31
Jan
2026
*Deadline for submission Saturday 26 September 2026* Dear Colleagues, Our growing reliance on the processes of globalisation presents enormous benefits to societies in terms of the movement of cultures, peoples, and economics, with opportunities for wealth, knowledge, and growth, but simultaneously presents threats, fear, conflict, and greater risks of both criminality and harm for…
28
May
2026
Thursday 28 – Friday 29 May 2026, 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 for scholars, researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals to…
28
May
2026
Thursday 28 – Friday 29 May 2026, Limerick, Ireland The adoption by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of its two sibling Recommendations on combating hate speech (CM/Rec(2022)16) and combating hate crime (CM/Rec(2024)4) created a comprehensive human rights framework for challenging hate across Europe. The European Centre for the Study of…
02
Jun
2026
Tuesday 2 June 2026, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm BST, London, UK About the Talk: Universities, we are told, are too politicized. In this paper, I aim to identify when, and how, universities can and must take political positions. I articulate a democratic trust-based theory of university autonomy, and I explain what kind of…
04
Jun
2026
Thursday 4 June 2026, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm BST, online and Newcastle, UK A British Society of Criminology hybrid conference presented jointly by the BSC Hate Crime & Victims Networks In a world where information, misinformation and disinformation can be created and shared speedily through online platforms, including social media, so to can abuse, hostility and violence…
04
Jun
2026
Thursday 4 June 2026, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm BST, Plymouth, UK Drawing on Sara Ahmed’s figure of the feminist killjoy, this conference understands rage not as a failure of civility but as confirming evidence that something is wrong. The killjoy refuses the happiness scripts that sustain systems of domination, exposing how comfort, order,…
08
Jun
2026
Monday 8 – Tuesday 9 June 2026, Ljubljana, Slovenia Registration closes 10 May 2026 Managing social transformations towards a more socially and environmentally sustainable future has become even more challenging in a world increasingly characterised by: social and political fragmentation and polarisation with people divided not only in terms of values and attitudes but…
19
Jun
2026
Friday 19 June 2026, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm BST, 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…
20
Jun
2026
Saturday 20 June 2026, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm BST, online and London, UK Is there a way to eliminate the inequalities and harms of commercial social media and the online world, and foster differently the human power to connect and communicate? Meet your speaker and chair: Adele Zeynep Walton is a British-Turkish journalist reporting on the…
22
Jun
2026
Monday 22 – Friday 26 June 2026, Skopje, North Macedonia Registration closes 15 May 2026 Following the exceptional success from a scientific and organizational perspective achieved at the First and Second European Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation, as well as at the First, Second and Third World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation…
