Coordinators:
Olga Magano [Universidade Aberta & CFE-UC, extensão UAb & Cies-Iscte ]
Maria Manuela Mendes [ISCSP-Universidade de Lisboa & Cies-Iscte]
Sociology is called upon to study the impacts of the rapid social, cultural and technological transformations taking place in contemporary societies, including those relating to cultural diversity, social inequalities, discrimination, racism, xenophobia and hate speech.
In this era marked by major crises and the worsening of inequalities and vulnerabilities yet also characterized by international mobility —whether for tourism or migration—contemporary societies are culturally diverse, with the convergence of multiple cultures in both urban and non-urban areas.
It is important that Sociology thoroughly analyses the consequences of extremist, xenophobic and racist movements and their corrosive effect on the freedoms and rights won through the revolution of 25 April 1974. The aim of safeguarding pluralistic cultural expressions and preserving intercultural and religious relations, as well as ensuring dignified conditions for welcoming immigrants and refugees, are objectives that Portuguese society must unequivocally uphold.
The thematic section ‘Cultural Diversities and Spaces of Intervention’ aims to bring together papers that reflect, from a theoretical, methodological and social intervention perspective, on contemporary social, cultural and technological changes, as well as contributions that affirm sociological knowledge regarding cultural diversities in the public sphere of intervention. We welcome papers addressing the following thematic areas:
- Cultural diversity and sociological knowledge;
- Theoretical and methodological approaches to cultural diversity;
- Spaces for intervention and the role of public sociology;
- Mobility and its impact on territories and knowledge;
- Identities and borders;
- Digital technologies and cultural diversity;
- Sociological imagination and cultural diversity;
- Democracy and cultural expressions;
- Intercultural mediation and intervention;
- Social intervention in segregated and marginalised spaces;
- Citizenship and structural racism;
- Anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsyism, Gypsyphobia, Islamophobia, etc.
- The future of cultural diversity;
- Spaces for reception and social intervention;
- Extremism, hate speech and racism;
- Methodological innovation, research methodologies and cultural diversity;
- Policies and management of cultural diversity.
We invite the submission of abstract proposals based on academic and non-academic research, including empirical work, theoretical and methodological contributions, as well as reports of professional experiences.
Proposals, in addition to theoretical essays, must be formulated presenting their theoretical framework, objectives, methodologies used, results and conclusions.
Professional contributions can take the form of experience reports, including context, objectives, actors involved, methodologies, activities developed, and key learnings.
Proposals must be submitted via the personal area by the deadline specified in the submission guidelines.
Proposals may be submitted in Portuguese, English, Spanish or French.
The maximum length of the abstract is 2,500 characters (excluding spaces).
Evaluation will consider the clarity of objectives, methodological adequacy, relevance of results, and the overall quality of the proposal.
The Congress will take place in person at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Algarve, in Faro, from 23 to 25 March 2027, and may include online sessions on 22 March. At the time of submission, authors must indicate whether they intend to participate in person or online.
All the authors will be invited to submit the full papers for publication in the Congress Proceedings.
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