Call for Papers: CIVICA Open Science Conference 2026

We are pleased to announce the first CIVICA Open Science Conference, to take place on 20 May 2026 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in a hybrid format. The conference is open to researchers, professional services staff, and other stakeholders across the CIVICA alliance, with the goal of advancing open science in the social sciences.

Themes

The conference welcomes proposals on any aspect of “opening the social sciences,” with a focus on:

Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Data management and sharing in the social sciences
Open access monographs

Submission formats

You may submit proposals for:

30-minute conference papers
10-minute lightning talks
1-hour workshops
Posters

How to apply & contact information

To apply, submit your proposal via the submission link provided on the CIVICA conference page.

For further information or questions, contact library.openresearch@lse.ac.uk

Submissions should include a title, an abstract, and a short biography.

More information can be found here.