Call for Papers for IRIS 2026 International Conference
We’re delighted to announce the launch of the Call for Papers, Panels, and Workshops for the IRIS 2026 international conference.
(Credit: Hosny Salha)
The 2026 International Conference titled Unsettling Communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement in an Age of Growing Authoritarianism will take place on 7-9 September 2026 at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Submit a proposal and join the conversation.
In a world marked by intersecting geopolitical, economic, environmental, and ideological crises, the study of diversity, migration, and displacement is both urgent and deeply complex. Armed conflicts, climate breakdown, intensifying border enforcement, and the rise of exclusionary politics are reshaping mobility, belonging, and the everyday experiences of communities around the globe. IRIS 2026 invites scholars, activists, practitioners, and creative thinkers to explore these dynamics and to rethink core concepts, methods, and alliances in migration research.
How can scholarship respond to these transformations without reproducing dominant framings of crisis, threat, or invasion? What concepts, methods, and alliances are needed to understand—and contest—this moment? These are some of the questions that will be addressed at the IRIS 2026 Conference, taking place on 7–9 September 2026.
The call for papers is now open. Find out more and submit your abstracts online. The deadline is 16th March 2026