*Deadline – Wednesday 5 November 2025 * Conference to be held 28-29 May 2026 in Larnaka, Cyprus The European Conference on Social Media (ECSM) is a well-established academic conference, held annually for over a decade, with a focus on advancing research and dialogue around social media. The primary aim of ECSM is to provide a platform…
Deadline for submission – Saturday 28 February 2026 Dear Colleagues, The spontaneous arrival of asylum seekers at host states’ borders has long embodied the refugee experience. Yet, this is precisely the lived experience that the EU (and its Member States) and the UK are increasingly rejecting and negating. Their migration laws and policies no…
**Deadline for submission Monday 5 January 2026** Conference to be held at University of Southampton 15th April 2026 Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have rapidly become embedded across a wide range of social, economic and political contexts. These systems are increasingly relied upon to help make decisions that have far-reaching impacts on individuals and communities….
Monday 17 November 2025, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm GMT, online (UK) The British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network facilitates online writing groups for academics, PhD students, early career researchers and anyone with writing goals! The writing groups will be held on Microsoft Teams and be an opportunity for informal, relaxed feedback on…
Wednesday 19 November 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm GMT, online (UK) This hate crime research group webinar will focus on ‘Juror perceptions of male complainants of sexual violence’ with Dr Siobhan Weare, Reader in Law, Lancaster University If you have any questions, please contact the chair of this webinar, Dr Irene Zempi (irene.zempi@ntu.ac.uk)….
Wednesday 26 November 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm GMT, online (UK) Guest Speaker: Dr Simona Mihaiu, University of Bucharest, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy Title: Hate crimes in Romania: comparative analysis of the Roma minority and general population Abstract: The interest for hate crimes on behalf of the academia and from social control…
Wednesday 10 December 2025, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT, online (UK) The British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network facilitates online writing groups for academics, PhD students, early career researchers and anyone with writing goals! The writing groups will be held on Microsoft Teams and be an opportunity for informal, relaxed feedback on…
Wednesday 10 December 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00pm GMT, online (UK) Join us on 10 December 2025, 1:00–2:00 pm GMT (online) for a presentation and Q&A session featuring the authors of Contemporary Issues in Transphobic Hate and Prejudice: Transforming the Narrative, edited by Ben Colliver, Jane Healy, Katie McBride, and Gina Gwenffrewi. This important volume brings together…
Thursday 11 December 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm GMT, online and London, UK Speaker: Prof Adam Tomkins (University of Glasgow) Respondents: Prof Colm O’Cinneide (UCL Laws) and Prof Erin Delaney (UCL Laws) Chair: Prof Rick Rawlings (UCL Laws) About the book This book tackles the most pressing problems of contemporary free speech law by examining where the idea of free…
Thursday 29 January 2026, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GMT, online (UK) Join us for a presentation + Q&A on the two volumes Hate Crime Perpetrators: New Perspectives from Theory, Research and Practice (Vol. I & II). These volumes, edited by Jon Garland, Irene Zempi, and Jo Smith, offer cutting-edge scholarship on hate crime offending, from exploring…