{"id":1278,"date":"2025-12-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/ncsr2026\/?post_type=news&p=1278"},"modified":"2025-12-22T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:20:21","slug":"26-sessions-to-be-included-in-the-ncsr2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/ncsr2026\/news\/26-sessions-to-be-included-in-the-ncsr2026\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Sessions to be included in the NCSR 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

26 Sessions to be included in the NCSR 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The NCSR 2026 has accepted 23 open sessions and 3 closed sessions. In addition, a Miscellaneous Session <\/em>will be included, allowing papers relevant to the conference theme but not fitting any of the pre-organized sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Sessions:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Nordic Nonreligion <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Expertise on Religion not Expert Religion: Navigating Knowledge Production Between Participation and Governance in Religiously Diverse Societies <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Constructions of Religion, Cultural Heritage, and National Identity <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Art-Related Methodologies in the Study of Religion: Intersections and Collaborations <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Concepts of Academic Freedom and the Sociology of Religion <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Religion and Gender: Masculine, Feminine, and Non-Binary Perspectives <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Pastors and Power: Religious Leadership in Times of Uncertainty <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Religious Minorities, Migration and Gender in the Nordics <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Religion and Right-wing Populism <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Political Culture, Religion, and Legitimation <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Joy at the Margins: Approaching Marginalized Religious Communities as Spaces of Hope, Creativity, and Resilience <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Varieties of Mystical Experience <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. New Methods and Perspectives for Researching Under-researched Groups in Religious Majority Populations <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Negotiating Christianity within Alternative Spiritual Healing and Meditation Practices <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Religion and Migration <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Necropolitics in the Nordic Countries <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Researching Minority (Non) Religions in the Baltic States: Approaches and Challenges <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. The Language of (Non)Religious Complexity <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. When Rituals Guide the Field: Immersion and the Study of Lived Religion <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Indigenous Perspectives and the Sociology of Religion <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Addressing Challenges and Epistemic Dissonance in Research with Vulnerable and Hard-to-Reach WEIRD Populations <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Exploring the Contested Constructions of Sense of Safety in Religious Spaces <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Miscellaneous Session<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    Closed Sessions:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Sacred Voices and Popular Sounds: Exploring the Interplay of Religion and Popular Music Across Genres and Regions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Banal (Non)Religion: Secular Imaginaries in Nordic Pop Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Elderly Women\u2019s Voluntary Work: A Mixed-Method Study of a Marginalized Majority<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      More details about the sessions and chairs’ contact information can be found in the Sessions section on the website or by clicking this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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