The FLARE Secretariat is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for our 10th Annual Meeting! The Meeting will be held in Rome, Italy at the Auditorium Antonianum and the University of Notre Dame Global Gateway, October 3-7, 2024. The FLARE Annual Meeting provides a lively forum for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from around the world to share, discuss, and build connections around leading-edge research and developments relating to forests and livelihoods. This year’s meeting has special significance as it marks FLARE’s 10th anniversary.
Themes
We welcome any submissions relating to the overall Meeting theme of “Imagination and Innovation for Forests and Livelihoods.” Proposals for FLARE 2024 are particularly welcome that:
- Include collaboration between researchers, scientists, government officials, concerned citizens, activists and advocates, business leaders, journalists, and others;
- Involve early career scholars and practitioners, including in intergenerational partnerships;
- Are led by scholars from low- and middle-income countries/the Global South;
- Are holistic in scope, such as full thematic panel or roundtable sessions, and/or that
- Invite FLARE meeting participants to consider diverse perspectives on the idea of “innovation” and use their imagination in considering the future of forest livelihoods.
Please see the 2024 Annual Meeting page for more information about overall theme and sub-themes.