SCTPLS 36 Call for Abstracts!

[Guastello, Stephen]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OF SYMPOSIA, and POSTERS

To present at the 36th Annual International Conference

Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences

July 29-July 31, 2026

Hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

We invite interested scholars and scholar-practitioners to present and discuss recent developments in nonlinear dynamical system theory, which includes chaos theory, fractals, transition dynamics, and other complex systems behaviors and related topics. Over the years, the annual conferences of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences (SCTPLS) have inspired and supported scholars from an array of disciplines to look at new ways to develop their theoretical and empirical work in an integrated approach to life sciences.

The program includes workshops, invited addresses, symposia, panel discussions, a poster session, and sessions of individual papers. Advances in basic or applied research, developments in theory, reports of empirical results and methodological papers are all welcome. We continue to encourage all nonlinear scientists, including graduate students who might be contemplating or finishing up a dynamical thesis or dissertation, to share their ideas through paper presentations, chairing a roundtable session, or by proposing other alternative presentation formats, such as posters, short workshops, or debates around controversial topics.

Submission Deadline - 3 more weeks!

The abstract submission deadline is May 15th, 2026. For abstract instructions and to submit your abstract for a paper presentation, poster, or symposium, please visit

the conference website here!

Pre-Conference Workshops

Check out the lineup for our pre-conference workshop here!

Special reminder for those outside of the United States: Please check the expiration date on your passport. If you need to renew it, we recommend you don't wait any longer.  

We can’t wait to see you there!

 

Cordially yours, the Conference Committee

Adam Kiefer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (SCTPLS President and Conference Chair)

Barney Ricca, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Cortney Armitano-Lago, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Stephen Guastello, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI