JPS 2027
Submission Deadline: January 8, 2027
**New this year! We will also hold an early review for those who need more time for visa applications or travel planning. If you would like to submit for early review, please submit by October 30, 2026.**
Conference Theme: “Reimagining Adolescent Development in Challenging Times”
The aim of the invited program for the 2027 Jean Piaget Society meeting is to challenge researchers to consider how they approach traditional questions of development amid changing societal conditions – particularly those conditions associated with decreases in the quantity and quality of social interaction. Researchers of adolescent development can explore how transactional interactions within changing social contexts might influence various developmental trajectories, ranging from challenges to more effective means of interaction. Click the information icon to read more.
Some prominent questions to be addressed include:
How do the last 15 years of changes in adolescent social interaction challenge us to reframe issues of adolescent development?
Can adolescent challenges and adversity be leveraged into the development of adaptive skills and resilience?
How do significant developmental contexts such as parent-adolescent relationships, peer relationships, and school contexts influence adolescent development in the face of changes in social interaction?
What methodologies are useful to understand/examine the ways that adolescents actively construct social understanding of conflict and challenges?
What are effective prevention and intervention strategies that can mitigate adolescent mental health risk in the face of life challenges?
Early Review Deadline: October 30, 2026
Regular Submission Deadline: January 8, 2027
Submissions on any topic in developmental science are welcomed and encouraged!
Proposal Submission Information
We are using on-line submission forms. Full bibliographic references are not required, and tables and figures are not supported in the submission process. Proposals will be accepted in English only. You can make no more than 3 proposals with yourself as first speaker.
You can verify, update, or delete your proposal once submitted on member.Piaget.org until the submission deadline.
Early submission deadline is October 30, 2026. Early review decisions will be available mid-November, 2026. Regular submission deadline is January 8th, 2027. Acceptance decisions will be available late February 2027. These will be sent by email and will be shown in My-Submissions for all submitters. Provisional scheduling of accepted submissions will be available in March 2027 on the member website.
Types of Submissions:
Paper Presentation Proposals (15–18 minutes) may be focused on either empirical findings or theoretical analysis. The program review committee will select individual submissions and schedule a series of Paper Sessions that include 3–5 papers on similar topics. These sessions will have a chair appointed by the program committee. A paper proposal should include a 250-word abstract (for publication in the conference program) and a 600-word summary (for the program review committee).
Poster Presentation Proposals may be focused on either empirical findings or theoretical analysis. The sessions are organized around broad themes derived from the posters selected for each session. Posters are mounted for display in a high-traffic area for the entire day of the session, but presenting authors need only attend their poster during the official session. A poster proposal must include a 250-word abstract (for publication in the conference program), and a 600- word summary (for the program review committee).
Symposium Session Organization Proposals (75-90 minutes) should describe 3-4 presentations organized around a single topic and may include a named discussant who will comment on the presented papers. We assume the submitter is the organizer and the chair. A symposium proposal requires only a 250-word abstract (for publication in the conference program) that describes the session as a whole. The organizer has to enter the names of all participating presenters with the titles of their individual presentations.
Symposium Session Contribution Proposals All the presenters in a symposium are required to upload their own title, 250-word abstracts (for publication in the conference program), and a 600-word summary (for the program review committee). They can indicate to which symposium they are contributing.
Discussion Sessions Organization Proposals (75–90 minutes) are intended to provide an interactive venue for exploring ideas that bear on the development of knowledge, broadly conceived. They may be formatted as debates, panels, or organized discussions; and may focus on any well-defined topic. Submissions must include a 250-word abstract (for publication in the conference program), and a 600-word summary (for the program review committee) that describes the topic and structure of the session and the role of each of the discussion leaders.
Discussion Session Contributions Proposals All the discussion leaders in a symposium are required to upload a brief 250-word bio/memo (for publication in the conference program). You can indicate to which Discussion session you are contributing.