CFP, submission & registration

We welcome Regular Session Submissions and Special Session Submissions. For further information and specific submission guidelines, please see the Call for Papers.

Submission can be made via EasyChair.

Please note that the PhD Workshop submission instructions will be announced later.

REGULAR SESSION SUBMISSION

Abstract submission: Deadline 18 January 2026

Submissions for the emma conference are invited as paper proposals in the form of abstracts (500-750 words excluding references) followed by a full paper (8000 words maximum) if the abstract is accepted. Deadline for full paper submissions is 30 April 2026.

The abstract should address the following evaluation criteria:

Introduction: problematization, research purpose, context, and empirical phenomenon (practical and social relevance, connections), and relevance to media management scholarship (theoretical relevance)
Methodology: overview of key scientific methods employed, analytical steps, and reflections of data
Tentative results: summary of (expected) results, findings, outcomes
Tentative contributions: Theoretical contribution, practical implications

Further information:

Submissions must be in the format of the Journal of Media Business Studies. That is English, size 12 font, Times New Roman and double-line spacing.
emma 2026 will not incorporate a hybrid option for online paper presentations

SPECIAL SESSION SUBMISSION

Deadline 18 January 2026

The emma conference welcomes submissions for special thematic sessions. We encourage the exploration of interactive and inventive session formats. Such sessions could for example touch upon (i) methodological innovations or the plethora of media management methodology in general, (ii) topics, methods, formats, and didactical issues in media management education, (iii) preparing for international collaboration in research (edited volumes, joint projects), (iv) strategies and measures for the further development of emma as an organization (geographical growth and alongside with it new themes e.g. at the frontiers of Europe), (v) launching systematic foresight activities together with European media industry possibly in the context of emma. These sessions will be slotted as concurrent offerings within the conference schedule.

To guide your special session proposals, please adhere to the following set of guidelines:

The session's duration should span 90 minutes.
A minimum of four participants, originating from a minimum of two distinct universities and/or institutions, must be included in the application. It is essential that all participants commit to being available throughout the entire conference program.
The proposal should be submitted by a designated session chair, who will assume responsibility for all facets of the sub-session, including coordination during the conference and acting as the corresponding author.
Proposals for special thematic sessions should not exceed a word limit of 1250 (excluding references) and should include a narrative supporting the relevance and novelty of the topic and the relation to the conference theme.
When the submission system asks for author information, please enter only the name and affiliation of the session chair, not the names of the other authors or contributors, these should be added to the proposal text.
Special session proposals will undergo a peer review process. Please note that this review will not be conducted blindly. Instead, it will focus on evaluating the session's alignment with the conference theme, the relevance of the proposed topic, as well as the quality and novelty of the session's concept.

CFP, submission & registration

Important dates

Call for papers

Submission

Registration