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TASA 2026
Tuesday 24 November to Friday 27 November 2026: University of the Sunshine Coast


The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) warmly invites you to the 2026 Annual Conference, which promises to be an inspiring event that bringing together the sociological community to explore the theme: Revolution and Resistance.

2025 began with catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, which touched those previously thought impervious: the rich. The planetary crisis of climate change also promises an unavoidable revolution to our social and ecological world. War in the Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza rage on. Mass protests are yet to bear fruit. Transformative political change is elusive. Previous forms of resistance and revolution, such as demonstrations, petitions, boycotts, sit-ins, and marches, no longer offer transformative social and political change. Millions have participated in No Kings marches across the US with no appreciable change to the Trump administration’s damaging policies and practices.

At the same time, sociologists understand the inherent power of drawing on the lessons of the past to inform present action. For TASA 2026, we recognise we meet on Kabi Kabi Country, for which native title was recognised in 2024, with resistance and revolution affirming enduring sovereignty, deep connection to place, and decades of sustained effort, underscoring the importance of this theme. This year's conference sits in and with the tension between the resistant and revolutionary practices of the past, and the future not yet born.

Conference Highlights
This conference will be delivered as an in-person event. Attendees can look forward to:

- In-person Professional Development Workshops: Practical sessions designed to enhance skills and foster career growth.

-  Keynote Presentations: Hear from leading sociological thinkers addressing critical issues aligned with the conference theme.

- Concurrent Sessions: Engage with cutting-edge sociological research through diverse and engaging presentations.

- Book Launches: Celebrate new publications and engage with authors in thought-provoking discussions.

- Social Events: Build connections through vibrant networking opportunities, including our:
  • Welcome Function
  • Conference Dinner & Awards
  • Inclusive Women’s Breakfast
  • Queer Drinks
Why Attend?
TASA's 2026 Conference is more than an academic gathering; it is a community-driven event where sociologists, researchers, practitioners, and students collaborate to share insights, inspire change, and advance the discipline. This conference offers an unparalleled opportunity to exchange sociological ideas, present your work, and connect with peers from Australia and around the world.

We look forward to welcoming you to the University of the Sunshine Coast in November 2026!
 
Call for Papers: 
This year’s conference theme asks: What can sociology offer to understandings of resistance and revolution? How can we read resistance and revolution expansively, productively and generatively?

In the spirit of these questions, we welcome submissions that engage with these questions, and with related themes, including but not limited to:

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resistance, resurgence, and self-determination
- Theories of social, political and cultural change
- Gender(ed) revolutions and resistance
- Embedded knowledge of resistance movements and new forms of protest
- Resistance for and to change
- Slowness as resistant practice
- Revolutionary technologies (domestic, digital, generative and otherwise)
- Indigenous resistance
- Resistance and revolution in the mundane
- Revolution: a turn, or a change
- Refusal(s)
- Sovereignty, justice, and community-driven resistance
- Non-human and more-than-human resistance and refusal
- The relationship between crisis and change
- Space and places of/for resistance and revolution

Panel & Abstract Selection

Abstract Submissions for TASA 2026 will open in early 2026

Stay tuned for more information. 

We do hope you can join us for our TASA 2026 Conference at the university of the Sunshine Coast.

TASA National Organising Committee

CONTACT US
For further information relating to TASA 2026 please contact Penny Toth, TASA Events Manager via events@tasa.org.au.

 



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