bullet">Power, Policy, and Democratic Governance: rights, representation, accountability, and the politics of inclusion in plural societies.

Migration, Mobility, and Belonging: citizenship, borders, diasporas, identity formation, and everyday experiences of belonging/exclusion.

Organizations, Work, and Economic Inequality: employment, labor markets, professional cultures, discrimination, and equity in organizational life.

Education, Media, and Digital Pluralism — schooling, public discourse, platform dynamics, misinformation, and the shaping of diversity in digital societies.

Alongside the special focus, the conference welcomes proposals that address identity, equity, power, and participation across contemporary societies, and that contribute to interdisciplinary dialogue on inclusion, governance, and cultural pluralism in local and global contexts. Proposals are welcomed in English and Spanish.

Knowledge Experience and Format

The conference is organised as a hybrid knowledge experience, integrating in-person and online participation within a unified scholarly environment. All accepted proposals become Presentation Pages, where presenters upload abstracts, media, and reflections, and where delegates engage in discussion before, during, and after the event.

In-person sessions in Galway are interwoven with live online presentations and asynchronous contributions within a single integrated program. Regardless of participation mode, all delegates have access to the full schedule, session media, and a growing digital archive. Across formats, the emphasis is on reciprocal, human-scale exchange—conversation, reflection, and collaborative inquiry rather than one-way presentation.

Publication Pathways

Presenters are invited to develop their conference contributions for possible publication in the Network’s bilingual journal collection: The International Journal of Organizational Diversity, The International Journal of Community Diversity, The International Journal of Diverse Identities, and The International Journal of Diversity in Education.

Presenters may also propose extended works for the Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations Book Imprint, which publishes monographs and edited collections advancing research and practice on the forms and futures of human difference. The journals are Hybrid Open Access and publish in English and Spanish.

Key dates

Early proposal period: Now - 2 November 2026
Early registration period: Now - 2 December 2026

For full details and submission guidelines, visit the conference website.

Sincerely,

Dr. Eugenia Arvanitis, Research Network Chair, University of Patras, Greece

Dr. Carmen Miguel Vicente, Research Network Chair, Compultense University of Madrid, Spain (ES)

Dr. Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez, Research Network Chair, Compultense University of Madrid, Spain (ES)

Dr. Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks, United States of America

📣 CfP: 27th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations