Submissions

Submission instructions

Submissions will be subjected to a double-blind peer review. Extended abstracts must be submitted in pdf and must include the following two parts:

  • a separate title page with the submission title, authors and their affiliations, preference for oral presentation or poster, and the name of presenter;

  • an extended abstract of maximum 2 pages, including figures, tables, and references.

Please use one of the following templates for your submission:

Download Word template (DOCX, 79.7KiB) Download LaTeX Template (ZIP, 188.7KiB)

Submit your PDF file via email to mail@humanbehaviourinfires.se .

Once you have submitted, you will receive a confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation within one week after the submission deadline, please reach out to one of the conference chairs via email.

Conference publications

Conference contributors will be invited to submit full papers (maximum 12 pages) to the conference proceedings that will be published in open access via Lund University. Only contributions presented at the conference (oral or poster) will be considered for proceedings. Selected authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper after the conference (submission deadline February 15th 2027) for publication in a Special Issue in Fire and Materials published by Wiley. More info at Fire and Materials Journal Webpage.

Key Dates for Submissions

  • Deadline for extended abstract submission: February 15th, 2026

  • Notification of decisions to authors: March 30th, 2026

    Acceptance for oral presentation, acceptance for poster presentation, or rejection

  • Deadline for full paper submission: May 30th, 2026

Aims & Topics

The HBiF26 symposium convenes researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to showcase cutting-edge research and practical insights into human behaviour during fire emergencies across built environments, transportation systems, and outdoor settings.

Topics of interest for this call for contributions include but are not limited to:

  • Data collection and analysis

    The study of human behaviour in fires via a wide range of methodological approaches (e.g., experiments, field settings, surveys, statistical methods, machine learning, etc.), and technologies

  • Qualitative studies

    Information gathering to explore new concepts, developing hypotheses, and understanding evacuee motivations - using interviews, observations, online methods, case studies, etc.

  • Conceptual studies

    The development of concepts and theories to explain human behaviour in fires

  • Evacuation modelling

    Simulation studies focused on representing evacuation behaviour, including the exploration of human behaviour through models, verification and validation studies, crowd simulations, etc.

  • Incident analysis

    The study and reconstruction of real-world emergencies (e.g., incident recording systems, forensic studies, etc.)

  • Crowd dynamics and crowd management

    The analysis of crowd evacuation in emergencies and solutions aimed at managing crowds

  • Outdoor fire evacuation

    The study of human behaviour in wildfires, informal settlement fires, and urban fires

  • Human behaviour during transportation fires

    The study of human behaviour in fire incidents in transportation systems, e.g., underground, ground, air, rail, and maritime systems

  • Training

    Methods that aim to improve occupants’ and responders’ performance during fire incidents

  • Digital technology

    The application of digital technology to human behaviour in fires, including the use of AI, mixed reality, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and/or building information modelling (BIM)

  • Egressibility

    Accessibility to means of evacuation for all, e.g., older populations, people with functional limitations/disabilities, neurodivergent communities, and children