Abstract Submission 2026

IMPORTANT: Please read the Abstract Submission Guidelines before preparing your abstract

Since 2023, the WSC has been fully hybrid, allowing in person and remote attendance and presentation.

Abstracts can be for oral presentations (10 mins, including time for questions), posters, or other formats (symposia, workshops, seminars, creative sessions, etc.).

We invite contributions across a wide range of disciplines and methodological and theoretical approaches. International voices discussing the situation in countries other than the US are particularly welcome. Equally so are intersectional approaches and perspectives from other marginalized groups. We encourage submissions from scholars, practitioners, policy makers, and activists. Students are especially encouraged to submit proposals.

Judges’ Choice and People’s Choice prizes will be awarded for the best oral presentation and best poster.

Note, accepted presenters will be required to register for the conference and pay the registration fee. Bursaries may be available on a case-by-case basis.

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Oral presentations*

Deadline: 31st January, 2026

Oral presentations will last for 10 minutes, including time for questions. If you wish to give a longer presentation, please submit into the Other Formats category.

*Oral presentation slots are limited. If your application for an oral slot is unsuccessful, your submission will automatically be considered for a poster presentation.

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Conference sessions

Deadline: 31st January, 2026

Conference session formats include brief symposia, workshops, or other format that may be of interest to delegates, including panels, debates, educational sessions, round tables media, performance, art etc. In general, all sessions should last 45–60 minutes. If your idea involves a single speaker or shorter presentation, please let us know how much time you think you will need – we may bundle related submissions together into a 1-hour session.

A brief symposium is a series of linked talks that aim to give a broad scientific overview of a topic and time for discussion. For symposia abstracts, please include details of your topic and suggested speakers in the abstract submission form. Workshops should involve some kind of training or professional development. For workshop suggestions, please outline the topic, format, speaker(s), and learning objectives.

For other formats, please just tell us about your ideas and what you would like to do – this doesn’t have to be in a formal abstract style.

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Poster presentations

Deadline: Rolling/31st May, 2026

Poster decisions will be made on a rolling basis and you will be notified of the outcome within one week of submission.

Note, if you are presenting a poster but attending remotely, you will need to arrange for a copy of your poster to be available for in-person attendees. We can assist with this if necessary.

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IMPORTANT: Please read the Abstract Submission Guidelines before preparing your abstract

Please submit your abstracts using the form below. Please indicate your preferred format. The panel might propose an alternative format for your presentation.