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Ongoing Calls
Special Issues
Conferences
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Midwest Sociological Association Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois, USA
13-16 March 2025
Submission Deadline: 15 October 2024
Call for Papers
Revitalizing Applied Anthropology
Hosted by the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) in Portland, OR
March 25-29, 2025
The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2024. For additional information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please visit our website.
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Law and Society Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois, USA
22-25 May 2025
Submission Deadline: 15 October 2024
The LSA Annual Meeting will take place in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from May 22-25, 2025. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency. This meeting will be an entirely in-person meeting. Previous Annual Meetings have brought more than 2,500 participants from over 60 countries across 6 continents.
The Program Committee welcomes paper proposals from any scholar studying sociolegal topics. Paper proposals can be submitted as part of a pre-organized session, or the Program Committee can assign it to one for you once it is finalized. Learn more.
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Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies
Hosted by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
11-12 September 2025
Eighteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum
Hosted by University of San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain
15-17 September 2025
Submission Deadline: 15 November 2024
Founded in 2008, The Inclusive Museum Research Network is brought together by a shared concern for the future role of the museum and how it can become more inclusive. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions. Learn more about registration.
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Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies
Hosted by University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa and Online
8-10 October 2025
Submission Deadline: 8 December 2024
The Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies, “Fed Up: Learning From Tradition, Imagining New Futures,” will be hosted in the vibrant heart of Pretoria, South Africa. The conference is dedicated to unraveling the intricate threads of food, culture, and sustainability that shape not only our local landscapes but also the global food discourse. In a world marked by abundance and scarcity, this conference serves as a forum to explore the multifaceted dimensions of food in contemporary society, transcending borders and boundaries.
We invite scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and food enthusiasts to join us to engage with renowned experts and thought leaders. Foster cross-cultural collaborations and share innovative research. Gain insights into South Africa's culinary heritage and its global impact. And be part of shaping sustainable and equitable food futures. Together, let's embark on a culinary journey that transcends boundaries, unlocking the wisdom of tradition and harnessing the power of imagination to pave the way for a more sustainable, nourishing, and inclusive world. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and nourished in mind and body. We look forward to welcoming you to this transformative conference. Learn more about registration and calls.
2025 Special Focus—Fed Up: Learning From the Past, Imagining New Futures
Call for Papers
Fifthteenth International Conference on the Constructed Environment
Hosted by Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin) - Campus Wilhelminenhof, Berlin, Germany + Online
10-11 April 2025
Submission Deadline: 10 January 2025
Founded in 2010, the Constructed Environment Research Network is brought together by a common shared interest in human configurations of the environment and the interactions among the constructed, social and natural environments. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions. Learn more about registration and submission.
Special Focus—Sharing Practices and Sustainable Urban Fabrics
Call for Papers
Research in Social Movements, Conflict, and Change (RSMCC)
Submission Deadline: 1 May 2025
This volume welcomes any submissions related to coalition-building, working across difference and inequality, intersectionality practices, and/or solidarity building across divides. By “coalitions,” we envision discussions related to both coalitions between formal organizations, such as SMOs, as well as coalition-building within groups and organizations. Of the latter, we are interested in studies of diversity and inclusion in social movements and approaches that take intersectionality into account. We are open to a variety of methodologies, including but not limited to quantitative studies as well as qualitative studies such as ethnographies, case studies, interview-based research, mixed methods, and archival work. We seek both historical and contemporary studies, from all parts of the globe. As part of RSMCC’s commitment to publish scholarly works with implications for building a more socially just and peaceful world, we would also be enthused to receive first-person accounts from activists or peace builders describing coalition efforts that have worked in the field, as well as those that have not. Read the full call for papers.
Call for Abstracts
Journal of Elder Policy
Issue on Relationships in Later Life
Submission Deadline: 15 October 2024
The Journal of Elder Policy invites submissions for a special issue focused on "Relationships in Later Life." As the global population continues to age, understanding the dynamics and impacts of relationships among older adults has become increasingly important. This special issue aims to explore a wide range of relationship dynamics in later life, including caregiving, intergenerational bonds, friendships, work connections, and other social and emotional connections.
We welcome submissions from researchers, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners that contribute to our understanding of relationships in later life and policies that relate to and foster these relationships. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Love and intimacy in later life
- Intergenerational relationships
- Social connectedness and support networks
- The importance of friendship networks
- Work and retirement; examining the implications of work-related relationships
- The role of caregiving relationships
Authors interested in contributing to this issue should submit a 500-word abstract outlining the scope, methodology, key findings, and policy implications of their research. Abstracts should be submitted via email to Managing Editor, Dr. Kaitlyn Langendoerfer (kxb289@case.edu) by October 15. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. The Journal of Elder Policy is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley that features original interdisciplinary research on issues related to aging and policy.
The Editor-in-Chief, Eva Kahana PhD, of the Journal of Elder Policy invites abstract submissions for a Special Issue. Proposals should be emailed to the Managing Editor at kxb289@case.edu.
Call for Chapters
Call for Chapters
The Handbook on the Sociology of Artificial Intelligence
Call for Chapters
Televisual Dissidence in an Era of Information Warfare: Separatism, Terrorism and the Screen Media in Africa
Ongoing Calls
Call for Manuscripts
African Educational Research Journal (AERJ)
African Educational Research Journal (AERJ) is a peer-reviewed open access journal which publishes high-quality articles in all areas of Education. African Educational Research Journal publishes original empirical and theoretical studies and analyses in education that constitute significant contributions to the understanding and/or improvement of educational processes and outcomes.
AERJ is currently accepting manuscripts for publication. Send manuscript attached as MS word to aerj.submit@netjournals.org or aerj.submit@gmail.com.
All manuscripts are reviewed by qualified reviewers and the review outcomes are sent back within two to three weeks of receipt of the article. Following acceptance, the paper will be published in the next available issue.
Call for Papers and Special Issue Proposals
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research
The Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research is unique in providing collective coverage of aggression, conflict and peace research, which are often separated disciplines. The journal’s approach stems from the ethos that in order to understand conflict and aggression it is also necessary to understand peace and conflict resolution (and vice versa). JACPR publishes a broad range of international original articles and review papers on all aspects of aggression, conflict and peace. It is aimed at both academic and practice development, with a clear remit of translating research findings into implementations for practice. Papers published in JACPR are double blind peer-reviewed.
To submit your research, please visit the journal’s ScholarOne website. In preparing papers, authors are asked to follow the standard JACPR Author Guidelines, which are available here. If you have a special issue idea, please contact Commissioning Editor Catherine McAteer (cmcateer@emerald.com) for a proposal form.
Special Issues
Call for Special Issue
ENGAGE!, "Reparations, Reckoning, and Regeneration from Global and Local Contexts"
Submission Deadline: 15 October 2024
Engage!, a journal devoted to community engaged and community-based participatory research, is announcing a special issue focused on Reparations, Reckoning, and Regeneration from Global and Local Contexts. We contend that to end contemporary racial injustices and disparities in several dimensions of life (e.g., health, wealth, education, mass incarceration, residential segregation, etc.), policies and practices of reckoning, reparations, and regeneration must be enacted fully.
A distinctive characteristic of the journal is that articles must be conceptualized, written and disseminated with a community partner. We invite empirical, conceptual, and theoretical articles that make substantial contributions to the field. Through this special issue, we seek to highlight those stories and continue to grow this work in solidarity. ENGAGE! editors ask for submissions that center this perspective. Read the full call.
Conferences
9th International Conference on Communication & Media Studies
Interamerican Open University
Buenos Aires, Argentina
24-25 October 2024
We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Ninth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, to be hosted by Interamerican Open University, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24-25 October 2024.
All presenters are also encouraged to submit their papers to the companion journal, The Journal of Communication and Media Studies. Find out more about the journal and submission process.
Wisconsin Sociological Association Annual Conference
Hosted at Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, USA
November 1, 2024
The Wisconsin Sociological Association (WSA) invites proposals for presentations of empirical research at its upcoming academic conference on the theme of Social Forces and Responses to Inequality in the 21st Century. Perceived deprivation and exclusion are felt across social categories, institutions, and communities, affecting hope and well-being. Possible presentations topics include social factors shaping: (1) group-based differences in how inequalities are understood; (2) actions by the state (at any level, from local to federal) related to inequality; (3) social movements purporting to fight inequalities; and (4) backlash against anti-inequality efforts. This is just a sample of possible subjects related to the conference theme. A selection of thematic papers submitted to the conference will be invited to go through peer review for publication in a special issue of the WSA’s journal, Sociological Imagination.
In addition to presentations on the conference theme, presentations on all other social science topics are welcome, as usual. The conference features evidence-based social science perspectives, a refreshing variety of topics and research methods, opportunities for discussion, and lively networking around social researchers and issues. More information is available here or by contacting the WSA at TheWSA@live.com.
15th International Conference on Stigma
19-22 November 2024
Howard University in Washington, D.C., USA (Hybrid)
This hybrid conference aims to increase awareness of the stigma of HIV and other health conditions and to explore interventions to eradicate this stigma. This conference also serves to educate healthcare providers and the general public about stigma as both a major barrier to prevention and treatment of illnesses and a human rights violation. We are looking for original research that addresses HIV stigma or other mental or physical health-related stigma to be presented as a VIRTUAL POSTER during the conference virtual poster session on November 21, 2024. During the virtual poster session, each presenter will have the opportunity to give a live or pre-recorded presentation of their work with a live Q & A session to follow. Abstracts that focus on this year’s theme of, “Stigma No More… It’s 2024!” are particularly encouraged. A limited number of non-research community-based project posters may be accepted for presentation during the virtual poster session. Read the full call for abstracts.
Special Focus—Stigma No More... It's 2024!
Twenty-first International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability
Florida International University
Miami, Florida, USA
23-25 January 2025
The Twenty-first International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will explore the multidimensional challenge of identifying and implementing resilient, durable and regenerative sustainable development solutions that bring well-being to both people and planet. From a sociocultural perspective, a key challenge is addressing entrenched inequalities, both within the present generation (intragenerational inequity) and between the present generation and those that will follow (intergenerational inequity). In what ways can we create well-being for all without it costing the earth? Creative and imaginative economic responses to environmental issues are coming to the fore, such as the circular economy, carbon neutrality and the need to generate bottom-up governance structures that are just, inclusive and equitable while engaging with planetary scale change. We warmly welcome proposals from all stakeholders for papers, parallel sessions, colloquia and focused discussions that address the challenges of generating a culture of long-term well-being for nature and culture on a dynamic planet. Learn more.
Call for Papers
Im/migrant Well-Being: A Nexus for Policy Research & Policy 2025 Conference
Hosted by The Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative (IWSC), Hilton Bayfront Hotel, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
14-15 February 2025
The 2025 Conference on Im/migrant Well-Being will focus on the lived experiences, challenges, and successes of immigrants within and across generations over time in the United States. We invite submissions that critically examine the intergenerational impacts of how United States immigration policies, such as Title 42, "Remain in Mexico"/Migrant Protections Protocols, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and surveillance, executive actions like the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and other policies and programs shape the daily lives and well-being of immigrants and their families. By centering the voices and experiences of immigrant communities, this conference seeks to generate empirical work that promotes the humanity of immigrants and informs evidence-based policymaking at the local, state, and national level. The 2025 Conference on Im/migrant Well-Being builds upon the first "Im/migrant Well-Being: A Nexus for Research & Policy" conference, held in 2023, which successfully convened scholars, policymakers, and community advocates to delve into the critical issues surrounding immigrant well-being through a series of thematic panels and keynote addresses by distinguished scholars engaged in policy advocacy, and which resulted in the publication of two special issues of the journal, American Behavioral Scientist.
Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society
Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
28-30 May 2025
The Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society offers an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the role of the arts in society. It is a place for critical engagement, examination, and experimentation, developing ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world – on stage, in studios and theaters, in classrooms, in museums and galleries, on the streets and in communities. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.Fifteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society
Hosted by Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
19-20 June 2025
Sixteenth International Conference on Sport & Society
Hosted by Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
2-4 July 2025
The Sixteenth International Conference on Sport & Society will delve into the politics of globalisation and how it reshapes sports, as well as its complex relations with local cultures and cities. Sport is both a cultural practice and a global product. As a cultural practice, sport brings people together and creates a sense of belonging. It also contributes to individuals’ wellbeing and the development of physical and social skills. As a global product, sport is shaped by global economic flows and practices that monetise fan engagement and commodify athletes' labour. The confluence of sport as a cultural practice and a global product creates tensions and fractures as to how communities shape sports to become a force for social good locally.
The Special Focus of the Sixteenth International Conference on Sport & Society delves into these tensions and fractures and invites submissions that examines the roles of global sports and how they are re-contextualised within local cultures and communities. Learn more about registration and calls.
Twentieth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Hosted by University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain, 2-4 July 2025
All presenters are also encouraged to submit their paper to the companion journal collection, the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Journal Collection. Find out more about the journal collection.
We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. The dates below serve as a guideline for proposal submission based on our corresponding registration deadlines. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.
Thirty-Second International Conference on Learning
Hosted by University of Granada in Granada, Spain
8-10 July 2025
The arrival of generative AI has precipitated a panic among some educators while prompting qualified enthusiasm from others. Ask a GPTs (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) to take a high-stakes select response test, and it will generally pass or even excel. Prompt it to write a five-paragraph essay on any topic, and it will produce a well-written if dull and predictable response, at least as good or better than a student’s response. Here comes a cheating bonanza: unless strictly proctored, there’s no reliable way to tell whether a student response has been generated by AI, especially with a few extra tricks in written text such as adding some typos or awkward expressions. What to do? How to put generative AI to good use?
In addition to the broad range of regular themes addressing educational and social change at The Learner Conference, this year we will have a special theme exploring the implications and applications artificial intelligence in education generally, and GPTs in particular. Presentations addressing this special theme will examine the differences between machine and human learning and the ways in which machines can complement human learning. Some of the questions we will address are: What are supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement machine learning? Will mechanical intelligence ever be able to replicate or exceed human intelligence? What are the practical applications of learning analytics and artificial intelligence in learning management systems and other educational tools? What are the implications for diversity, equity and inclusion? Learn more about registration.
