Terms and conditions for conference submissions

Contributors agree to abide by the following terms and conditions in their submissions to conferences organised by the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS). Personal information of contributors will be stored and managed in accordance with our privacy policy.

1.  General

1.1  The conference’s Programme Committee will decide to accept or reject a submission, and their decision is final.

1.2  All abstracts will be independently reviewed by at least two reviewers from the Programme Committee. Where reviewers cannot agree whether to accept or reject a submission, they will refer it to the Programme Committee Chair.

1.3  The online submission form will ask for the names and affiliations of all co-authors, but the Programme Committee will only contact the presenting author.

1.4  The language of the conference is English and all presentations should be in English.

1.5  CLS will notify submitting authors of the outcome of their submissions by email as soon as the review process has been completed (in Spring 2026). Authors should acknowledge receipt and act on any feedback from the reviewers in a timely fashion to ensure high-quality Conference Programme.

1.6  By making a submission, the presenting author warrants that they will attend the conference and present their submission if it is accepted, unless extenuating circumstances prevent them from doing so. It will be possible to change the named speaker to a co-author in such cases.

1.7  All presenters must register for the conference and pay the registration fee to secure their place in the programme. Presenters who do not register will not be included in the Programme.

2.  By submitting to the conference:

2.1  You warrant that your Contribution will be original, will not violate or infringe any existing copyright or other right (of whatever nature) of any third party; will contain nothing obscene, blasphemous, defamatory, misleading or otherwise unlawful; and you further warrant that you have full power to enter into this agreement.

2.2  If your Contribution does not conform to the warranties set out in 2.1 above, you will indemnify the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London against any claims, loss, injury, damage or costs (including legal costs) that arise as a result of your breach of warranty. You will be responsible (at your expense) for obtaining permission for the inclusion in the Contribution of any third party copyright material.

2.3  Copyright of the Conference Programme as a whole is with the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London. Authors retain the rights to their individual Contributions included in the Programme, and by submitting their work for presentation at the Conference, authors grant a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London to reproduce the Contribution in the Conference Programme and other materials relating to the event.

2.4  The Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London will have the right, where we consider it necessary, to revise, edit, amend and correct the Contribution for grammatical errors and consistency, or to meet space restrictions in the Conference Programme.

2.5  The Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London, their partners and staff take no responsibility and accept no liability whatsoever for the accuracy, impact, or consequences of any Contribution presented at the conference and published in the Conference Programme. Papers reflect the authors’ opinions, not those of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London, their partners or their staff.

If you have questions or concerns about these terms & conditions, please contact clsevents@ucl.ac.uk.