CA²RE, MATTERS, 06 - 09.04.2027, Ghent
The CA²RE Community brings together experienced academics, advanced and early-career researchers to improve research quality through intensive peer-reviewing at key intermediate stages. It wishes to contribute to the open and diverse field in design-driven and artistic research, not prioritising any single approach.
The CA²RE Community is developed through the CA²RE Conferences, organised by several European universities, as platforms to develop a collective exchange and learning environment.
Abstracts submission deadline: 15.12.2026
Deadline registrations: 15.02.2027
MATTERS
Exhibition, Evaluation and Knowledge Production in Design-Driven and Artistic Research.
What happens when research does not fit neatly into a journal article or a book chapter?
The call
We are pleased to invite contributions to the CA²RE Conference Ghent 2027, hosted by the KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture and LUCA School of Arts.
The event welcomes doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers, academics, practitioners, artists and designers engaged in design-driven and artistic research. As in previous CA²RE conferences, participants will present and discuss their work through intensive peer review, critical dialogue and exchange with an international community of researchers.
Ghent 2027 offers a special edition within the CA²RE series. Alongside the conference, participants will engage with MATTERS, a curated exhibition dedicated to design-driven and artistic research, and with a parallel programme connected to the Department of Architecture's ADRO peer-review procedures. This unique constellation brings together three complementary formats:
- CA²RE — a platform for doctoral research exchange and peer review;
- ADRO — a framework for discussing and advancing approaches to the assessment of artistic and design research;
- MATTERS — a public exhibition environment in which artefacts, installations, prototypes, performances, visual essays and other research outputs become part of a broader conversation on research production, communication and evaluation.
All info on the website: https://materialnarratives.eu/CA2RE-Ghent/about.html