Events

29 Dec 2025

Call for Papers – International Conference ‘Social Pathologies: Developmental and Processual Perspectives on Contemporary Malaises’

**Deadline for abstract submission 15 May 2026** Conference to be held 2-5 December 2026 in Cork, Ireland   Papers are invited for a major international conference in University College Cork, Ireland, taking place on 2nd – 5th December 2026. The conference theme is: Social Pathologies: Developmental and Processual Perspectives on Contemporary Malaises. This in-person conference is a joint…

31 Jan 2026

Call for Papers – Special Issue of Social Sciences ‘Exposing the Extent of Online Hate Crimes and Hate Speech, and the Barriers and Challenges in Responding to Them’

*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…

02 Mar 2026

Call for Papers – 1st Annual Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change Conference ‘From Enforced Disappearance to Border Violence. New Directions in the Study of Necropolitics’

*Submission Deadline Friday 15 May 2026* Conference to be held 7-9 September 2026 in Bilbao, Spain   Across the world, escalating border violence, enforced disappearances, systematic neglect, and state-sanctioned killing continue to shape the lived realities of millions. These intertwined forms of structural, political, and symbolic violence demand new analytical tools and collaborative responses capable…

22 Apr 2026

Hate Crime Research Group Webinar – Intergenerational Experiences of Racialised Policing

Wednesday 22 April 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm BST, online (UK)   This hate crime research group webinar will focus on ‘Intergenerational Experiences of Racialised Policing’ with Dr Bisi Akintoye, Lecturer School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Roehampton If you have any questions, please contact the chair of this webinar, Dr Irene…

23 Apr 2026

BSC HCN Virtual Writing Group

Thursday 23 April 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…

29 Apr 2026

Virtual Lecture – Meet the author: Disability, Gender, Bodies and Boundaries How Disabled Women Experience Ableist Intrusions

Wednesday 29 April 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm BST, online (UK)   Join us on Wednesday 29 April 2026, 12.00-1:00 pm BST (online) for a presentation + Q&A on Disability, Gender, Bodies and Boundaries: How Disabled Women Experience Ableist Intrusions with Dr Hannah Mason-Bish. About the Book In this deeply empirical and theoretically rich volume, Dr Hannah Mason-Bish…

06 May 2026

BSC HCN Virtual Writing Group

Wednesday 6 May 2026, 9:00 am – 1:00 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…

07 May 2026

9th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR)

Thursday 7 – Friday 8 May 2026, Gdańsk, Poland   The International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR) is a well-established academic conference that has been held annually for nine years, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and researchers from around the world to explore diverse issues related to gender. This conference provides a multidisciplinary platform where participants…

13 May 2026

Hybrid Seminar – Why Populists are Winning and How to Beat Them

Wednesday 13 May 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm BST, online and London, UK   In 2024, two billion people went to vote – and populism won big. Donald Trump returned to the White House. Marine Le Pen surged in France. Reform UK became Britain’s most successful far-right party in modern history. Across the West,…

28 May 2026

Challenging Hate: A Human Rights Approach Conference

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…

Venues

Join the Network

Join the network today to receive the latest news, publications and events straight into your inbox!

Latest from Twitter