Call for Papers | Final Abstract Submission Deadline is February 12, 2026

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Welcome to The 17th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2026)

Held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, this international conference encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue. This event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders.

Submissions are organized into the following 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