Conferences and meetings


  • World Congress of Rural Sociology, Toronto, Canada, August 2016
  • European Society for Rural Sociology, Florence Italy, July-August 2013
  • Annual meeting Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, USA, April 2013
  • Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, North Carolina, USA, March 2013

  • Prior congresses, conferences and meetings

  • World Congress of Rural Sociology, Toronto, Canada, August 2016

    Early conference information
    The next IRSA Congress is to be held in Toronto, Canada, in August 2016 (dates are still tentative). Read more


    European Society for Rural Sociology, Florence Italy, July-August 2013

    Forthcoming Conferences:

    The XXV Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology will be held in Florence, Italy, from 29 July – 1 August 2013. For more information please visit the website: http://www.florenceesrs2013.com/.


    Annual meeting Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, USA, April 2013

    Forthcoming Conferences

    The ‘making alternative food networks work: hitching the horse of critique to the wagon of improvement’ conference will be held in Los Angeles, California, 9-13 April 2013.

    This is the annual conference of the Association of American Geographers and the organisers are keen to receive papers on how alternative food networks are making a difference locally and globally.

    More information is available at the AAG Annual Meeting website: call for papers


    Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, North Carolina, USA, March 2013

    On the 22-24 March 2013, the Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, will host the 36th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference. The theme is ‘Communities in Action, Landscapes in Change’. Information is available at: http://www.appalachianstudies.org/content/conference.