2027 Imagining Social Worlds Online Symposium, 17–18 March 2027

2027 Imagining Social Worlds Online Symposium, 17–18 March 2027

We invite proposals for 2027 Imagining Social Worlds, an annual online symposium in the Common Ground Imagining Futures Series, taking place 17–18 March 2027.

The symposium brings together scholars, researchers, educators, policy thinkers, practitioners, community leaders, organizers, and public-facing professionals working across social, political, civic, organizational, and global fields. We welcome proposals that explore how social worlds are formed, governed, connected, contested, sustained, and transformed.

For 2027, The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network serves as the host Network, helping shape the symposium’s emphasis within the wider theme of Imagining Social Worlds.

Hosted by the Common Ground Media Lab @ Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, the symposium is also part of Common Ground’s ongoing research into the knowledge experience: exploring how online environments can support focused dialogue, continuous exchange, publication pathways, and new forms of scholarly communication.

Symposium Themes
Theme 1: Institutions, Governance, and Public Life
Theme 2: Diversity, Justice, and Social Belonging
Theme 3: Globalization, Place, and Collective Futures
Theme 4: Organizations, Culture, and Social Change
Theme 5: Religion, Spirituality, Ethics, and Public Worlds