Call for Papers

Important dates

  • Abstract submission opens: 3 March 2025
  • Abstract submission deadline: 25 April 2025
  • Notification on abstract decision: 18 June 2025
  • Registration opens: 1 July 2025
  • Registration deadline: 26 September 2025
  • Radical Care Week: 27 – 31 October 2025

The abstract submission form will open here on 3 March 2025.

Themes

The abstracts can be submitted to following themes:

  • ATUT 01: Education
  • ATUT 02: Energy
  • ATUT 03: Digitalisation
  • ATUT 04: Ecology
  • Re-City 01: Theory and ethics
  • Re-City 02: Urban transformation
  • Re-City 03: Social and spatial justice
  • Re-City 04: Urban democracy and activism

The descriptions of the themes can be found on respective conference sites, ATUT  and Re-City. Please, find below the conference-specific information about the submissions.

ATUT Symposium

ATUT abstracts are accepted in both English and Finnish. Presentations can also be given in either of these languages.

After the ATUT Symposiumtwo publication options will be possible, and authors can express a preference when submitting their abstract:

1. A full paper for peer-review in Architectural Research in Finland (ARF). The submission process to ARF is independent, and presenters who wish to submit will do so individually through the ARF’s online submission system with deadline on 31 December 2025. Note that presenting at ATUT does not guarantee publication in ARF.

2. A book chapter contribution for a peer-reviewed book in Routledge, co-edited by Dr. Raúl Castaño and Prof. Sofie Pelsmakers , co-chairs of research group ASUTUT Sustainable Housing Design. Only suitable abstracts/papers presented in the symposium will be invited. Note that book chapter submission deadline is on 16 January 2026.

Re-City Conference

Re-City abstracts are accepted only in English. The maximum length of an abstract is 200 words. Presentations should be be given in English.

After the Re-City conference, there will be an option to publish in the DATUTOP series.

3. A book chapter contribution for a peer-reviewed DATUTOP book co-edited by Riina Lundman and the Democracy Research Network at Tampere University. Presenters who wish to submit the book chapter will mark this in the abstract submission form, and the editors will invite the suitable abstracts/papers for the book. The DATUTOP book chapter submission deadline is on 28 February 2026.