European SSSI Annual Meeting

June 16-19, 2026

Oslo, Norway

The annual conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction will take place from June 16th - June 19th in beautiful Oslo, Norway. This is the main European conference designed to foster interaction, learning, and camaraderie among leading scholars in symbolic interactionism and grounded theory. The conference theme is "situations, power, and persuasion," reflecting important recent trends in scholarship and public life.

University of Oslo's Department of Sociology and Human Geography will host this event, in association with the Norwegian Microsociology Network.

For more information please go to: https://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences/2026/esssi-conference-2026.html 

Call for Papers

The conference will concern different aspects of symbolic interactionist theory and organizers encourage sessions related to Symbolic Interactionism or Grounded Theory which may not fit directly into the conference theme but stimulate open discussion. We accept both theoretical, methodological and empirical proposals.

All proposals should contain:

(1) Title of paper

(2) Name, affiliation, and job title/position of all contributors,

(3) Contact information for paper presenter (name, institution, and email)

(4) Abstract (500 words maximum),

(5) Keywords (5 maximum)

Paper proposals may be submitted until April 20, 2026. Proposals should be submitted HERE.

We will also consider proposals for special sessions or panels.