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