Stay tuned! Keynote speakers will be announced soon.

SHE meetings rely heavily on the suggestions and contributions of participants. Our aim is to make this event as broadly interdisciplinary as possible, bridging science, social science, and policy perspectives with literature, humanities, and creative arts. Contributions from all areas of human ecology—theory, education, research, and practice—are welcomed. Examples of recent SHE conference sub-themes include, but are not limited to:

• Sustainability issues

• Teaching human ecology

• Environmental design

• Conservation psychology

• Food systems / food security

• Literature and ecology

• Water-use policy

• Human-animal interactions

• Collaborative planning

• Urban ecology

• Climate change

• Environmental arts

• Historical ecology

• Eco-spirituality

• Environmental health

• Traditional ecological knowledge

• Political ecology

Thematic symposium: These organized Sessions should fill a 1 and 1⁄2  hour block and involve up to 4 speakers. Session organizers are invited to propose a theme or set of papers that expand on one of the conference themes noted above; other session topics are also welcome. The organizer is responsible for the coordination of participants. At this point, only provide session summary information and the names of your intended sessions speakers. Abstracts for the individual speaker’s papers are not yet needed.

Individual paper presentation: Contributed papers will be grouped on similar issues with time allotted for delivery and follow-up discussion, in a format similar to a symposium session (e.g., 4 papers per 1 1⁄2 hour time block). Only a working title and the name and institution of presenters is needed now.

Roundtable discussion groups: These groups are arranged by the conference committee to encourage exchange of ideas among participants. Usually, one or two discussion leaders are designated and 6 - 10 participants are assigned to a thematic roundtable. If you would like to be placed on a Roundtable Discussion Group, please reply with your areas of expertise/interest.

Poster: Space and time will be provided for poster style presentations. Submissions for posters follow the same guidelines as a contributed paper, (e.g. author, title and abstract). But only the presenter’s name and tentative title are needed at this time.

Ignite (PechaKucha style) presentations: Time slots will be available for Ignite presentations. These are rapid-fire, visually rich, PowerPoint presentations, in which 20 slides are set to advance every 15 seconds for a presentation of exactly five minutes. Ignite sessions will involve up to 10 presentations in an hour-and-a-half session and so feature about half an hour of audience discussion. These sessions are particularly suited to student project reporting but are also open to others. However, if you are also intending to give a full paper presentation you need to make that clear when you submit your proposal as there may not be room in the conference schedule for you to do both.

• Abstract submission deadline: February 10, 2025

• Registration deadline: April 14, 2025

• Conference: June 18–21, 2025

The Society does its best to keep conferences as affordable as possible. The categories and rates are as below. The conference fee includes conference registration (including SHE membership if required), the welcoming reception, morning and afternoon coffee/snacks, and a mid-conference reception. A range of social activities, conference tours, and dining options will also be made available, payable directly to the provider.

Registration Fees (US Dollar)

• Professional non‐member (includes a 2025 SHE membership): $300

• Professional SHE member (with 2025 SHE membership already paid): $230

• Professional early career non‐member (includes a 2025 SHE membership): $230

• Professional early career SHE member (with 2025 SHE membership paid): $160

• Student/developing nation non‐member (includes a 2025 SHE membership): $100

• Student/developing nation SHE member (with 2025 membership already paid): $70

Note: The registration deadline is April 14, 2025. All registrations after April 14, including on‐site registrations, will include an additional fee of $25.

Online registration (preferred) will be available soon. Alternatively, participants may also register via a downloadable conference registration form, also available soon, on the SHE website.

Other inquiries and general suggestions should be directed to the SHE-XXVI Conference Committee at

shexxviconference@societyforhumanecology.org

Continuously updated information about the conference (e.g., program development, keynote speakers, payment procedures, accommodation information) will be posted on the SHE website.

The 2025 conference will be hosted by the University of Mons at various locations in historic Mons, Belgium, located about 60 kilometers southwest of Brussels.

Additional details regarding lodging and other travel recommendations will be posted soon.

Learn more about Mons here.