Conferences & Publication Calls

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Conferences & Publication Calls

Sharing Your Work

Below are selected opportunities to present and publish your work.

Due 3/31/2026: Call for Proposals: Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference

The Engagement Scholarship Consortium seeks proposals for its 2026 annual conference, Changing Lives and Improving Society: Data-Driven Engagement and Innovation. The conference will be held October 7-8, 2026, with pre-conference activities to be held October 5-6, 2026, in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Due 3/31/2026: Call for Abstracts: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo

Held in San Antonio, TX, November 1 – 4, 2026. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts on the meeting theme — Together We Thrive: Health Across the Lifespan — and current and emerging public health issues.

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Due 4/1/2026: Call for Proposals: Innovating Impact: The University of Illinois Simulation Symposium

The University of Illinois Simulation Symposium invites practitioners, educators, researchers, and innovators from across the nation to explore the expanding role of simulation in transforming teaching, training, and practice. The symposium will be held on October 29, 2026 from 9:00am to 5:00pm at UIS.

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Abstracts Due 4/15/2026: Call for Papers – Rethinking resistance in peace and conflict: Critical and majority world perspectives

This Special Issue, the APA invites psychologically-informed theoretical and empirical social scientific scholarship on resistance and its roles in peace and conflict, drawing from majority world experiences and critical perspectives.

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Due 4/15/2026: Call for Papers – Societies Special Issue: Innovation, Justice, and Care: Emerging Trends in Social Work

This Special Issue, “Innovation, Justice, and Care: Emerging Trends in Social Work Research”, seeks to highlight cutting-edge research that reflects the evolving needs of the profession and the communities it serves. By bringing together empirical studies, theoretical contributions, and practice-based innovations, the Special Issue will provide a platform for scholarship that bridges theory and practice, advances justice-oriented approaches, and informs policy and pedagogy.

Call for Papers: Innovation, Justice, and Care: Emerging Trends in Social Work Research

Due 6/30/2026: Call for Papers: Global Social Welfare SPecial Issue

This special issue invites manuscripts that translate these dialogues into rigorous, equity-centered scholarship aligned with the journal’s mission to integrate culture, context, and inclusion in global mental health.

Call for Papers

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