Status List of 2020 Social and Behavioral Science Conferences

Amid concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus and its accompanying disease, COVID-19, mass gatherings around the world are cancelling their public events, sometimes with virtual options or sometimes just outright. Most notably, the South by SouthWest (SXSW) and SXSW EDU festivals in Austin, Texas were cancelled. Since conferences are a vital part of the current global academic ecosystem, and these too are being cancelled, Social Science Space will collect and list cancelled social and behavioral science conferences on this page.

Click on the name of each group to link to their latest statement or annual meeting page.

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GROUP	MEETING	STATUS	GOOD TO KNOW
American Society for Public Administrationn	April 3-7, Anaheim, California	Cancelled
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Political Studies Association	April 6-8, Edinburgh, Scotland	Cancelled
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American Association of Geographers	April 6-10, Denver, Colorado	Physical meeting cancelled	Virtual options being considered
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Western Political Science Association	April 9-11, Los Angeles, California	Cancelled	Optional online meeting May 21-23
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Midwest Political Science Association	April 16-19, Chicago, Illinois	Cancelled	Virtual sessions planned
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National Council on Measurement in Education	April 16-20, San Francisco, California	Cancelled	Postponement or virtual meetings options considered
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American Educational Research Association	April 17-21, San Francisco, California	Physical meeting cancelled	Virtual meeting
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Broadcast Education Association	April 18-21, Las Vegas, Nevada	Cancelled
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British Sociological Association	April 21-23, Birmingham, England	Cancelled
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Population Association of America	April 22-25, Washington, D.C.	Cancelled
Congrès de l’Acfas	May 4-8, Sherbrooke, Quebec	Cancelled
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International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry	May 20-23, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	Cancelled	Written materials will be posted
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Association for Psychological Science	May 21-24, Chicago, Illinois	Cancelled
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International Communication Association	May 21-25, Gold Coast, Australia	Physical meeting cancelled	Virtual meeting
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Congress of the Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences	May 29-June 4, London, Ontario	Cancelled
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Thinking Qualitatively Conference	June 15-19, Edmonton, Alberta	Physical meeting converting	Virtual meeting
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Sociolinguistics Symposium 23	June 16-19, Hong Kong	Postponed	Likely dates in May/June 2021
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International Conference on ICT-enhanced Social Sciences and Humanities	June 29-July 1, Amsterdam	Virtual
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International Association for Media and Communication Research	July 12-16, Beijing, China	Moved but same date	New location in Tampere, Finland
Joint Statistical Meeting	August 1-6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Migrating to virtual

Past meetings

GROUP	MEETING	STATUS	GOOD TO KNOW
London Book Fair	March 10-12	Cancelled
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American Psychosomatic Society	March 11-14, Long Beach, California	Cancelled
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Eastern Psychological Association	March 12-14, Boston, Massachusetts	Cancelled	Looking into virtual options
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Cognitive Neuroscience Society	March 14-17, Boston, Massachusetts	Physical meeting cancelled	Virtual meeting
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Society for Applied Anthropology	March 17-21, Albuquerque, New Mexico	Cancelled
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Geo Connect Asia	March 18-19, Singapore	Rescheduled	Inaugural event now set for March 24-25, 2021
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European Social Science History Conference	March 18-21, Leiden, Netherlands	Postponed	March 24-27, 2021
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Society of Research on Adolescence	March 19-21, San Diego, California	Cancelled
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Association for Asian Studies	March 19-22, Boston, Masachusetts	Cancelled
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Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences	March 24-26, San Antonio Texas	Cancelled
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International Studies Association	March 25-28, Honolulu, Hawaii	Cancelled
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Northwest Anthropological Conference	March 25-28. Ellensburg, Washington	Cancelled
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Brazilian Studies Association	March 26-28, Austin, Texas	Cancelled	Examining options for rescheduling
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American Conference for Irish Studies	April 1-4, Houston, Texas	Cancelled
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Western Social Science Association	April 1-4, Portland, Oregon	Physical meeting cancelled	Virtual meeting in May
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies	April 1-5, Denver, Colorado	Cancelled
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Society for Linguistic Anthropology	April 2-5, Boulder, Colorado	Postponed	Reset for September 24-26
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Chinese Psychology Society/Experimental Psychology Society	April 3-5, Beijing	Cancelled
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