Ecology, Politics, and Justice:
Working Towards the Pluriverse
June 18–21, 2025 | University of Mons | Mons, Belgium
Join a diverse international and interdisciplinary gathering. Contribute to a wide range of formal and informal exchanges in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy the café-lined streets of a charming university town…
The program for SHE-XXVI is well under way. Many thanks to everyone who responded to the call for program contributions. Like previous SHE meetings, it is intended to bring together a diverse group of educators, researchers and practitioners who utilize, or are interested in, interdisciplinary and ecological approaches. We look forward to a diverse and exciting program with an excellent range of speakers, symposia, roundtables, and individual presentations.
As the registration deadline (April 14) approaches, it is important that the conference planning committee has all symposia materials, abstracts, presentation titles, and authors’ information in hand. If you still have any remaining material or updates, please send them to the program committee at shexxviconference@societyforhumanecology.org.
Conference Registration
The Society does its best to keep conferences as affordable as possible. The conference fee includes entrance to all sessions including the welcome reception, and morning and afternoon coffee/snacks. 2025 SHE Membership is included with the cost of registration for non-members.
Registration fees (USD)
Professional: $300 ($230 with active membership)
Early career: $230 ($160 with active membership)
Student / developing nation: $100 ($70 with active membership)
UMons community / UCLouvain student: $0
UMons faculty/students and UCLouvain students receive complimentary admission to the conference but must pre-register and provide a UMons or UCLouvain email address at registration.
Online registration is preferred. The earlybird registration deadline is April 14, 2025. All registrations after April 14, including on‐site registrations, will include an additional fee of $25.
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Abstract submission deadline: February 10, 2025 (closed)
International travel award application deadline: March 15, 2025
Registration deadline: April 14, 2025
Conference: June 18–21, 2025
Note: The registration desk opens at noon on Wednesday, June 18. Opening events, keynote presentations, and welcome reception takes place 3:00 – 7:00 pm. Saturday, June 21 is a fully scheduled day, with the conference close at 5:00 pm.
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Sand as a Relational Subject
Christine Winter, University of Otago, New ZealandThe Earth Multiple
Martin Savransky, University of Bath, United KingdomA World of Pure Experience: with William James Towards a Pluralistic Universe
Katrin Solhdju, University of Mons, BelgiumMovement Lawyering: A Human Ecological Approach for Social Justice Campaigns
Mary Harney, University of Galway, IrelandJust Sustainabilities in Policy, Planning and Practice
Julian K. Agyeman, Tufts University, United StatesTitle forthcoming
Ariadne Collins, University of St. Andrews, Scotland(More to be posted soon)
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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
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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.
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The Society can offer limited travel funding for conference participants. These funds are designed to assist individuals with financial need to ensure a broad representation of ideas and contributors to our conference. Specifically, these funds are designed to help attendees in the following categories:
Students (undergraduate or graduate)
Early career professionals (with up to 5 years post-graduate work)
SHE members from developing nations
Several awards will be given in each category based on need. These awards will be for up to $500 for conference participants traveling within the European Union, and up to $1,000 for participants traveling to the conference from outside the European Union. Recipients of the international travel award will receive complimentary SHE member for 2025 and free entrance to the conference and evening banquet.
Please follow the link below to apply.
International Travel Award Application
Deadline: March 15, 2025
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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.
Click here to download more information about traveling to the conference venue.
Click here for lodging recommendations including where SHEXXVI attendees receive a discount.
Learn more about Mons here.
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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.
Are there other individuals or groups who should be invited to participate? We are pleased to get email addresses of friends, colleagues, or list-serves you think should also receive an invitation to attend this conference.
We look forward to seeing you in Mons!
—Mihnea Tănăsescu, Research Professor FNRS, University of Mons, & conference chair
“Sooner or later human ecology, under some name or other, will win its way to academic recognition and to its proper place in general education...”