The Vienna Conference on the Social Sciences (VCSS2026)

Call for Papers | Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: May 21, 2026

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Welcome to The Vienna Conference on the Social Sciences (VCSS2026)

The Vienna Conference on the Social Sciences (VCSS2026) will be hosted alongside The Vienna Conference on Arts and Humanities (VCAH2026) as a part of the IAFOR European City Conference Series. Registration for either of these conferences will allow delegates to attend any joint plenary session or parallel sessions as desired.national and disciplinary borders.

Submissions are organised into the following streams:

*STREAMS*

Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Studies and Humanities

Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences

Computational Social Science

Cultural and Media Studies

Economics and Management

Education and Social Welfare

Demography, Human Geography & Population Studies

Ethnicity, Difference, Identity

Globalization and Internationalization

Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender

International Relations & Human Rights

Journalism and Communications

Linguistics

Natural, Environmental and Health Sciences

Politics, Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness

Politics, Public Policy, Law & Criminology

Psychology & Social Psychology

Research Methodologies, Quantitative and Qualitative

Social History

Social Work

Sociology

Sustainability

Teaching and Learning

Technology and Applied Sciences

Urban Studies

Other