Ghent · 2027
MATTERS
Exhibition, Evaluation and Knowledge Production in Design-Driven and Artistic Research.
A special edition in the CA²RE series, bringing peer review, exhibition and assessment into one shared platform.
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.
Ghent 2027 brings together three complementary formats: CA²RE, as a platform for doctoral research exchange and peer review; ADRO, as a framework for discussing the assessment of artistic and design research; and MATTERS, a curated exhibition in which artefacts, installations, prototypes, performances and visual essays become part of a broader conversation on how research is produced, communicated and evaluated.
Save the dates
All submissions are made through EasyChair. Dates are indicative and may be adjusted; check back for confirmation.
How to submit| 15 December 2026 | Submission of abstracts |
| 31 January 2027 | Notification of acceptance |
| 15 February 2027 | Registration deadline |
| 15 March 2027 | Submission of essays / visual essays |
| 6–9 April 2027 | Conference — Ghent |
Keynote speakers
Three invited lectures anchor the programme, alongside CA²RE research sessions, the ADRO expert meeting and the public MATTERS exhibition.
Full programmeTo be confirmed
Call & Theme
The MATTERS theme, its relational positions and the three registers of matter that frame the conference.
Read the call →Submission
Guidelines for abstracts, essays, visual essays and artefact documentation — with formats and requirements.
Guidelines →Programme
Three days of conference sessions, exhibition formats, discussions, lectures and review events.
Programme →Registration
Conference fee and how to register once your contribution is accepted.
Register →Venue
Campus Sint-Lucas Hoogstraat Ghent and the historic city-centre locations of the Faculty of Architecture.
Getting there →About CA²RE
An open network improving design-driven and artistic research quality through intensive peer review.
About →How does knowledge emerge through making?
We invite contributors to reflect on the role of matter, materialisation and material thinking within their research processes and outputs — and to develop experimental formats for presenting and discussing their work.