Call for Abstracts for WBF Session – Please help to circulate (Deadline: 18th Nov., 2025)

[Amit Kaushik]

Dear all, 

I hope you are all doing well. 

We are pleased to share that our session has been accepted for the World Biodiversity Forum 2026. Our board members have prepared a short call for abstracts. We would be grateful if you could consider submitting and/or sharing this announcement within your networks. 

Thank you very much for your support. 

Best regards,

SSWG Team

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Abstract submission is now open for our session at the World Biodiversity Forum 2026! 🌿

📍 Davos, Switzerland | 🗓️ 14–19 June 2026

Short deadline!! : 18^th November

Conservation today is happening in a world marked by ecological urgency, cultural diversity, and complex political realities. In such a context, it’s increasingly important to draw on the social sciences in conservation to understand how people, institutions, histories, and knowledge systems shape how conservation works and looks like in practice.

During our session at the World Biodiversity Forum: “Bridging Worlds: The Role of Conservation Social Science at the Science–Policy–Society Interface", the Social Science Working Group (SSWG) invites conversation on how to build inclusive, reflexive, and ethical conservation practice. Themes include:

1. Approaches to meaningful stakeholder engagement and co-production of knowledge.
2. The role of Indigenous and local knowledge in shaping conservation futures.
3. Assessing social impacts and well-being in conservation practice.
4. Mainstreaming equity, justice, and cultural competence in conservation institutions.
5. Training and supporting new generations of conservation social scientists.

We will also reflect on ongoing challenges: power imbalances, colonial legacies, underrepresentation of scholars and practitioners from the Global South, and unequal access to knowledge. These tensions continue to shape how conservation is imagined and implemented.

📝 Submit your abstract by 18 November: Call for Abstracts 
📄 Session details: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sessionprogramme/WS# 
🌐 Conference information: worldbiodiversityforum.org 

For questions or coordination, feel free to contact to our conveners: Dr. Van Hai Nguyen (van.hai...@wyssacademy.org), Dr. Stephanie Brittain (xxx - email), and our Social Science Working Group, Society of Conservation Biology: sswg...@gmail.com. 

Bests, 

Van. 

[Amit Kaushik]

Hi all,

Apologies for the confusion! This is a quick update regarding the call for abstracts sent in the previous email. The abstract submission deadline has now been extended to December 03. All other details about the session remain the same. 

We hope this extension will allow more of you to consider submitting or sharing the call within your networks. Thank you very much for your engagement and support. 

Best regards,

The SSWG Team