuscript writing, journal selection, peer review, open access, ethics
- This track invites reflective or evidence-based abstracts on the practical and political dimensions of academic publishing from an African perspective. Submissions may include case studies of successful publication strategies, barriers encountered, mentorship models, or innovations in open science and preprint culture. Priority will be given to abstracts that offer actionable insights for fellow early-career researchers.