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The Call for Panel and Paper Proposals is open. Submit by Monday 22 June.
Call for Papers and Panels
The Conference focuses on organised crime in its various forms and the challenges it poses to states and societies worldwide. It seeks to act as an interdisciplinary forum for presenting the latest research on organised crime.
The ECPR Standing Group on Organised Crime’s Conference therefore invites scholars, researchers, practitioners, civil society organisations and policymakers to share empirical insights, analytical frameworks and policy approaches offering fresh perspectives to the understanding of organised crime, with regard to the diversity of its contemporary manifestations. Aiming to stimulate both scholarly debate and policy development, the Conference offers a unique venue to collectively dissect, diagnose and discuss the characteristics, resources, strategies and modus operandi adopted by traditional and emerging criminal organisations operating both at local and global levels.
The conference welcomes cutting-edge research from academic researchers at all stages of their career, as well as from practitioners and policy makers from different disciplines, theoretical perspectives, and countries.
Only papers in Italian, English, French and Spanish will be accepted.
We welcome submissions of panels and papers addressing, among others, the following topics:
Keynote and panels will be held at Federico II. More details to be confirmed later.
The Thursday Roundtable will take place at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici: Palazzo Serra di Cassano, Via Monte di Dio 14 e 15, 80132 - Napoli (I).
Panel proposals
To make a Panel proposal, you and your co-author(s) must have a My ECPR profile. If you don’t already have one, it takes just a few clicks to create.
After the proposal deadline, Section Chairs approve/decline/reserve all Panels proposed.
If you want to attend
Register and pay online before the registration deadline. Registration opens August and closes in October 2026.
To make a Paper proposal, you and your co-author(s) must have a My ECPR profile. If you don’t already have one, it takes just a few clicks to create.
After the proposal deadline, Section Chairs approve/decline/reserve all Papers proposed. Approved Papers not submitted as part of a Panel will be allocated by the Section Chairs to an appropriate Panel. Alternatively, Section Chairs will form additional Panels from individual Papers on a similar subject. Once this has been done, we will email all proposers to let them know the outcome.
If you want to attend
Register and pay online before the registration deadline. Registration opens August and closes in October 2026.
If you cannot attend
Email us at sgconferences@ecpr.eu immediately so we can rearrange Papers if necessary
If one of your co-authors can attend and present in your place
Email us to let us know they should be listed as Presenter
If your Paper has been marked as reserved
We will contact you as soon as possible if a space becomes available in the programme. Unfortunately, it is not possible to determine when this will be.
You'll need to upload your full Paper to the ECPR website via your My ECPR profile or email it to the Panel Chair, Discussant and fellow Paper givers before 21 June 2026 to give your fellow Panellists time to read it.
Listed below are the key dates and deadlines in the lead-up to the 2026 SGOC Conference.
Panel and Paper proposals.
Approved/declined/reserved correspondence sent out for Panels and Papers.
Funding applications open.
Funding decisions.
Registration opens.
Registration closes.
Deadline to upload or circulate full Papers.
If your Panel has been marked as reserved, we will contact you as soon as possible if a space becomes available in the programme. Unfortunately, it is not possible to determine when this will be.
The Academic Convenors may use their discretion to reallocate Panels and Papers to other Sections and Panels as required. Section Chairs may, therefore, be asked to accommodate new Panels in their Sections, and Panel Chairs may be asked to accommodate extra Papers within their Panels. Similarly, Section Chairs may also be asked to reduce the number of their Panels and rearrange their Papers accordingly.