Conferences

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…

28 May 2026

13th European Conference on Social Media

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

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…

04 Jun 2026

Hybrid Conference – Online Hate, Harm and Victimisation: Emerging Challenges for Research and Practice

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…

08 Jun 2026

19th Slovenian Social Science Conference ‘Dialogues on Social Transformations in a Divided and Diverging World’

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…

22 Jun 2026

4th World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation ‘Religion as a Weapon of War: In the Past, Present and Future’

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…

06 Jul 2026

SASA 31st Annual Congress 2026 ‘Solidarity: Possibilities and Pitfalls’

Monday 6 – Thursday 9 July 2026, Johannesburg, South Africa Registration closes 15 June 2026.   We live in a contradictory moment where increased nationalism and economic de-globalization unfold alongside increased expressions of global political solidarity. From Congo to Sudan to Palestine, global solidarity has been an important and highly contested aspect of political action….

02 Dec 2026

International Conference: Social Pathologies: Developmental and Processual Perspectives on Contemporary Malaises

Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 December 2026, Cork, Ireland   This in-person conference is a joint endeavour between University College Cork, the Norbert Elias Foundation, RC56 Historical Sociology of the International Sociological Association, and the Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization Research Network. The conference will address the historical dynamics of social pathologies. It is concerned with disease in a…

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