BDRM Conference Paper Submission Information

Submissions

Paper submissions for BDRM 2024 have closed and the conference has ended. Thank you to all of those who submitted proposals, reviewed submissions, and presented at the conference.

Eligibility

  • Each person may be listed as the presenter on only one submission.
  • You will need to be able to be in-person at the conference to present. Paper and session acceptance will be conditional on at least one author for each paper registering for the conference. If no author has registered for the conference by April 20, the paper will be automatically withdrawn.

We encourage the submissions of both sessions and individual papers. Sessions should contain three to four papers organized around a theme and should be led by a session chair who is, ideally, not presenting one of the papers in the session. Sessions will be partially evaluated on curation. Individual papers can be submitted as 20-minute full length presentations and/or as shorter 5-minute flash talks.

Abstracts for Review

For each session submitted, you will be asked to provide a session title and session overview (max. 500 words) along with an abstract of each paper in the session (max. 750 words) and the name of the session chair for review. For each talk submitted, you will be asked to provide an abstract for review (max. 1,000 words). In the submission process, you can indicate whether you would like your individual paper submission to be considered as a full length talk, a flash talk, or both.

Submissions will be evaluated by the reviewers in terms of both contribution and scientific rigor. Abstracts should explain the contribution and demonstrate the scientific rigor, including as follows:

  • Contribution
    Relevant considerations include the importance of the topic (both in terms of theoretical significance and the relevance for policy or other applications), and whether the research provides new conclusions that address unanswered questions or revise our understanding of previous theories or practices.
  • Scientific Rigor
    Relevant considerations include whether the methods are sufficiently described and scientifically sound, the data is good fit for answering the question, the results are clearly communicated and appropriately match the conclusions, and the theoretical and/or practical generalizability.

To ensure that abstracts are effectively evaluated on these dimensions, please make sure that the following pieces of information are included in your abstract (where relevant) and are easy for reviewers to find:

  • Research Question - Clearly state your research question in the first paragraph of your abstract.
  • Methods - Clearly and efficiently describe the important aspects of your research methods. For example, if submitting a project that consists of a series of similarly-structured experiments, consider presenting a common set of methods and then describing deviations from it in order to save space.
  • Results - Describe your results in sufficient detail for the reader to evaluate. If your project includes inferential analyses, please report the sample size and key inferential statistics. Where relevant, brief information about statistical power, pre-registration, robustness and/or generalizability may be helpful.
  • Conclusion - Clearly describe the significance and implications of your findings. What will the audience learn that they would not have previously known from prior work?

Abstract for the Program

In addition to the abstract submission for review, you will also be asked to submit a short abstract (max. 100 words) to be included in the program if the submission is accepted. Please enter an abstract summarizing each paper submitted either as part of a session or individually. This version of the abstract will appear in the program if the session/paper is accepted.

Review Process

After submitting, you will receive a confirmation email with the details of your submission. If you do not receive it, please check your spam folder.

You will hear back on the results from the review process as soon as possible, likely late March (early registration closes April 20, 2024; regular registration will be open until May 20, 2024).

If you have any questions about the submission process, please email us at BDRM2024@chicagobooth.edu.