The Research Conference in Theology and Religion will be held for the fourth time on May 11–13, 2026, in Helsinki
The theme of the conference is Religion and Theology in Times of Uncertainty
Sessions can be proposed for the days between 15.8. and 30.9.2025. Call for papers will be opened later this fall. Stay tuned!
Call for sessions
We warmly invite proposals for working groups to the Research conference in theology and religion 2026. Proposed working groups may organize open sessions (an open call for papers will be published at the end of 2025) or closed sessions with a prepared list of presentations. A session can also be a combination of the open and closed format.
Every session is 1.5 hours long. A working group can organize more than one session.
Proposals are asked to be submitted no later than October 15th, 2025, via this form.
Keynote speakers
Tore Johnsen is an associate professor at VID Specialized University, Norway. His areas of specialization include contextual theology, decolonization, ecotheology, indigenous issues, Sami religion, Sami theology, as well as political reconciliation and peace processes.
Kristina Stoeckl is a professor of sociology at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. Her main areas of research are sociology of religion, political sociology, and social and political theory. She is a leading specialist on the global connections and dynamics of far-right Christianity, of Russian Orthodoxy and religion-state relations in Russia.
Elisa Uusimäki is a professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University. She is an expert on the literary and cultural history of Judaism in antiquity, and she serves as the PI of the ERC project "An Intersectional Analysis of Ancient Jewish Travel Narratives."