About

The symposium will be held on May 8-10, 2026, at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Türkiye. This year’s symposium aims to bring together undergraduate and graduate students around the theme of “Society in Motion: Transformations in Power, Knowledge, and Identity” to deeply examine the social, cultural, and technological dynamics of our contemporary era.

Our symposium aims to critically examine the multifaceted effects of digitalization, artificial intelligence, new media, and global crises on individuals and communities. We seek to explore how structures of power, processes of knowledge production, and constructions of identity are being reshaped, as well as the transformations in family, work life, urban spaces, and intergenerational relations. Furthermore, the symposium aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for dialogue to understand the complex issues of our time, ranging from digital activism to the surveillance society, and from popular culture to the decolonization of knowledge.

We highly encourage the submission of papers that explore new approaches and paradigms related to the theme of the symposium. Additionally, we encourage students to engage with and extend their analyses on a number of focal areas, including but not limited to:

• The Digital Society: Online Selves, Communities, and Power
• Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Social Sciences
• Generations and Belonging: A Sociology of Family, Youth, and Identity
• Urban Worlds: City Life, Inequality, and the Future of Space
• Work, Worth, and the Future of Labor
• Decolonization of Knowledge and Postcolonial Legacies
• The Surveillance Society: Algorithms, Technologies, and Governance
• Popular Culture and Media Studies
• Migration, Demography, and Social Change
• Being Human in the Age of Planetary Crisis
• Social Movements and Digital Activism
• Religion, Spirituality, and Identity Negotiations

Language: English and Turkish

Location: Ibn Haldun University, Başakşehir Campus, Istanbul

Mode: Face-to-face

Submission Guidelines:

• The call is open to students at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels.
• All inquiries and abstract submissions should be sent to the Ibn Haldun University Sociology Days Committee at sociologydays@ihu.edu.tr.
• Abstracts must be no more than 300 words, with an accompanying author’s bio of 100 words.
• Institutional affiliation, position (undergraduate or graduate student), and full contact information are required.
• Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified and are required to submit a draft of their papers.

Important Dates:

• Abstract Submission Deadline: February 15th, 2026
• Acceptance Notification: March 1st, 2026
• Draft Paper Due: April 6th, 2026
• Presentation Submission Deadline: April 27th, 2026
• Symposium: May 8-10, 2026

For more information, please email the Ibn Haldun University Sociology Days Organizing Committee at sociologydays@ihu.edu.tr.