The Working Groups

What is a Working Group?

A working group is, in this context, a research topic that you think can bring together a wide range of researchers with similar interests. You suggest a title for the Working Group and describe the theme. The theme should link to the main theme of the conference. Find the main theme here.

What is the role of the Working Group?

The Working Group gets the role of chairman in their session during the conference. The Working Group is free to structure the abstract presentations within your session in a way you find suitable for the discussions. Each session runs for 90 minutes.

What are the steps in the procedure?

1. You submit a Working Group proposal, togther with a title and description of the theme. Find more information here.
2. The Organizing Committee of the Ruralities and Regions in Transition reviews the Working Group applications. The committe informs the submitters about their approval or rejection no later than [31-03-2026]. 
3. If the Working Group proposal is accepted the titel, theme and name of coordinator(s) will be advertised on our website no later than [01-04-2026].
4. Those who want to participate in the conference submit a proposal for an abstract to present in one of the Working Groups. The Call for Abstracts opens from [01-04-2026]. The link for the submission will be posted on our website.
5. The Coordinator(s) review(s) all the abstracts and assigns some to the specific Working Group. There will be approximately 4-5 abstracts linked to each Working Group session. If many abstracts are submitted to the same Working Group, the Working Group will receive more than one session.
6. The organizer informs the submitters about their approval or rejection of abstracts no later than [15-06-2026].
7. The registration opens in  [15-06-2026].
8. The organizer communicates the number of Working Groups, number of sessions, days, and timeslot.