Abstract submission for ICAR9, under the theme ‘The Changing Landscape of Adoption: Research and Practice’, is now open. Please submit your abstract at https://icar9.exordo.com/. The deadline for abstract submission is 23 January 2026.
- Abstracts should be submitted in English.
- Revisions can be made to all submitted abstracts until the submission deadline has passed.
FORMAT
- Oral Presentation: These are 10-minute presentations followed by 5 minutes for questions. Oral presentations will be grouped into thematic sessions, each lasting 60-90 minutes.
- Poster presentations will be organised in thematic groups to promote interaction among participants.
- Symposia are designed for 4-5 presentations (including discussant) from at least three different countries, on related research and/or practice themes.
TOPICS
- Ethics and rights in adoption.
- Law, policy and social changes in adoption.
- New realities, specific populations, emerging topics.
- Pre-adoption adversity and impact.
- Health and well-being in adoptees.
- Lifespan development of adoptees.
- Family relationships and parenting in adoption.
- Adoption support and practice.
- Adoption communication.
- Adoption identity, search for origins and contact.
- Adoption and trauma.
- Adoption stigma and microaggressions.
- Adoption, education and the school context.
- Adoption instability and breakdown.
- Birth parents’ perspective.
- The lived experience of adoption.
- Other topics of interest in adoption research and practice.