Abstract Submission

Call for Papers

We invite you to submit your innovative medical sociology papers for consideration.  The abstract submission deadline is Friday, 10 April 2026.

The following criteria will be applied when reviewing abstracts:

• Academic Rigour: Is the research credible and trustworthy, and does it contribute valuable knowledge to the field of medical sociology? Are the methods used or proposed included?
• Relevance to Medical Sociology: How closely does the research align with the core concerns and themes of medical sociology as a field of study? Descriptive health research is also eligible; however, priority will be given to papers that explicitly draw on theories and/or methods from medical sociology.
• Sociological Content: To what extent does the research apply sociological theories, concepts, or methods to analyse a particular phenomenon?

When submitting your abstract, please indicate if your submission is an oral or poster presentation, or a special event. 

Please note that presenters will be able to present only one paper at the conference, although they may be authors of more than one.

At the point of submitting your abstract, please consider where your presentation may best fit in the conference streams listed below:

We will make every effort to assign accepted abstracts to the stream indicated by the author on the submission form. However, this is not always possible when some streams are over-subscribed. If we are unable to place your abstract in your desired stream, we will endeavour to align your paper with a similar stream or place it in the Open Stream.

The abstract submission deadline is Friday, 10 April 2026. Abstracts received after this date will not be accepted.

Key Dates

• Abstract submission deadline:  Friday, 10 April 2026

Contact Information

For any questions or enquiries about the conference, please contact the BSA Events Team.

For further details about the Group, please visit the Medical Sociology Study Group.