The Business and Modern Slavery Conference 2025:

Towards Humanising Supply Chains

Submission Guidelines

 Abstract submission guidelines

• Abstracts should be approximately 500-1000 words in length, excluding title, authors, figures, tables, and references.
• You may submit more than one abstract. If so, please create a separate submission for each abstract.

Proof of PhD status

If you are submitting as a PhD student, proof of your student status should also be emailed to the same address when you submit your abstract.

Paper development workshop

For those seeking more in-depth feedback on their work, we will be hosting a workshop on the second day of the conference, where senior scholars will provide “friendly reviews” of draft papers on a one-to-one basis with authors. Papers submitted to the workshop can be the same or different to those submitted as abstracts to the main conference.

How to apply

To apply for the workshop, please complete the relevant information during the registration period when it opens. Please note that papers submitted to the Paper development workshop will not be eligible for the Journal of Supply Chain Management award. Attendees of the conference are welcome to submit separate, different papers to the main conference (for entry for that Award) and to the paper development workshop (For a development discussion).

Acceptance of papers to the workshop will be competitive based on the organisers’ evaluation of the quality and potential of the manuscript. Papers outside the suggested length are also less likely to be accepted for the workshop.

Committees

Program Committee

• Dr. Maryam Lotfi
• Dr. Anna Skeels
• Dr. Anthony Flyn

Organizing committee

• Amy Boote
• Amit Salimi Babamiri
• Zhe Li
• Beverly Francis

Venue

The conference will be held in Cardiff Business School Postgraduate Teaching Centre, Cardiff University. 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Anna Skeels <SkeelsA1@cardiff.ac.uk>

Sponsors

Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Moder Slavery and Social Sustainability Group

Data lab fro Social Good Reserach Group, Cardiff Business School