Call for paper

Call for paper

We encourage papers (written and presented in English) to engage with topics that offer pathways for understanding how heritage preservation can be leveraged for economic benefits while ensuring sustainability and cultural integrity. The theme can be approached from a variety of perspectives and approaches, including but not limited to the following:

  • Balancing economic development and heritage conservation
  • Development pressure and heritage conservation
  • Heritage preservation and social cohesion
  • Heritage preservation and sustainability
  • Building/rebuilding cultural infrastructures
  • Cultural heritage and a changing cityscape
  • Narratives of urban transformation
  • Community engagement in heritage conservation and urban growth
  • Heritage as a catalyst for cultural and creative economies
  • Measuring the economic impact of heritage preservation
  • Appearance and disappearance of urban cultural heritage
  • Development of heritage sites and community development
  • Technology and heritage: Innovations in preservation
  • Heritage tourism and sustainable economic models
  • Public-private partnerships in heritage conservation
  • Ethical transformation of heritage
  • Heritage policy, governance, and urban planning

Submission guidelines

  • Max 250 English words for individual paper abstracts
  • Max 300 English words for panel abstracts, in addition to 250 word abstracts for contributing papers
  • Please include the following information in your submitted abstract/panel proposal: name, title/position, email, institutional affiliation, and attendance mode (onsite encouraged)

PhD candidate scholarship applications

To encourage research in this area among young scholars, the organizing committee is pleased to announce three PhD candidate scholarships. The award will cover the conference fee, 3 nights’ accommodation, and any local cultural activities organised by the conference committee.

For those who hope their papers to be assessed for PhD Scholarships, you should submit a full paper not less than 6,000 words in English (excluding abstract and bibliography) on any subjects addressing the conference theme.

Full programme and collection of abstracts

A full programme and abstracts will be available near the time of the conference.

Planned outputs

  • A special issue with an international peer-reviewed leading academic journal
  • An edited volume with an international key humanities/social science publisher

We are happy to announce that one of our media/publishing partners for this conference is the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism.