TWR 2024: 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research conference Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus Edinburgh, UK, September 4-7, 2024

We invite papers for the fourth Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Network (TWR) conference in September 2024, to be held at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

TWR is an eclectic group of scholars and practitioners who share one goal:  to contribute to the design and management of workplaces where people work to their full potential and experience elevated levels of mental and physical wellbeing. There are many different aspects that help create alignment between employees and their workplace and we therefore invite papers with a broad perspective, considering the wide spectrum of workplace research across social, physical, technological and managerial categories. The conference brings together workplace researchers, educators and practitioners from all relevant disciplines.

List of Topics

Papers may include (but are not limited to) research on work environments in terms of the following aspects:

• Physical and ambient environment (e.g., architecture, interior design, IEQ including visual, thermal, acoustic comfort and air quality, building physics)
• Social environment (e.g., human resources, organisational behaviour, business and management, neuroscience, psychological aspects, human cognition, philosophy, culture, workplace user experience)
• Sustainability in terms of environmental, social and economics (e.g., energy conservation programmes, energy efficient renovation and refurbishment, social and governance (ESG), corporate social responsibility (CSR), quality of life)
• Digital work environment (e.g., digitalisation, information and communication technology (ICT), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Building Information Modelling, Digital Twins)
• Facility management, corporate real estate management
• Pedagogical research (e.g., educational environments, change drivers for workplace education, pedagogical shifts in delivery of education for workplace practice, campus and academic work)
• Occupational health and wellbeing (e.g., health and safety, pandemic issues, mental and physical wellbeing)
• New ways of working (e.g., new working spaces and strategies, design for adaptability, hybrid and flexible working, co-working)
• Inclusion, diversity and human rights in the workplace
• Compliance (e.g., risk and business continuity, standards, statutory compliance)

Organising Committee

• Andrew Smith
• Alasdair Reid
• Mina Jowkar
• Suha Jaradat

Submission Guidelines

Participants should submit an abstract of maximum 300 words by 24^th November 2023. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Following acceptance of the abstract, a short paper of maximum 3,500 words excluding references should be submitted and a presentation prepared for the conference.

New this year is that we will also allow short, 5-minute presentations, based on abstract-only submissions.

Venue

The conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland. We are being hosted this year by Edinburgh Napier University, in their beautiful Craiglochart Campus. 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@twr2024.org