Calls for Papers, Conferences, and Events

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Calls for Papers
Participants
Ongoing Calls
Conferences and Events
Virtual Events
Other Opportunities

Calls for Papers

Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting
Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta in St. Louis, Missouri, 26-29 March 2026

Submission Deadline: 17 October 2025

The MSS invites submissions for the 2026 Annual Meeting beginning August 1, 2025. MSS Program Chair Michael Haedicke has selected an important theme for reflection for this year's conference: "Care and the Sociological Vocation: Learning About, Through, and With Care." Submit your paper, presentation or session to the 2026 MSS Annual Meeting. Submissions will open August 1 and close October 17. (Posters and 3MT competition submissions are due December 19.). More information can be found at the conference website.

2026 Special Focus—Care the the Sociological Vocation

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Work and Family Researchers Network
Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, 17-20 June 2026

Submission Deadline: 1 November 2025

The next Work and Family Researchers Network Conference will be held June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. The conference theme is Centering Care Across the Life Course. More than 500 stakeholders in the work-family field are anticipated to attend, with a dynamic program focused on meaningful exchanges. Submissions open in July and close November 1, 2025. More information can be found at the conference website.

2026 Special Focus—Centering Care Across the Life Course

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Southern Sociological Society (SSS) Annual Meeting
Jacksonville, FL, 8-11 March 2026

Submission Deadline: 7 November 2025

The SSS annual meeting is constructed entirely out of member submissions. Submissions are considered from the breadth and depth of the discipline, regardless of the theme of the 2026 Annual Conference. There are six submission types: individual papers, poster presentations, full session proposals, flash talks, roundtables, and special sessions. To submit to SSS 2026, please visit our membership portal. The 2026 Annual theme, Empowered Sociologists: Agency and Action towards Social Change, is a call to action for empowered thought leaders to uphold the ethical mission of the Southern Sociological Society. Sociologists are well-positioned to lead through times of rapid social change with our collective action. In an era when many feel disempowered, this call serves as a reminder of the strength of sociology and the contributions of sociologists. It is also a reminder of the Society’s mission to apply our knowledge and training to address and resolve societal problems. Learn more about registration and sessions seeking papers.

2026 Special Focus—Empowered Sociologists: Agency and Action Towards Social Change

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Twentieth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices 
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 25-27 February 2026

Submission Deadline: 25 November 2025

The 20th anniversary of DPP provides a valuable opportunity to assess how well our principles and practices have performed and to envision how Design must adapt to meet the challenges of the near future. This moment invites us to reinforce Design’s cultural role as a catalyst for meaningful, lasting change. We call on researchers across all domains of Design to explore the concept of Time, reflecting on its influence in any aspect of Design practice or research. What changes would you advocate for in the next 20 years? Learn more about registration and submission.

2026 Special Focus—Design Across Time

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Seventeenth International Conference on the Image
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore + Online, 1-2 October 2026

Submission Deadline: 1 December 2025

This year’s special focus examines how visual media serve as agents of cultural dialogue, activism, and change, particularly within complex and pluralistic societies. Images do more than reflect the world; they intervene in it. Whether mobilised to document injustice, amplify marginalised voices, reframe dominant narratives, or inspire solidarity, images hold or possess the capacity to advocate. As technologies evolve and the circulation of images intensifies, so too does the need to critically assess how they shape public consciousness and cultural meaning. This conference invites an exploration of how visual forms, across analogue, digital, and emerging mediums, operate as tools of advocacy within their own cultural contexts and in dialogue with others, placing an emphasis on practices that are situated, responsive, and ethically engaged. We ask: What are the possibilities and limits of the image as advocate? How does visual advocacy operate across linguistic, societal and cultural thresholds? And what pedagogies, platforms, or ethics are needed to support such work? In gathering diverse voices, we aim to cultivate a conversation on how images not only represent but also actively shape the cultures from which they emerge. More information can be found at the conference website.

2026 Special Focus—The Image as Advocate: Shaping Cultural Conversations

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Sixteenth International Conference on Food Studies
University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan, 10-12 October 2026 and Online
Submission Deadline: 10 December 2025
 

The Sixteenth International Conference on Food Studies will be held in Osaka, Japan—a city whose identity, culture, and cuisine have been shaped by water for centuries. Known historically as the “Kitchen of the Nation,” Osaka flourished as a hub of trade and food distribution, made possible by its extensive river and canal networks. Today, this rich heritage offers a powerful context for exploring the conference’s special theme: Living with Water: Food and Life.

In Osaka, water is more than a resource—it is a foundation for food culture, daily life, and ecological understanding. From the soft water used to make dashi, to the thriving markets that once received goods from across Japan, the city embodies a deep connection between water systems and sustainable food traditions. As global food and water crises intensify, Osaka offers a compelling site to examine how local knowledge, urban infrastructure, and culinary heritage can inform more resilient and equitable food futures.

Along with our papers that speak to our annual themes, we invite proposals that explore food sustainability, water security, health and nutrition, and the politics of food systems, especially about urban ecologies and historic foodways. Join us in Osaka to reflect on the past and reimagine the future of food in a world increasingly defined by its relationship to water. Learn more about registration and submission.

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Aging & Social Change: Sixteenth Interdisciplinary Conference
Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey, 15-16 October 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 December 2025

Care environments for aging populations must move toward more individualized, person-centered models. Yet across diverse national contexts, many systems remain fragmented or under-resourced, with gaps at the intersections of medical, social, and familial care arrangements. At the same time, promising new approaches are emerging around the world—ranging from dementia care innovations and age-friendly community programs to lifelong learning institutions for older adults.

This international dialogue will be hosted in Turkey, a country that both reflects these global challenges and serves as a site of experimentation in gerontological practice and policy. The conference offers an opportunity to exchange cross-national insights, share institutional innovations, and collaboratively reimagine the social contract across generations. Learn more about registration and submission. 

2026 Special Focus—Demographic Futures: Political and Social Transformations

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Sixteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society
University of Guadalajara, Mexico + Online, 9-11 September 2026

Submission Deadline: 9 June 2026

Founded in 2011, the Health, Wellness, & Society Research Network is brought together by a common concern in the fields of human health and wellness, and in particular their social interconnections and implications. 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 tension. Learn more about registration and submission. 

2026 Special Focus—Nourishing Societies: Bridging Nutrition, Wellness, and Sustainability for a Healthier Future

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Subjugated Knowledges, Secrecy and Society Volume 4, Issue 1

Submission Deadline: 15 March 2026

Since January 2025, the Trump administration has undertaken a large-scale purge of federal data and information. For example, more than 8,000 web pages and approximately 3,000 datasets from US government websites are impacted. This purge targeted public health, education, and climate change data and resources such as the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, EPA's Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, and HIV surveillance tools. In this special issue of Secrecy and Society we invite researchers, journalists, those in the non-profit policy sector, and others working in the area of history, policy, ethics, sociology, and politics to explore the disappearance of facts and data and their replacement by the superficial. We also encourage contributors to delve into how the removal of data, information, and knowledge as a form of ungoverning leads to a “dumbing” down – indeed “gaslighting” – where false or distorted narratives overturn historical understanding, and with it, diminished trust and veracity and encourage submissions from scholars and other researchers considering comparative approaches and all national contexts. We term this special issue “subjugated knowledges” as it has much in common with concealment, censorship, and power that maintain certain perspectives as superior by excluding other accounts. Read the CFP. Email secrecyandsociety@gmail.com for further information. 

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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Submission Deadline: On-Going Call

The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity series provides a venue for international, pioneering scholarship that moves our understanding of race, racism, ethnicity, and ethnic oppression forward. The series features books that engage in contemporary social issues in a meaningful way, advocating intervention and action in social justice and social transformation. While theoretically and empirically grounded in sociology, books in this series intersect a wide array of social sciences (geography, history, political science, anthropology, philosophy). We seek book proposals that accomplish the dual goals of speaking to the public square and pushing the intellectual conversation forward. To inquire about publishing in the series, please contact Mick Gusinde-Duffy at mickgd@uga.edu.

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Participants

Teaching About Race
Dr. Sarah Friedman, Senior Lecturer of Sociology at Georgia State University, is recruiting participants for a study about experiences instructors have when they teach about race in Introduction to Sociology classes to gain information about teaching challenges to better understand pedagogical needs.
 
If you have taught an introductory sociology course at a US college or university within the past 5 years, and are at least 18 years old, you are eligible to participate. Participants will complete an online anonymous survey that asks about your teaching background, classroom environment, and bigger institutional context. The survey takes approximately 15-20 minutes.
 
If you are interested in participating, please use this link to learn more and to begin the survey.
 
 

Ongoing Calls

Spark Magazine

Spark Magazine is now accepting pitches for essay ideas on a rolling basis. Spark offers essays grounded in research that can inform readers to make decisions for themselves, their families, and communities. The essays are meant to spark curiosity — whether by encouraging deeper questions about society, challenging taken-for-granted ideas, or inspiring greater empathy and support for marginalized communities. Submit a pitch.

Conferences and Events

Diversity Scholars Network Lunch and Learn
Sessions will be small with ample time for questions and individual attention. This professional development opportunity is perfect for scholars pursuing grants and other funding opportunities as well as those currently working toward tenure. Seating is limited, so we encourage you to register early. Lunch will be provided. Click here to register.
 
Save the date for future Lunch and Learns:
  • Thursday, November 13, 2025 -- Noon to 1:30pm. 
    • Public Humanities and Research Impact - Webinar
  • Thursday, February 12, 2026 -- Noon to 1:30pm.
    • Advocating for your project - In person
  • Tuesday, April 7, 2026 -- Noon to 1:30pm.
    • Crafting Research Impact Statements - Hybrid

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Media Trainings
The Diversity Scholars Network is hosting three Faculty Media Trainings in October and three Advanced Media Trainings in March.

The media trainings held in October are designed to help faculty prepare for and feel confident conducting print and broadcast interviews. While the media trainings offered in March build on our previous sessions and will include mock interviews. Each of these trainings will be led by Fernanda Pires of Michigan News at U-M. Click here for more information on these training sessions. 
  • Introduction to Media training
    • October 28th, 29th, & 30th from 12:00pm - 1:30pm
    • 412 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  • Advanced Media training 
    • March 10th, 11th, and 12th from 12:00pm - 1:30pm. 
    • 412 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Twentieth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy + Online
25-27 February 2026

The Twentieth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices offers an interdisciplinary forum to explore the meaning and purpose of design. Our aim is to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. The 20th anniversary of DPP provides a valuable opportunity to assess how well our principles and practices have performed and to envision how Design must adapt to meet the challenges of the near future. This moment invites us to reinforce Design’s cultural role as a catalyst for meaningful, lasting change. We call on researchers across all domains of Design to explore the concept of Time, reflecting on its influence in any aspect of Design practice or research. What changes would you advocate for in the next 20 years? Learn more about registration.

2025 Special Focus—Design Across Time

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Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 86th Annual Meeting
Alburquerque, New Mexico, 17-21 March 2026

The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites abstracts (sessions, papers, posters, and videos) for the Program of the 86th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, March 17-21, 2026. The theme of the Program is “Everyday Practice of Applied Anthropology.”

The 2026 SfAA Annual Meeting offers researchers, practitioners, and students from diverse disciplines and organizations the opportunity to discuss their work and consider how it can contribute to a better future. SfAA members come from a host of disciplines -- anthropology, geography, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and more. The annual meeting provides a fertile venue in which to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as an opportunity to enter the lifeworlds of other professionals. The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2025. For additional information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please visit our web page and click on annual meeting. 

Theme-Everday Practice of Applied Anthropology

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CfP: 16th International Conference on the Constructed Environment
Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
14-15 May 2026

The Sixteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment invites participants to explore the intersections between spatial design, human experiences, and contemporary global challenges. Under the theme From the Home to the City: Designing Spatial Experiences, this conference addresses how thoughtfully designed environments—from intimate domestic interiors to expansive urban landscapes—can foster human well-being, community connection, and environmental sustainability.

At the domestic scale, we examine how homes shape daily routines, emotional health, and social interactions, highlighting the critical role of design in creating spaces of care, comfort, and dignity. Amidst ongoing global shifts such as remote work, aging populations, and housing crises, we invite research to consider both technical dimensions—including sustainability, adaptability, and healthy materials—and sensory experiences involving spatial form, natural light, and tactile qualities. Echoing architect Kazuo Shinohara, we reflect on how domestic spaces are deeply embedded in human identity and cultural expression.

At the urban scale, we aim to understand how cities can cultivate inclusive, resilient, and engaging environments amidst rapid urbanization, climate change, and socio-economic disparities. We invite contributions investigating participatory urban planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and empathetic design practices that foster safety, accessibility, and belonging. As urbanist Jan Gehl observed, thriving cities are spaces of joyful human interaction designed for lingering, sharing, and meaningful connection.

Additionally, we welcome research on intermediate scales—such as shared community spaces, transitional interiors, neighborhoods, and collective housing—that bridge private and public realms. These environments represent thresholds of care and encounter, requiring responsive design strategies that address complex and overlapping needs.

Proposals are invited across disciplines including architecture, urban planning, interior design, engineering, environmental psychology, and interdisciplinary fields. We particularly encourage submissions aligned with the following four thematic areas:

1. The Design of Space and Place: Exploring how spaces are defined not only by physical boundaries but by rituals, memory, and emotional connections, emphasizing the choreographic role of design in fostering meaningful inhabitation.
2. Constructing the Environment: Examining the role of everyday objects and material systems in shaping human experiences, from small-scale domestic artifacts to flexible, adaptive structures that support both rootedness and mobility.
3. Environmental Impacts: Investigating how the built environment mirrors and influences our ecological relationships, emphasizing aesthetics and sustainability as interlinked values guiding ethical design practices.
4. Social Impacts: Reflecting on how spatial design can promote inclusivity, equity, and social justice, addressing critical questions of belonging, care infrastructures, and community visibility in built environments.

We invite innovative, multidisciplinary contributions that critically engage with these themes, advancing the discourse on designing resilient, empathetic, and sustainable spaces for contemporary life.

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Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society
Department of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 10-12 June 2026

We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society, to be hosted by the Department of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 10-12 June 2026.

All presenters are also encouraged to submit their paper to the companion journal collection The Arts in Society Journal Collection. Find out more about the journal collection.

2026 Special Focus—Modeling Life Systems: Art, Algorithms, Ecologies

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2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference

Join us for the Work and Family Researchers Network 8th Biennial Conference, June 17-20, 2026, Concordia University Montreal Canada. More than 400 scholars are anticipated to attend. The conference theme is Centering Care Across the Life Course. For more information on the 2026 conference and travel to Canada, visit the conference webpage.

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Sixteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society
Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Peru and Online, 22-23 June 2026

Founded in 2011, the Religion in Society Research Network explores the relationship between religion in society and the changing nature of spirituality. 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 submission and registration.

2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

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Criminal Justice Association of Georgia (CJAG) Annual Conference
Albany State University, Albany, Georgia, 25-26 September 2026

We welcome proposals for research presentations, roundtables, panels, workshops, and student-led sessions.
Submit your abstract here. CJAG’s official peer-reviewed journal, The Pursuit, is currently accepting manuscript submissions. Presenters and non-presenters alike are encouraged to submit original research, practice-based articles, and scholarly essays related to criminal justice, criminology, or public safety. More information found on the website.

2026 Special Focus—The Future of Criminal Justice: Navigating the New Normal

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Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting
North Augusta, South Carolina, 15-18 October 2025

Globally, in a world of interlocking networks, the likelihood that most residents will experience a major disaster in their lifetimes is increasing significantly. Whether caused by natural, technological, synergistic, social, cyber, or new means, disasters are becoming more complex, frequent, stronger, longer-lasting, and more devastating in their impacts. As each disaster receives only limited national attention, the extended, slow recovery process forces change and transition at all levels of society, reshaping the pathways forward. Disasters force endings and offer new beginnings. Their destruction spotlights human losses, community ties, deep social change, power dynamics, gender inequalities, wealth and poverty disparities, as well as themes of security, insecurity, and civil rights across varied geographies and cyberspaces. For this conference, we encourage you to submit papers around the theme of disaster with a focus on the humanistic impacts, to understand the texture of loss, the emergence of care and love amidst such devastation, and the process of recovery in a myriad of social and cultural contexts. We are also interested in ways disaster concepts and theorization can apply to new social contexts, expanding our understanding of the theories and bridge the gap between disciplines and perspectives. Learn more about submission and registration.

2025 Special Focus—Disasters: Understanding the Textures of Loss, Love, and Recovery Amidst Forced Social Change

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Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Stigma
Howard University, Washington, D.C., 18-20 November 2025

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 Wednesday, November 19, 2025. 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, “Beyond the Labels – Living and Thriving” are particularly encouraged. A limited number of non-research, community-based project posters may be accepted for presentation during the virtual poster session.

For questions about abstracts, contact Victoria Hoverman and the Scientific Committee at HU.Stigma.Conference@gmail.com. For general questions about the conference contact Patricia Houston at phouston@howard.edu. Learn more.

2025 Special Focus—Beyond the Label - Living and Thriving

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Virtual Events

HBCU Fellowship Program Virtual Events
23 October 2025 (1:00pm EST) 

This October, join Columbia's School of Professional Studies (SPS) for a series of sessions that will tell you everything you need to know about the HBCU Fellowship Program and how you can apply. The mission of the Columbia HBCU Fellowship Program is to prepare talented, high-performing HBCU graduates to lead, innovate, drive community impact, and advance their professional industries through program engagement, mentorship, and career development opportunities.

Since 2018, the Columbia University HBCU Fellowship Program has been preparing HBCU graduates to excel in their professional careers across many areas, ranging from technology management and finance to the medical field. Through the program's high-touch mentorship, networking opportunities, and professional development, more than 100 Fellows from diverse backgrounds have gone on to become leaders in their respective fields as well as in their communities. Attend these online sessions to learn more about Columbia School of Professional Studies' HBCU Fellowship Program. Learn more and RSVP.

  • October 23 - HBCU Fellowship Program Information Session: Learn More About the HBCU Fellowship Program

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AAUP Organize Every Campus: Core Skills Training
24-25 October 2025, 12 p.m.–6 p.m. ET / 11 a.m.–5 p.m. CT / 9 a.m.–3 p.m. PT

AAUP is thrilled to invite you to join the October 24–25 online AAUP Core Skills Training. This two-day intensive will help you and your colleagues build essential organizing skills. The two-day organizing intensive covers organizing skills to help you build strong leadership structures in your chapters, execute high-participation campaigns, and win on issues that matter to you and your colleagues. The training will have many of the Skills to Win modules, but will include new higher ed–specific skills as well. The Zoom link will be provided to your group after you register.

Chapters are encouraged to send at least five people to the training. Please choose one person to serve as a coordinator for your chapter. Only the coordinator should complete this registration. If you do not yet have five people recruited, don’t worry! You can still register as the group coordinator for your chapter now and continue recruiting more chapter members. Participants in this training will be able to participate in our revamped pods program, which will consist of four monthly meetings with chapters from your region to follow up on how you’ve implemented the skills you learned. If you have questions about the pod program, please email Kim Piper at kpiper@aaup.org. Participation in this training will count towards eligibility for dues sharing for advocacy chapters. If you have questions about dues sharing, please email lmoe@auup.org.

The registration deadline is Friday, October 17. Learn more about Organize Every Campus, including training opportunities, here. Have other questions? Please contact Lena Solow at lsolow@aaup.org or Lukas Moe at

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Virtual Writing Retreats
The Diversity Scholars Network is hosting monthly writing retreats via Zoom. These events are co-sponsored by the Anti-Racism Collaborative and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Writing retreats are scheduled throughout each month on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. We are offering writing sessions designed for faculty, staff, and graduate students. We hope you drop in for silent writing with optional breakout rooms for discussion and feedback.
 

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Online Seminars on the Global South
Join Southhampton Solent university for an international online seminar series that aims at both centering and critiquing discussions around the "Global South." Contributions will come from leading academics from the social and human sciences whose research or practice engages with, challenges, or advances the concept of the 'Global South' and who, to do so, draw on a variety of scholarship and research positions. Click here for more information.
  • Wed, 15 Oct, 08:00 GMT-4
  • Wed, 22 Oct, 08:00 GMT-4
  • Wed, 29 Oct, 09:00 GMT-4
  • Wed, 5 Nov, 08:00 GMT-5
  • Wed, 12 Nov, 08:00 GMT-5
  • Wed, 26 Nov, 08:00 GMT-5

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Other Opportunites

Call for Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship Applications

The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) is seeking applicants for its 2026-2027 Early Career Work and Family Fellowships. The goal of the program is to help promising young scholars establish career successes and integrate them within the WFRN research community. Fellows receive a 2026 membership in the WFRN, conference registration, and $250 to attend an Early Career Fellowship Preconference (June 17, 2026) and the 2026 WFRN Main Conference (June 18-20, 2026) in Montreal, Canada. To be eligible, candidates must have received their doctorate in 2023 or later and have yet to progress into tenured or secure senior-level positions. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2025. Questions about the program can be addressed to the program co-directors, Nicole Denier (ngdenier@gmail.com) and Yang Hu (prof.yanghu@gmail.com). Application submission information and further details on the Early Career Fellowship program can be found on the website.

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Call for Work and Family Researchers Network Predoctoral Preconference Applications

On June 17, 2026, the Work and Family Researchers Network will hold a Pre-Doctoral Preconference at Concordia University in Montreal Canada during its 8th Biennial Conference. The Predoctoral Preconference will provide workshops intended to help graduate students form meaningful connections with diverse scholars, learn about publication strategies, as well as how to engage with stakeholders such as organizational leaders or policy advocates. Questions can be directed to organizers Wen Fan (wen.fan@bc.edu) and Jaeseung Kim (jkim1203@o365.skku.edu). Space is limited. Applications close January 15, 2026. Those selected to attend the preconference will be notified in February 2026. Information about the 2026 WFRN conference and the preconference application can be found on the website. 

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Book Drive in collaboration with the Trotter Multicultural Center
NCID is conducting a book drive in collaboration with the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center. We are asking members of the DSN to donate books (new and gently used) to assist in creating an independent in-house library at Trotter, which will center books addressing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility topics and/or banned books. We would welcome, and are especially interested in, books that you have authored or edited. 

We see this book drive as an opportunity to extend your reach as scholars and to place your books directly in the hands of students interested in the topics you research. In addition, we would like to use this book drive to offer the students who frequent the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center with words of inspiration, affirmation, and guidance. 

To that end, we invite those who donate to write a note of inspiration to the students inside the cover of your donated text… to say the words that you would have loved to hear as a student, to present students with messages of hope, to explain what you got out of reading the book to persuade someone to read it as well, or to offer what you (as the author of the text) hope a reader would gain from reading it.

Anyone interested in donating can bring their books to the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center front desk or send their books to Trotter, which is located at 428 S. State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and closed on the weekends through the summer. You can find continued communication about this event here.