Call for NC-FEW Conference Proceedings
National Collaboration on Food, Energy and Water (NC-FEW) invites you to submit your abstract for the 2025 NC-FEW Conference: Education Research and Practice in the FEW-Nexus to be held on March 27-28, 2025 at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. Abstracts can focus on either Research or Practice for FEW-Nexus education. The NC-FEW vision encompasses: (1) intentional integration of food, energy, and water systems through interdisciplinary educational contexts: (2) decision making about management of natural resources, which support sustainable use and development, in a complex system is centered; and (3), the nexus perspective, which emphasizes connections between food, energy, and water systems, is utilized in consideration of tradeoffs in potential solutions.
We encourage people from different disciplinary perspectives who are interested in sharing education research findings and innovative ideas related to the NC-FEW vision. Professionals and researchers in educational spaces including K-12, higher education, and informal/non-formal education with different FEW-nexus entry points are all encouraged to participate. We invite people with different FEW-nexus entry points with specialty in food, energy, and/or water with intersectionality of FEW.
How to decide if your submission should be focused on and formatted for either the research or practice category:
● Research submissions should be focused on empirical, theoretical, and/or methodological educational research within the FEW-Nexus. The intent of research submissions is to inform future educational research and best practices in the FEW-Nexus.
● Practice submissions should be focused on formal and/or informal practices describing FEW-Nexus education processes (i.e., strategies) and products (i.e., learning modules, curriculum). The intent of practice submissions is to share educational strategies, materials, and/or experiences that engage learners in the FEW-Nexus. Reflections, what was learned, and outcomes can be based on participants’ and/or the educator’s experiences (evidence does not need to be based on a research study or scholarship of teaching and learning [SoTL] project). The purpose is to share practical examples that would promote networking and sharing of ideas.
Abstract Submission Format
● Prepare the abstract in Microsoft Word.
● Abstract should be 500 to 1,000 words in length, including all tables/figures but excluding references.
● The title of the abstract should be the first line of page 1.
● List all authors immediately following the title of the abstract. Authors' information (email, title, and institution) should be listed in order as a footnote on the first page of the abstract.
● Suggested abstract section headings
o For a Research Abstract: Introduction; Theoretical/Conceptual Framework; Purpose and Hypotheses, Objectives, and/or Research Questions; Methods/Procedures; Findings/Results; Conclusions, Discussion/Implications, Recommendations for Research; and References (headings may vary for theoretical and/or methodological or qualitative / interpretive research)
o For a Practice Abstract: Introduction & Need for Strategy; Connection to Literature; How It Works & Implementation of Strategy; Results/Reflections/Outcomes to Date/Implications/Impact; Future Plans/Advice to Others/Possible Resources to Share; and References
● Document must be formatted in 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced, but double-space between paragraphs, headings and text, tables and text, etc. with 1” margins.
● Abstracts not conforming to the required submission guidelines or format may be rejected prior to the review process.
● Submission Deadline: Monday, January 27, 2025, 11:59 p.m. CST.
● To submit, click on the link Submit Event under Links for Authors in the left-hand menu.
Next Steps for Accepted Abstracts
Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to register for the 2025 NC-FEW Conference: Education Research and Practice in the FEW-Nexus. Authors will receive feedback on their abstracts from the peer reviewers and are expected to make revisions and re-submit their abstracts for inclusion in the published conference proceedings prior to attending the event.
Contact Information of Contributed Program Co-Chairs
● Research Co-Chair: Neil Knobloch, Purdue University, [email protected]
● Research Co-Chair: Bhawani Venkataraman, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School, [email protected]
● Practice Co-Chair: Shamili Ajgaonkar, College of DuPage, [email protected]
● Practice Co-Chair: Susan Caplow, University of St. Thomas, [email protected]