2nd CfP: The European Conference on Argumentation 2027 (ECA 2027) **********************************************************************************
The European Conference on Argumentation (ECA) is a biennial pan-European initiative aiming to consolidate and advance research on argumentation across various disciplines. The special topic of ECA 2027 is
"Argumentation in Scientific Discourse",
with the main objective to identify the key research areas related to the role of argumentation in the production, communication, and critical evaluation of scientific knowledge. Science is inherently argumentative: from the construction of hypotheses and the interpretation of evidence to the peer review process and the public communication of research findings, argument is the lifeblood of scientific inquiry. Yet the norms, structures, and social dynamics of scientific argumentation remain incompletely understood and are today subject to unprecedented pressures. Hence there is a need to develop and refine the conceptual and methodological tools that argumentation research can offer to better understand, evaluate, and strengthen argumentative practice across the full spectrum of scientific discourse — from the laboratory notebook to the policy brief, from the journal article to the science podcast.
Submissions outside of the scope of the special theme Argumentation in Scientific Discourse are also accepted. We invite submissions from all sub-disciplines of argumentation, on all relevant topics, and employing a variety of methods and approaches. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- argumentative design - argumentation schemes and patterns: analogy, practical argument, conduction, … - argumentation in special contexts: finance, medicine, law, policy-making, academy, (social) media, … - artificial arguers (generative AI) - controversy and disagreement - critical thinking - dialogue logic, empirical logic, informal logic, … - discourse analysis - empirical research on argumentation - fallacies - normative pragmatics - education and pedagogy - philosophy of argument - rhetoric and argumentation - strategic manoeuvring - virtues - visual and multimodal argumentation More information on https://ecargument.org/.
-- Abstract submission --
Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=ECA/2027/Conference
Please not that authors need to register with OpenReview two weeks before submission!
1) Long paper, with a commentator
Submit an abstract of 1000 to 1500 words, ready for double-blind reviewing. Accepted papers are submitted before the conference (see “important dates” below) and are assigned a commentator. Authors receive presentation slots of 35 min. For publication purposes, long papers should not exceed 7000 words.
2) Regular paper, without a commentator
Submit a regular abstract of 300 to 500 words, ready for double-blind reviewing. Accepted regular papers are submitted after the conference, and no commentator will be assigned. Authors receive presentation slots of 25 min. For publication purposes, regular papers should not exceed 5000 words.
3) Thematic panel or symposium
Each thematic panel/symposium is expected to be related to the theme “Argumentation in Scientific Discourse”. Panels should allow presentations by 3 to 5 speakers with a total duration ranging from 90 to 150 minutes. Panels may include a panel respondent (panel organizer(s) or someone invited by the panel organizer(s)). Panel proposals are submitted by the panel organizer and should be prepared for double-blind review. Proposals shall include the following: a title, a description of the panel and its connection to the conference theme (300-500 words), the titles and abstracts of all contributions to the panel (300-500 words each), and the name of the respondent (if applicable). For publication purposes, panel/symposium papers may not exceed 5000 words (incl. references and footnotes). Please note that all abstracts in the panel/symposium should also be individually submitted by their authors as ‘Regular papers’. When submitting these individual contributions, authors must include the sentence “My paper is part of the thematic panel/symposium…” followed by the title of the symposium at the very beginning of the paper abstract.
4) Poster
Submit a regular abstract (300 – 500 words) ready for double-blind reviewing. Posters will neither be assigned a commentator nor published. Posters shall be in printed format (A1 size).
-- Submission and review policy --
Only one paper as first author, except when the author also submits a panel contribution. Double-blind peer review for quality and relevance by the Scientific Committee.
-- Scientific committee --
Annette Hautli-Janisz (University of Passau — Chair) Elena Cabrio (Université Côte d’Azur, Inria, CNRS) John Casey (Northeastern Illinois University) Gabriela Kisicek (University of Zagreb) Constanza Lucchini (USI Lugano) Steve Oswald (University of Fribourg) Lotte van Poppel (University of Groningen)
-- Important dates --
Abstract submission deadline: 20 November 2026 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 5 February 2027 Submission of long papers to commentators: 15 March 2027 Early-bird registration: 1 March 2027 Final registration: 20 May 2027 Conference: 28 June – 1 July, 2027
ECA 2027 will also be a site of various initiatives of the Argumentation Community of Europe (ACE, https://argumentationcommunity.eu/), including the ACE General Assembly with the elections of the Governing Board members. More details soon.