Abstract

The conceptual inspiration for our 13th congress

"Nothing is small, nothing is big - In us are worlds. The small divides into the big. The big in the small – a drop of blood, a world with solar centres and globes. Had a drop. A small part of a body.”

The quote from Edvard Munch's poem Nothing is Small, Nothing Is Big - in us are worlds, reflects how we constantly move between ourselves and our surroundings. 

At the Nordic Congress in Family Therapy 2024, we invite you to experience keynotes and contributions that draws from Munch's quote and explores how the larger philosophical and multiverse perspectives can travel with us in meeting both the concrete and the small details of our work and everyday life.

Call for abstracts:

Thank you for all of the abstracts we have received. The submission is now closed for all abstracts, except poster presentations.

We want the 13th Nordic Congress to be a forum where everyone interested in family therapy, systemic practice and relational work can exchange ideas, thoughts, theories and experiences. The hope of our Congress is to help ensure that we continue to incompass and foster diversity and complexity  in our field.

Proposal Types

POSTER PRESENTATION

The poster presentation may be created by an individual or a group and will be displayed on a portable wall. At times, the author(s) of the poster will accompany it to answer questions that people have. To apply for a poster presentation, the author(s) must submit an abstract of a maximum of 250 words. More information about the abstract is provided below.

GUIDELINES

The following guidelines for all kinds of presentations are advisory. If there are good reasons to amend them, please feel free to do so. Presenters must attend the congress. Abstracts must be submitted in english. If your abstract is for a presentation based on one or more empirical research projects, it could include the following:

•             Background and purpose: description of the problem, study objectives, research question(s) and/or hypotheses;

•             Methods: study design, including a description of participants and selection strategies, data collection procedures, measures, and approaches to analysis;

•             Findings: specific results in summary form;

•             Conclusions and implications: description of the study’s main outcome(s) and impact on practice, policy or further research.

If your abstract is for a presentation based on practice, it could include the following:

•             Background and purpose of the presentation;

•             A summary of the main points of the presentation;

•             Implications of your presentation for practice.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The submission deadline is Feb. 15, 2024; Click here to submit your abstract!

Submitted research abstracts will be reviewed by a Nordic peer panel. Decisions will be notified by the authors’ e-mail address when registering.

Decisions for submitted abstracts will be notified by February 15, 2024, to the e-mail address provided by the authors when submitting the abstract. If you have not entered your email address in the abstract, it can be forwarded to sari.kaarina.lindeman@hvl.no.