Call for Papers: 2026 Annual Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Law & Society Association, 29-30 January 2026
Dates and Venue
The 2026 Annual Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Law & Society Association (VSR) will be hosted by the Department Law, Society & Crime at Erasmus School of Law. The conference will take place on Thursday, 29 and Friday 30 January 2026 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Conference Theme
The theme of the 2026 VSR Annual Conference is Crossing Borders: Navigating Law and Society in a World of Turbulence.
Call for Abstracts and Proposals
The conference welcomes submissions of both individual papers and full panels. Moreover, this year several panels have been pre-formed that invite submissions on their topics. The panels are listed below with their titles and organizers. When submitting an abstract of an individual paper via the designated link (see below) you will have the option to indicate a preferred panel for your submission. The primary language of the conference will be English and all communications will be in English. However, please note that submissions of papers and panels in Dutch are also warmly welcomed. For submitting an individual paper, we ask you to submit a title and an abstract (max 200 words). It is not compulsory to submit to a specific panel, individual papers can also be submitted independently. In all cases, the conference organizers decide on the final allocation of papers to specific panels. For full panel submissions, please provide the title of the panel session, the designated chair of the panel and at least three paper abstracts from participants.
The deadline for both individual paper and panel submissions is 24 November 2025.
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