Rural Geography Research Group conference session sponsorship
With the Annual Conference 2026 call for sessions open, we invite anyone interested in organising an Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) sponsored session to submit a proposal.
We ask that proposals are both relevant to the Chair’s theme of Geographies of inequalities: toward just places and currently topical rural themes. We are flexible as to what this may be, however, and happy to hear new ideas.
For example, sessions may explore inequalities in and across rural space and place; examine practical solutions to the challenges of inequalities in rural areas; or consider how rural research informs policy or practice about specific inequalities or injustices.
We welcome transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary sessions, which engage with a range of disciplinary and organisational perspectives, practices and expertise, and which may lead to new collaborations based on shared research interests or collective visions for geography.
If you would like to organise a session, please email the following to Darren Smith at d.p.smith@lboro.ac.uk and Aimee Morse at amorse1@glos.ac.uk no later than 5.00pm GMT, Wednesday 14 January 2026:
- Name and affiliation of convenors, including contact details
- Session title
- Abstract (up to 250 words)
- Whether your session will be in-person, online or hybrid
- Format of session e.g. papers, workshop, world cafe etc.
The RGRG committee will decide on which sessions to take forward by Monday 19 January 2026, with a view to sharing calls for papers for these sessions in the following week.
Please email Aimee Morse at amorse1@glos.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Deadline: 14 January 2026.