Abstract Submission Instructions
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Call for Submission
Good day, members of the Adventist Human-Subject Researchers Association,
The AHSRA 2023 International Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. There will be a Pre-Conference Research Ethics and Grant Writing Seminar on May 23, 2023.
A Virtual and in Person Conference (Hybrid)--May 24–27—To keep our organization’s momentum going, AHSRA officers and planning committee decided to hold a hybrid conference in 2023, hosted at Adventist University of Africa (AUA) Nairobi, Kenya. We will hold the conference from May 24-27. This is a Wednesday through Sabbath. We will work to schedule events and individual presentations to be feasible as far as possible to our different time zones.
Conference Theme--Future of Adventism, Education, Social Issues, and Spirituality—The focus will be on the role of faith in healing and thriving.
This theme is broad and is intended to cover a wide variety of Human-Subject research in educational research, social issues, and spirituality. Other topics outside of the theme are encouraged as well.
Submissions--All submissions should be made to Andrews University Digital Commons at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/ahsra/2023/
Proposal submissions must include the following information:
The AHSRA 2023 International Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. There will be a Pre-Conference Research Ethics and Grant Writing Seminar on May 23, 2023.
A Virtual and in Person Conference (Hybrid)--May 24–27—To keep our organization’s momentum going, AHSRA officers and planning committee decided to hold a hybrid conference in 2023, hosted at Adventist University of Africa (AUA) Nairobi, Kenya. We will hold the conference from May 24-27. This is a Wednesday through Sabbath. We will work to schedule events and individual presentations to be feasible as far as possible to our different time zones.
Conference Theme--Future of Adventism, Education, Social Issues, and Spirituality—The focus will be on the role of faith in healing and thriving.
This theme is broad and is intended to cover a wide variety of Human-Subject research in educational research, social issues, and spirituality. Other topics outside of the theme are encouraged as well.
Submissions--All submissions should be made to Andrews University Digital Commons at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/ahsra/2023/
- Abstract submission by January 17, 2023
- Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 16, 2023
- Recorded Presentation (for online presenters): May 9, 2023
- Early Bird Registration ends April 10, 2023.
Proposal submissions must include the following information:
- Name and contact information for the person(s) making this submission.
- A title and one-page presentation summary (250-500 words not including title and names).
- A 50-word abstract suitable for printing in the final program.
- A list of references/bibliography, which includes some sources published within the past 5 years.
- The proposal offers a rationale that the presentation will add to the body of knowledge currently available on the topic addressed.
- The proposal includes a practical component that participants can readily apply in practice, ministry, or service.
- The proposal is clearly informed by the current literature.
- The concepts in the proposal are clear and the proposal is understandable and well organized.
- The proposal includes high-quality data that was appropriately collected and analyzed (or the analysis plan is appropriate and reasonable).