ICSA Conference 2026 – Call for proposals

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The ICSA International Conference is the leading global forum for dialogue on cultic dynamics and coercive influence. Each year it brings together researchers, mental-health professionals, service providers, survivors, and family members from around the world to share knowledge, strengthen collaboration, and explore solutions that promote recovery, prevention, and understanding.

The 2026 conference, Expanding the Scope of Coercive Control: Understanding abusive dynamics and their impacts across interpersonal, institutional, and cultic contexts, will examine the shared mechanisms of coercion across different social systems and their human consequences. Held over four days at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, the event will provide space for reflection, research, and ethical exchange among professionals and those with lived experience.

ICSA is committed to a transparent and inclusive proposal review process. All submissions this year will be managed through Oxford Abstracts, an online platform that allows authors to upload proposals, track their status, and ensure an organized, anonymous review process where possible.

Researchers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience are warmly invited to submit proposals and join this collaborative effort to advance understanding and strengthen responses to coercive control in all its forms.

Submission deadline
20 December 2025

Notification of acceptance
31 January 2026

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