Information about Presentations

Call for papers

We are delighted to open our call for papers for our 2026 Annual Conference titled: Housing Transformed: Climate, Health, and Technology in an Uncertain Future.

Join us for the Housing Studies Association Annual Conference 2026 as we come together to share and discuss cutting-edge housing research and policy/practice issues during uncertain times for housing systems. 

Housing is at the heart of some of the most pressing challenges of our time. As we navigate an era of rapid change, climate transitions, public health crises, and the rise of AI and data-driven decision-making are reshaping housing policy, practice, and the lived experience of households. How can housing systems adapt and evolve to ensure resilience, sustainability, and justice in an uncertain future? 

The #HSA2026 Conference will bring together academics, policymakers, and practitioners from across disciplines to explore how housing is transforming – and how we should respond. This event is a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research, challenge dominant narratives, and collaborate across sectors to shape the future of housing. 

We warmly welcome contributions from UK-based and international researchers (within and outside of academia, from all disciplinary backgrounds and at all stages of their careers), policymakers and practitioners, campaigners, activists, and communities and contributions that consider both single country and comparative cases.We would particularly welcome offers of jointly-authored papers which establish a dialogue between practice and academia. The conference will further explore broader housing and place research, theoretical developments and policy developments. 

At the Housing Studies Association, we are proud of our welcoming and friendly atmosphere at the conference, and we strongly encourage the submission of papers related to housing-related research, practice, and education, irrespective of their direct alignment with the conference theme, fostering a diverse and inclusive discourse on housing studies.

Our conference offers an opportunity to engage in broader discussions including (but not limited to):

• Housing and climate transitions, 
• The relationship between our housing and neighbourhoods and our physical and psychological health, 
• Housing finance and economics, 
• Quasi-households and alternative housing consumption bundles
• Intersectional inequalities in access to safe and secure housing, 
• The approaches to conceptualising ‘home’, 
• The management and governance of housing providers,
• Urban change and dynamics in housing systems,
• Fuel poverty,
• The design and quality of residential buildings,
• Harm and housing,
• Emergency services and our communities; risk, safety, prevention and response,
• Leadership, Management, Organisational Change and Culture,
• Housing, migration, and communities,
• Global and cross-sectional responses to housing crises,
• Housing activism and politics,
• Housing displacement and gentrification,
• Technology, AI, and Data in Housing,
• Political and economic uncertainty,
• Homelessness, housing and welfare policy, and, 
• Other topics relating to housing-related research, education, and practice.  

Key dates

Deadline for submissions: Friday 28th November 2025 at 5pm

Notification of acceptance: By the 23rd January 2025

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

1. What formats are you accepting for this year’s conference?

We are holding a hybrid conference with in-person and online presentations. We will be accepting the following:

• In-person full-paper presentation in Sheffield
• In-person lightning presentation in Sheffield
• Online full-paper presentation (to be presented live during the International Housing Symposium)
• Online lightning presentation (to be presented live during the International Housing Symposium)

2. What length should the presentation be?

• In-person full-paper presentations should last between 15 and 20 minutes, followed by 5-10 minutes of questions (dependent on the length of the presentation).
• Online full-paper presentations should last between 15 and 20 minutes, followed by 5-10 minutes of questions (dependent on the length of the presentation).
• Lightning presentations should be 5 minutes, whether in-person or online. 

3. What is a lightning presentation?

You can choose to deliver a 5 minute talk on your work or ideas. These are ideal to showcase work in progress or condense your research and thinking down to key take-aways for policy actors. 

4. How do I submit an abstract/proposal?

We are using the Oxford Abstract platform for the end-to-end management of the conference. This includes abstract submission, registration, and accessing conference resources, timetable and the platform. 

5. Do I have to submit a full paper?

No you do not have to submit a full paper, however, we will be making it possible for you to upload a paper to your contribution. You will need to export your paper as a PDF and upload on the abstract dashboard. 

You will be asked to create an account (unless you have previously used this platform), please make sure that the email address you use to submit a paper is the same email address you use to register, all communications around your paper and registration will come through this sytem.