One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity.
As of February 10, 2026, the conference has received over 260 submissions from 47 countries and territories - including: the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Accepted Presentations
as of February 10, 2026
Computational Social Science
- Fear and Anger in Public Reactions to Mpox on Instagram
- Modeling the Dynamics of Social Isolation in the Rise Above Movement
- Nepotism as an Obstacle to E-Government Adoption
- Investigating Prospective Teachers' Perceptions, Knowledge, and Satisfaction with the Use of AI Chatbots in EFL Learning at the Faculty of Education
- Shared Technology, Unequal Worlds: Organizational Framings of Generative AI Across Global North and Global South Contexts
Environmental and Health Sciences
- From the Pulpit to Policy: How Faith Communities, Women, and Returning Citizens Are Powering the Clean Energy Justice Movement
- Emotional and Cultural Intelligence Among Healthcare Professionals Serving International Patients in Turkish Private Hospitals: A Study of Istanbul and Kocaeli
- From Climate Literacy to Climate Information Integrity: How School Information Specialists in Oman Support Adolescents to Evaluate and Communicate Climate
- Designing and Implementing Patient-Centered AI-Based Cervical Cancer Screening Device: Women’s Experiences and Acceptability of CITOBOT in a Low-Resource Setting
Globalization and Internationalization
- Global Citizenship Education in Africa: Perspectives of Expatriates in the United States
- New Forms of Partnerships in Sino-Foreign Transnational Higher Education
- Globalization 2.0: U.S. Standards Coalitions and the Fragmentation of Global Production Networks
- Shifting Global Order: Towards a U.S. International Education National Strategy of Reciprocity and Resilience
- Beyond Grammar: Integrating Diversity and Inclusion in Korean Language Classrooms
International Relations & Human Rights
- China’s Emergence as a Dominant Power: Economic and Political Implications on Sino-US Relations and Taiwan
- Dual Narratives in China's Twitter Diplomacy: Wolf Warrior Rhetoric and Soft Power Engagement
- Democracy, Human Rights and Political Stability in Developing Nations
- Reimaging the Global Order: Toward a Federated Multilateralism
- Sanctions, Economic Systems, and International Orders: A Comparative Analysis of US-Led Measures Against the USSR and the Russian Federation
- Eurasian NATO: Russia’s House of Cards
- Great Power Competition in Africa: US Aid Responses to Chinese Aid and Investment
- Extending Two-Level Games: A Third-Country Perception Model of Japan’s Economic-Security Decision-Making
- Competing for Control: US and China’s Infrastructural Power in Southeast Asia’s Undersea Cable Infrastructure
- Media Frames and Transnational Memory: The Politics of Humanitarian Narratives in Global Crisis Coverage
- The Regional Accountability Crisis in the Wake of Tanzania’s 2025 General Election
Social History
- Unmasking the Leadership Playbook of Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés During the Conquest of the Aztec Empire: A Critical Review
- The State Archives Reform in Portugal: Moving into the Societal Approach
- Forging the Polis: Archaic Greek State-Formation as a Model for Global Citizenship
Technology and Applied Sciences
- Technology-based Teaching in Higher Education in South Africa: Navigating the Post-COVID Landscape
- An Overview of a Cyber-predator Acuity (CP-A) Framework for Thwarting Phishing Attacks Post COVID-19
- Lightweight Intelligent Modeled Agriculture Evaluations (LM): A Novel Cyber Threat Intelligence Approach to Alert Farmers About Cyber Risk Vulnerabilities Across Digital Agriculture Ecosystems
- Technology and Artificial Intelligence Education for Empowering Technical College Students in Benue State, Nigeria
- Research on AI in Judicial Proceedings: A Socio-judicial Dilemma
Urban Studies
- Social Locations and Women in City: Neoliberal Urban Spaces and Everyday Living
- Fiscal-needs of Akure Urban Core Dwellers: An Assessment of Relationships with Specific Housing-needs
Cultural and Media Studies
- Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965) and the Dilemma of Moral Behaviour
- Diasporic Storytelling as Cultural Capital: Leveraging African Heritage for Sustainable Development Through Film and Oral Narratives
- Religion, Gender and Peacebuilding in the 'Screening Women in African Cinemas of Conflict' Project
- The Role of Culture in Promoting Social Media Public Relations Campaigns in South Asian Countries: A Special Reference to Sri Lanka
- Decoding Disinformation and Emotional Persuasion in Spanish Anti-Vaccine Videos: A Comparative Study on YouTube and Odysee Before and After COVID-19
- Myanmar Military’s Digital Tactics After 2011 Political Transition
- Magical Realism as a Postmodern Feature in Ethiopian Cinema: The Case of Two Amharic Films
- Beyond the Mask: Gender as a Strategic Performance in Blue Eye Samurai
Psychology & Social Psychology
- Likes, Validation, and Peer Pressure: The Emotional Drivers of Risky Online Behavior on Social Media
- Growing Through Caring: The Lived Experiences of Foster Carers in Lungisisa Indlela Village, Kwazulu-Natal
- Psychotherapy Provided by Lebanese Psychologists to Syrian Refugee Populations in Lebanon’s NGOs: A Qualitative Inquiry into Cultural Competence
- Facets of Catholic Youth Religiosity Scale (FCYRS)
- Between Sea and Stress: Understanding the Mental Health Burden in Baliapal Coastal Communities, Balasore, Odisha, India
- The Algorithmic Self: How AI Shapes Identity, Belonging, and Social Recognition
- A Socio-psychological Exploration of NSTP Students' Coping and Support-seeking in Mental Health Challenges
- Intrinsic Motivation and Challenges of Road Safety Volunteers: The Interplay of Educational Role, Coping Strategies, Resilience, and Social Impact
- Applying the Relational Investment Model to Collegiate Athletes' Decision to Transfer Institutions
Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cyber Cognitive Attacks: A Sentiment-Based Approach
- The Influence of Cybersecurity Knowledge and Attitudes on Online Risky Behaviors Among Bank Employees in Saudi Arabia
- Why Large Language Models Are Not Artificial Intelligence – Architectural, Mathematical, and Neurocognitive Limits
Education and Social Welfare
- Universalization of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education: Role of Governance and Management
- Cognitive and Psychosocial Interventions for Oldest-Old Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Israel: a Lifelong Learning Approach
- Enhancing Learning Through AI:Integrating AI-Powered Grading and Feedback Platforms
- Social Locations and Children in Precarious Living: Navigating School Education in Everyday Lives
- Cross-Cultural Study on Work-Life Balance and Mental Health: India vs USA
- Compassionate Leadership and Teacher Resilience in Post-Crisis Education: Exploring the Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and the Moderating Role of Trust
- Exploring How Teacher Burnout Affects Classroom Climate and Student Emotional Health
- Shame in the Classroom: Social Interaction, Affect, and Student Agency in a Delhi School
- Dual Language Programs and Third-Grade Students' Sense of Belonging: An Exploratory Qualitative Case Study
- Reviving Indigenous Wisdom Through the 552 Education Model: A Culturally Responsive Curriculum for Papua New Guinea
- Left Alone with AI: Evaluating Student Preparedness for Fully AI-led Language Instruction
- Preventive Integration of Young Asylum Seekers: Local Practices, Systemic Gaps, and Intercultural Sustainability in Sweden
Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Studies and Humanities
- Decolonizing Historical Narratives: A Visual Study of Malaysia-Thailand Relations Through the Lens of the National Archives of Thailand
- Haunted Lineages and African Historical Continuum in the New World: Memory, Diaspora, and Postcolonial Resistance/Identity in Alex Haley’s ‘Roots’
- Beyond Respectability: Women Performers, Kathak, and Feminist Leadership in a Glocal Frame
- Remaking Buddhism in Diaspora: Monastic and Lay Agency in Transnational Chinese Buddhism
- Street Vending and Its Representation in Urban Households: an Investigation on Dakar Markets in an Empirical Approach
- An Archaeological Study of the Contexts of Sri Lankan Beads on the Eastern and Western Silk Roads
- Processing My Husband’s Stroke Through Visual Art and Music: An Autoethnography
- Arimbay and Ligao City Folksongs: A Comparative Cultural Study
- Historiographies of 1947 Partition of India and Representation in Literature
- Youth in Crisis: the Infectious Spread of Gangsterism and Gun Violence in Johannesburg's Coloured Communities
- Griots of Mali and Mvet Storytellers of Gabon: Comparative Studies of Cultural Identities
Demography, Human Geography & Population Studies
- Identifying Geographic Hotspots of Opioid Overdose Death Rates in the United States
- Living Arrangements, Digital Inclusion, and Late-Life Depression: Evidence from a National Study in Vietnam
- Agritourism and Its Impact on Rural Transformation: A Geographical Analysis of the Al-Qassim Region
Economics and Management
- AI-Driven Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in India’s Fashion and Textile Industry
- Diagnosed Too Soon or Too Late? Labor Market and Health Outcomes of Adults with Early vs Late ADHD Diagnosis
- Occupational Gender Segregation and Its Impact on Highly Educated Female Graduates for Career Track Positions: A Quantile Regression Approach
- The Impact of CEO Duality on Firm Financial Performance
- Budget Cuts in Public Sector Accounting: A Systematic Literature
- Enhancing Lecturers' Engagement and Development in TVET Colleges: A Pathway to Educational and Economic Growth
- Performance Pay at Scale: Teacher Retention and Mobility Under Texas's Teacher Incentive Allotment
- Turning AI into Adoption: Employee Engagement as a Key Lever
- Connected but Cracked: Whither Motivation and Well-Being of Platform – Mediated Gig Workers?
- Influence of Governance on the Quality of Public Expenditure on Elementary Education in India
Politics, Public Policy, Law & Criminology
- Political Tolerance Among Civic Teachers During Times of War
- The Role of Georgian Youth in Party Politics Based on a Comparative Analysis of the 2017-2021 Local Government Elections
- Lobbying and the Democratization of Congressional Access
- The Forms of Capitalism and the Implications for Public Policy
- Exploring the Influence of Corporate Power on Electoral Democracy: A Case Study of South Africa’s 2024 Elections
- Framing AI Regulation in Congress: Insights from the One Big Beautiful Bill
- The Corporate Mask: How Non-State Actors Redefine Sovereignty and Security
- Local Governments' Role to Promote Industry in Post-Developmental States: The Legacy of Developmental State in the Case of South Korea
- Regional Cooperation for Water Security: Geopolitical Challenges and Opportunities in the Arab World
- Retirement Age Management in the Countries Dealing with Demographic Issues: Legal and Quantitative Analysis
- A Butlerian and Dalit Feminist Analysis of Hungary's Ban on 'Gender Ideology' and Its Impact on Gender Performance and Norms
- Climate Justice and the Political Economy of Climate Governance in Nigeria
- Adaptive Authoritarianism and Environmental Governance in Vietnam: State Strategies for a Renewable Energy Transition
- Governance and Travel: Linking Political Stability and Security to Tourist Flows in Indonesia
- Public Law Reform and Education for Peace: Advancing Active Citizenship in Saudi Arabia
- The Impact of the Russian- Ukrainian War on Mental Disorders, Self-destructive Behaviours and Crime in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland
- The Phenomenon of Crime in Poland in the Context of the War in Ukraine, with Particular Emphasis on Offences Against Documents
- The Legal Framework for Combatting International Terrorism in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Analyzing Islamic State Influence on National Security
- Safeguarding Digital Innovation: Lessons from Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea
- The Role of Private Actors in Military AI Governance
- The Politics of Non-Decision Making: Policy Silence as a Strategy of Power in Contemporary Governance
- European Union Governance and the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: Law, State Capacity, and Institutional Limits
Teaching and Learning
- The Impact of Augmented Reality to Enhance Students' Cognitive Outcomes: A Systematic Review
- Tertiary Student Evaluations of Teaching and Learning and Implications for Quality Assurance in African Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review
- Educating Future Media Leaders: Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Curricula
- Challenges and Strategies in Teaching English to Multilingual and Multicultural Students in Nepal
- Advancing Education with ChatGPT at TVET-Tahfiz Centre: Interview with Program Coordinators
- Between Enthusiasm and Concern: Artificial Intelligence in the Work of Polish Academic Teachers
- The Forgotten Population: Teachers Perceptions About COVID-19
- Examining Generative AI in L2 Reading Assessment: Comparing Human-Created and AI-Generated Tests
- Revisiting Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Curriculum Content Development with a Social Purpose
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender
- The Role of Women in African Diplomacy
- Gendering Leadership Education: Global Discourses and Local Pathways Toward SDG 4.5 and Gender Equity in South Korean and Indonesian Curricula
- Transgenerational Perspectives on 'Sabutan' Weaving Among the Women in Baler, Aurora, Philippines
- Addressing Gender Discrimination at Workplace in Pakistan
- 'It Hurts (not) to Be Beautiful': Midlife Women Attempting to Alleviate Their Labour Market Status Through Elective Plastic Surgeries
Journalism and Communications
- Advancing Intercultural Competence in Healthcare: Improving Communication to Reduce Disparities in Underserved Communities
- How Are Female Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse Against Children Portrayed in Media and Society?
- Public Service Media and Societal Polarization in Poland: An Analysis of the Transformation of the News Format on Polish Television
- A Content Analysis of Ceasefire and Diplomatic Negotiation Coverage in the Star Online (Malaysia) on the Israel-Gaza Crisis 2025
- WhatsApp as a Tool for Digital Inclusion: Women, Leadership, and Economic Empowerment in the Informal Economy
- Media Narratives About Ukrainian Migrants in Polish Media After 2022 — Misinformation, Stereotypes, and Their Impact on the Integration Process
- Media's Role to Axle Agenda in Diplomatic Support and Pressure for Peace Building
- Perspectives of Drama Producers on the Present and Future of Television Drama in the Sultanate of Oman: A Qualitative Survey
- Houphouëtist Propaganda in Ivorian General News Daily and National Political Leadership
- Indexicality in Academic English Classrooms: How Language Choices Signal Meaning, Identity, and Appropriateness
- Digital Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: The Impact of Perceived Humanness on Communication Outcomes
Research Methodologies, Quantitative and Qualitative
- Epistemes at Work: An Ethnomethodological Study of Interdisciplinary Collaboration Within a Transnational Research Network- IPORA
- Post-Graduate Students' Perceptions and Practices of Using AI Technology in Academic Writing in Nepal
- Application of AI-Supported Graph Theory in Tracking Lone Terrorists
Ethnicity, Difference, Identity
- Turning Points: Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Americans
- Quiet Tears, Strong Minds: Emotional Negotiation of Indonesian Muslim Women Navigating Transnational Life in Australian Higher Education
- What Black Statues Stand to Tell Us in Our Nation's Capital
- Re-assessing Wilson's Race Relations Periodization Scheme After a Half Century: Lessons from a Case Study on Educational Policy
- Race, Religion – Incarceration: The Shifting Meaning of Conversion to Islam in Neoliberal America
Linguistics
- The Western Media’s Portrayal of the Alphabet Reform in Kazakhstan
- How Morphemic Knowledge Shapes Morphological Processing: ERP Evidence from Visual Recognition of Sino-Korean Derivations
- Validating an Analytic Rubric for English Summary Writing Using Many-Facet Rasch Modeling
- A Psycholinguistic Perspective on Motivational Orientations in EFL Learning
Sustainability
- Social Entrepreneurship in Plastic Waste Management: A Panacea to Mitigate Youth Unemployment and Environmental Sustainability
- The Role, Responsibilities, and Challenges of Community Leaders in South Africa: A Learning Journey
- The Role of Social Capital and Strategic Flexibility in Rural Business Sustainability
- Sustainability: A Myth in Making
- Golden Grime: Unmasking Realities in Goan Goldsmithery
- Rural Water Governance, Women-Led Cooperatives, and Youth Empowerment in Remote Moroccan Communities
- Effective Education for Sustainable Development and Students' Self-Perceived Action Competency: Cross-Section Study in Higher Education
Social Work
- Cash Transfer Programs and Their Role in Strengthening the Welfare State and Reducing Multidimensional Poverty
- Mitigating the Psychosocial Problems of Rescued Child Labour Victims Through Physical Education and Sports as Psychosocial Tool
Sociology
- Invisible Intersections: Structural Violence and the Human Rights Crisis of Dalits with Disabilities in Nepal
- Workplace Gender Bias and Wage Discrimination: Mediating Role of Job Segregation and Moderating Role of Marital Status
- When Migrants Are Governed Through Uncertainty: Pentecostal Imaginaries and the Politics of Migrant Temporariness in South Africa
- AI Generation or Digital Natives 2.0? Empirical Perspectives Beyond the Hype
- Beyond Precarity: Non-Standard Employment, Job Quality, and Multidimensional Worker Well-Being
- What Is a 'Political Worker'? Leadership – Leaderlessness in Lebanon's 'Independence Intifada'
- Determinants of Rural Household Poverty in Pakistan with Multilevel Approach
- Assessing the Limitations of the Modern Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction in the Ukhiya Host Community: Towards a Postmodern Alternative
Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation
- Enough Is Enough, We Must Leave: Exploring Residence Refugees in South Africa
- Tertiary Refugee Education in Ethiopia Integration and Human Capital in the IGAD Region
- Home Is Where the Heart Is: A Phenomenological Study on Cultural Identity Among Pakistani Immigrants
- Livelihood Strategies and Economic Resilience Among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities
- Children Detained for Immigration Purposes: An Analysis of Selected Communications from the Jurisprudence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Colonial Credentials: Epistemic Injustice and the Devaluation of Migrant Health-Care Knowledge in Canada
- Visibility, Veiling, and the Partial Forms of Belonging in Middle Eastern Refugee Narratives
- Diplomatic Engagement and Labour Governance: Nepalese Migrant Workers' Welfare and Policy Implications in Japan
- Practicing Externalization: How the EU’s Migration Governance Extends Control Beyond Its Borders
Other
- Analysing the Challenges and Opportunities Applicable to the Institution of Traditional Leadership in Postcolonial South Africa
- The Court’s Role in Sustaining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Uncertain Times: A Socio-judicial Dilemma to Building Positive Judicial Culture
- Predictors of Statistical Literacy Among Teacher-education Graduate Students
- Enhancing Research Visibility in the Gulf: How International Partnerships, Open Publishing, and Strategic Funding Drive Academic and Societal Impact
- Balancing Care and Connection: Millennial Mothers in the Philippines Raising Children with Autism