Call for Papers – ICELI 2026, Walvis Bay
International Conference on Education, Leadership and Innovation (ICELI 2026)
Walvis Bay, Namibia
USRS invites researchers, academicians, industry professionals and students to submit original research papers for the International Conference on Education, Leadership and Innovation (ICELI 2026), scheduled for 8 December 2026 in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
The conference welcomes research contributions across the following session tracks, encouraging knowledge sharing, interdisciplinary collaboration and the exchange of innovative ideas.
ICELI 2026 Call for Papers
Original research papers, abstracts, case studies and review papers in Education, Leadership and Innovation are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Roots in path-goal theory
- Roots in leader-member exchange theory
- Innovative organizational culture/climate
- Encouragement of creativity
- Organizational encouragement
- Supervisory encouragement
- Work group encouragement
- Resources and pressures
- Organizational impediments to creativity
- Creative work
- Creative workforce
- Leader attributes/characteristics
- Types of leadership styles involved
- Usage of differing leadership styles in innovation leadership
- Value-added innovation
- Exploratory innovation
- Idea generation
- Idea evaluation and implementation
- Direct and indirect influences
- Direct influences
- Indirect influences
- Proposed model for innovation leadership
- Paradoxes of innovation leadership
- Internal and localized paradoxes
- Dual expertise paradox
- Generation evaluation paradox
- Team-level paradoxes
- Creative personality cohesion paradox
- Vision autonomy paradox
- Restriction freedom paradox
- Situational paradoxes
- Intrinsic extrinsic paradox
- Local long-term paradox
- Competition collaboration paradox
- Feedback rigidity paradox
- Failure success paradox
- Additional paradoxes
Papers must be original and not published or under review elsewhere. Author guidelines · Submit your paper
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Sample paper (PDF)
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ICELI 2026 Important Dates
- Full paper submission deadline
- Last date of registration
- Conference date
The conference schedule mail is sent after the last date of registration. Do not book tickets or hotels before you receive it.
Contact the ICELI 2026 Team
Questions about submission, registration, the invitation letter or publication? Send us a message and the conference team will reply by email.
- Email[email protected]
- Phone / WhatsApp+91 96922 00892
- Telegram@Multinationalconf
- Conference locationWalvis Bay, Namibia