Communication intention > Conditions et modalités de soumission

Conference contributions and participations can come in several forms.
Presentations can be made in either French or English:

THEMATIC WORKSHOP ORGANISATION PROPOSALS   

Workshop topics can relate to general conference but also traditional public management themes. These include public performance, territorial marketing, public finance, public governance, history of administrations, management of local authorities, public HRM, e-administration and reform processes.

AIRMAP conferences include workshops, with about 15 being planned for this year.

These can be:

• either specific to the 2026 conference’s general theme and particular context, or
• more generic and relating to general public management and action themes. 

Workshop organisation proposals must specify the:

• title of the workshop
• workshop facilitator(s) (with their titles and emails)
• discussion topics or questions
• types of contributions expected
• bibliographical references 

Workshop proposals must be submitted by 1 December 2025 at the latest on the conference website.

Download the template (in .doc format) which specifies the layout instructions in French and English.

THEMATIC WORKSHOP COMMUNICATIONS 

Communication intentions may or may not speak to one of the thematic workshops being proposed for the conference (final list available from 15th January 2026).

Communication intentions must be sent in the form of a maximum 800 to 1500 words extended abstract (i.e. containing between 4,500 characters and 8,700 characters) and include the:

• title of the paper
• author(s) (with e-mail details)
• issue(s) being addressed
• research problems and questions
• theoretical positioning
• research methodology
• main findings (expected or obtained)
• bibliographical references

Download the template (in .doc format) which specifies the layout instructions in French and English.

Communication intentions can be written in either French or English. 

They must be submitted to the conference website by 09 February 2026 at the very latest.

The full and final text of ca. 20 pages (40,000 characters maximum) must be submitted to the conference website, by 27 April 2026 at the very latest.

Proposed papers must not have been published prior to the date of submission. If a journal submission is in progress at the time a paper is being proposed to the conference, this must be specified in a footnote attached to the title page. If the paper has been entirely or partially presented at previous colloquia, conferences or research events, this must also be indicated in a footnote attached to the title page, identifying the context (type of event, location, date) where a previous presentation was made.

A prize for the best paper will be awarded during the conference.

DOCTORAL WORKSHOP COMMUNICATIONS

Doctoral workshops are reserved for contributions from doctoral students, most of whom will be in the early stages of a thesis process focused on public management themes and/or related to the conference’s overall orientation.

As always, the conference will also be an opportunity to reward the best theses defended over the course of the previous year, relating to public or non-commercial management and/or public service actions.

The 2026 AIRMAP Best PhD Thesis Prize will be awarded during the conference.

Doctors who defended their thesis between 1 January and 31 December 2025 are eligible to apply, provided they have accepted the terms and conditions of the prize, available on the AIRMAP Association website. To enter, the entire thesis and thesis reports (both rapporteurs' reports and the final report) must be sent by email to the following address: prixdethese@airmap.fr

The application deadline is 2 February 2026.