University of Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture present the

Environmental Design Research Association 52nd Annual Conference: Detroit/Virtual

The conference will focus on how research, design, and relationships between people and environments contribute to the creation of justice. Current social, health, environmental, and justice challenges call for collaborative and transdisciplinary efforts to pursue intentional questioning of disciplinary borders and sensitive approaches to framing and solving pressing contemporary problems through research and practice. The conference is jointly hosted by the University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne State University.

We invite submissions in one or more of the following topical areas/themes:

The EDRA 52 organizing committee is striving for a HYBRID conference,  which would give participants the flexibility to attend events in person and/or virtually. We hope the current conditions will improve. If, in 2021, circumstances make the in-person component of the conference impossible, EDRA52 will necessarily shift to VIRTUAL. Updates will be published regularly on the EDRA52 main page edra.org/edra52.

Key Dates:

AUG 14th:  Call for proposals released

AUG 24th: Submission portal opens

OCT 1st:  Due date for all Intensives, Abstracts (individual and group presentations), and Full Papers

NOV 10th:  Due dates for Video Shorts and Mobile Sessions; Early Bird registration begins

DEC 18th:  Poster Abstracts due; Graduate Student Mentoring Workshop (GSMW) applications due

FEB 26th: Regular registration begins/Early Bird registration ends; Mentor applications for GSMW due

MAR 15th:  Final date to register for the conference to be included in the EDRA52 program

APR 16th:  Poster digital copy due; All virtual materials due

MAY 19th – 22nd: EDRA52Detroit Conference