BIAPT Doctoral Student Day Conference 2025
This is the page for the 2025 event, to see details and register for the 2026 event, please see this page: https://www.biapt.org/event/biapt-doctoral-student-day-conference-2026/
Join us for the British and Irish Association for Practical Theology’s annual Student Day Conference, taking place online on Friday 25th of April 2025.
About the conference:
BIAPT’s annual student day conference offers the opportunity to share your research, network with fellow students, and have a go at presenting a paper in a supportive and encouraging environment specifically for the student community. The day will feature student work-in-progress papers of twenty minutes, followed by space for discussion and feedback. See below for details on submitting a paper proposal.
We are very pleased to be joined this year by Dr Sarah Dunlop, Lecturer in Practical Theology and Directory of Ministry Research at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Dr Sarah Dunlop will present on her recent work on visual ethnography, and further lead us in a workshop exploring this method.
The conference is intended to strengthen the postgraduate community within BIAPT, and to provide the chance to explore current and up-and-coming research in the field of practical theology.
This event is open to all postgraduate students – whether you are studying full-time or part-time, for a masters, professional doctorate or PhD, you are very welcome to get involved!
The one-day conference will be held online via Zoom, in order to make it as accessible as possible. The Zoom link will be sent out to participants closer to the date.
For any further information, please contact Monica Jones, the BIAPT doctoral student representative at docstudrep@biapt.org
Call for Papers CLOSED:
Papers are invited from postgraduate students on any topic related to practical theology. This could include methodologies, ethics, an introduction to your project/subject area, or a paper based on a thesis chapter. The call for papers is purposefully broad to allow any and all student members of BIAPT the opportunity to present.
Please send abstracts (up to 250 words) for 20 minute papers and a short author biography (up to 75 words) to docstudrep@biapt.org by 14th March 2025.
REGISTRATION:
Register for the Student Day Conference below.
Please note there is a £5 registration fee to cover conference costs. Should this be a barrier to attendance, please reach out to Monica at docstudrep@biapt.org