We’re delighted to announce the launch of the Call for Papers, Panels, and Workshops for the IRIS 2026 international conference, titled Unsettling Communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement in an Age of Growing Authoritarianism. The conference will take place on 7–9 September 2026 at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the online submission page by 16 March 2026.
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 rising 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.
The Age of Superdiversity 
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