For inquiries please contact the Doctoral Consortium Chairs.

Important Dates

  • Submission Deadline: 2 July 2026 Anywhere on Earth.
  • Notification: 30 July 2026.
  • Camera-Ready Deadline: 13 August 2026.

Call for submissions to Doctoral Consortium

The Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for research students to present and discuss their dissertation research with senior researchers and other students in an interdisciplinary workshop setting. We invite applications from students who have defined their dissertation research direction but still have substantial work to complete.

Benefits of Participation

  • Receive constructive feedback on your dissertation work from senior researchers and peers
  • Network with other doctoral students working in HCI and related fields
  • Gain mentoring from experienced faculty members
  • Discussions about career ambitions and development strategies
  • Develop your research and presentation skills
  • Published extended abstract in the conference proceedings
  • Special networking events during the main conference
  • Financial Support: selected participants will receive a registration fee reduction for the main conference

Selection Process

All submissions will undergo a juried-by-committee process. Participants will be selected based on:

  • The quality and clarity of their research proposal
  • The potential benefit from participation in the consortium
  • The contribution to the diversity of topics, methods, and perspectives in the consortium

Submission Guidelines

  • A paper up to 4 pages long (excluding references). This section will be published, and should include:
    • Thesis title
    • Author name, affiliation, and contact information. (The advisors and collaborators of the students cannot co-author submissions)
    • 150 word Abstract - summarising your PhD topic and focus
    • Up to 5 keywords - defining your research area
    • Problem statement and motivation
    • Related work and background
    • Research questions and objectives
    • Approach - describing/detailing your methodology, timeline and current status
    • Results and/or expected contributions
    • References
  • Submissions are not anonymous and must be single-authored by a doctoral student.
  • Doctoral students who already attended or are accepted to another Doctoral Consortium or equivalent events are not prioritised.

Submission Process

Submissions are via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=britchi26

Formatting: Please adhere to the Electronic Workshops in Computing paper format. Authors should submit their documents in PDF format as a single PDF.

General instructions for writing manuscripts: https://www.bcs.org/media/4864/ewic-paper-preparation.pdf

Word Templates
Windows: https://www.bcs.org/media/4866/ewic-paper-template.dot
Mac OSX: https://www.bcs.org/media/4867/ewic-paper-template-mac.dot

LaTeX
Instructions: https://www.bcs.org/media/4868/ewic-latex-template.pdf
Class file: https://www.bcs.org/media/itwpirx0/ewic-latexcls.zip
Main file: https://www.bcs.org/media/4870/ewic-latex.tex

Multiple paper submissions and submitting across multiple tracks: If you are planning to be an author on multiple submissions, please carefully read information below regarding publication fees before submitting your work.

Use of AI: Authors should declare how AI has been used in the writing the submission (i.e. in the idea generation, literature review, data collection, and writing) in the Approach section of the paper. The authors may use an Appendix (which will not be published) if this additional space is needed to achieve this.

Publication

Accepted DC papers will be published online in the conference proceedings, accessible via ScienceOpen. They will also be indexed in the ACM Digital Library.

Publication fees: the substantial costs associated with the processing and digital archival of manuscripts, the following registration policy applies:

  • One Registration per Paper: At least one author must register at the conference for each accepted paper.

  • Multiple Papers by a Single Author: If an author has multiple accepted papers and is the only author with a conference registration, a Mandatory Publication Fee of £100 will be charged for each additional paper beyond the first.

  • Co-authored Papers: If a different co-author registers for each subsequent paper, the additional publication fee will be waived.

We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to BCS BritCHI 2026!