12th Annual Weight Stigma Conference

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Weight Stigma Conference 2026: All the information you’ve been waiting for!!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR WSC 2026

***Registration is now open for WSC 2026. Visit our Registration page for ticketing information and to register.***

Our Venue

The conference venue will be the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Oslo and we have also secured a reduced rate for conference delegates. For more information and links to the booking form, visit our Information page. ***NOTE, the conference reduced rate is only available until 23rd May.***

Our keynotes

We are delighted to announce the keynotes for this year’s event.

Lene Bull Christiansen (she/her) is Associate Professor at the Institute for Communication and Arts at Roskilde University in Denmark. She has a background in International Development Studies and Cultural Studies. Her current research area of focus is Fat Studies from the perspective of Gender and Media Studies. She is the co-author of the Danish Weight Stigma Report and has headed the Research Project Feminist Activism in Transition (FAT).

Angel Austin (she/her) is Executive Director of the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH), holder of the trademark for Health at Every Size® (HAES®). She promotes and protects this paradigm of size-inclusiveness in health, expressed through the HAES® Principles and Framework of Care. Angel is Black, infinifat, chronically ill, and disabled. She calls on wisdom gained in life at these historically oppressed intersections to drive policy change through the  lens of liberation and social justice.

For more information about our keynotes, please visit our Keynotes page.

Abstract submission

We are still accepting abstracts for poster presentations (in-person and online). For more information, visit our Abstract Submission page.

 

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