Conferences

Garden Conversation with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, First International Conference on New Directons in the Humanities, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

Plenary Session with Roger Keil, Spaces & Flows: Third International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

Opening Session, Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada

Eighth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge & Society, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Curating interdisciplinary spaces, supporting professionally rewarding relationships, partnering with world class organizations.

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24 annual conferences each year in partnerships with local committees and research network Advisory Boards.

3,000+

Over 3,000 delegates attend our conferences each year.

45

On average, at our conferences, delegates come from over 45 countries.

Located at, hosted by, or co-programmed in collaboration with thought-provoking institutions.

Some of our recent and previous partners include:

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Common Ground Research Networks conferences have a rich history of featuring leading and emerging voices from the field, including:

Tariq Ali, Novelist, Historian and Political Campaigner, London, UK - International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 2007
Judy Chicago, Artist, Belen, New Mexico - International Conference on the Arts in Society Conference 2009
Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia - International Conference on the Image, 2010
Barbara Formis, University Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, France -International Conference on Food Studies, 2014
James Paul Gee, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - Learning Conference, multiple years
Jack Goody, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2003
Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles, USA - International Conference on the Image, 2010
Gunther Kress, University of London, London, USA Learning Conference, multiple years
Aaron Levy, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA - International Conference on the Constructed Environment, 2011
Marcia Langton, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia - International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations, 2000
Robin Mansell, London School of Economics, London, UK - Global Studies Conference, 2015
Juliet Mitchell, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK -International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2006
Aihwa Ong, University of California, Berkeley, USA - International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations, 2005
Richard Pound, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada - International Conference on Sport and Society, 2010
Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, 2006
Edward Soja, University of California, Los Angeles, USA - Spaces and Flows: An International Conference, 2010
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University, New York City - International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 2003
John Urry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, Global Studies Conference, 2012
McKenzie Wark, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, New York City, USA, International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, 2008