Spreading the word...
2027 Southeast Recreation
Research Conference
Call for presentations is now open!
Join us at Amicalola Falls State Park, GA, gateway to the Appalachian Trail.
The details:
We invite your participation in the 49th Annual Southeastern Recreation Research (SERR) Conference, scheduled for March 21-23, 2027 at the beautiful Amicalola Falls Lodge and State Park in North Georgia. Graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, agency planners, land managers, and researchers are all encouraged to attend the conference and submit a proposal for an oral or poster presentation.
Presentation Proposals
Abstracts (consisting of a completed form and a 500-word abstract) for oral and poster presentations at the 2027 SERR Conference are now being sought. Presentations should be of an empirical, conceptual, or theoretical nature related to recreation or the environment, and one or more of the following topics:
- Education
- Programs and Services
- Human Behavior
- Economics
- Policy
- Planning and Management
- Health
- Methodological Approaches
- Diversity, Access & Participation
- Technology
- Sustainability
- Environmental Justice
- Ecosystem Services
- Climate Adaptation
- Travel & Tourism
Authors are encouraged to give presentations focusing on completed empirical research, as well as conceptual papers on innovative models or theories, perspectives, or methods. Presentations detailing innovative recreation programs or other applied practices within the field are also encouraged.
Submissions should include a component addressing policy, planning, or management implications. As always, graduate student research will be an important part of the conference. Graduate student attendance and submissions are strongly encouraged!
Oral presentations will be given in a conference room setting. Audiovisual support will be available in the form of a laptop (with a USB port) and a projection unit. Each oral presenter
will be given 15 minutes to present their work and 5 minutes for discussion/questions. Authors presenting planned or uncompleted research may be asked to make their presentations in the form of a poster.
Abstract Submission
Please submit your proposal using the following link:
Abstract Deadline - January 8th, 2027
*For your submission, be prepared to provide the following information:
- Presentation title,
- Author(s) name(s), position title(s), and affiliation
- Your (or the corresponding author’s) email address.
- Your preferred session type: oral presentation or poster presentation
- Your general topic area (see first bulleted list above)
- Your presentation abstract: Limited to 500 words.
Your abstract should be sufficiently detailed to permit judgment of the paper's quality. Abstracts of empirical papers should include a problem statement, methods (including analysis), results, and address policy, planning, or management implications. Abstracts of conceptual and theoretical papers should include a problem statement and discussion with a system of organization like that of the empirical papers. A list of references is not required.
Selection
Selection of abstracts for presentation will be based upon review by two peers of the SERR community. Authors with accepted abstracts are expected to present their papers at the conference. In case of multiple authorships, at least one author must be present. Abstracts submitted are expected to meet professional standards.
Deadline
All proposals must be submitted by Friday, January 8, 2027. Authors will receive notification of acceptance or rejection by January 30, 2027. A list of presenters with session titles will be available on the SERR Conference website (http://serrconference.org) by the end of February 2027.
Student Scholarships
We will be offering a limited number of student scholarships for undergraduate and/or graduate students to attend this year's SERR conference. The scholarship amounts will vary and will only cover a portion of the costs of attending the conference (registration, travel, etc.). Interested students should email a one‐page letter (as an attached MS Word or PDF file) to BOTH the conference co‐chairs (see below) describing how they believe their academic and professional interests will be enhanced by their attendance.
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More information, along with the abstract submission link, can be found on our website, www.serrconference.org. Registration and lodging information will be posted soon.
We look forward to seeing you in North Georgia!
The SERR Planning Committee
PS: I attended this conference back in the 1980s and can state it was informative and friendly.
"Validation of Recreation Quality Monitoring Measurements by River Zones.” Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Asheville, NC. February 1988.
"Monitoring Recreation Quality River Zones.” Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Asheville, NC. February 1987.
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