Program Overview
Program Overview
| 21th January Morning |
22nd January Morning |
23rd January Morning |
| S3. Sport/Leisure/Recreation/Tourism S5. Science and Technology |
S4.Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |
Flash Poster Session |
| 21st January Afternoon |
22nd January Afternoon |
23rd January Afternoon |
| S2. Disabled People/People with Disabilities (Non-Medical Coverage) |
S1. The Social Nature of Health and Well-Being |
IOCSO 2026 Program (Day 1)
21st January - Morning
IOCSO 2026
Session 3. Sport/Leisure/Recreation/Tourism
Date: 21st January 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EST, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:10 | Prof. Dr. Gregor Wolbring | Opening Remark from Conference Chair |
| 9:10-9:40 | Prof. Dr. Orr Levental Dr. Michal Ben-Eli Invited Speakers |
Understanding Physical Activity Engagement Among Young Autistic People: Social Context, Motivation and Inclusion |
| 9:40-10:00 | Louis Moustakas Selected Speaker |
Whose Cohesion? Community Voices on Sport, Exclusion, and Marginalization |
| 10:00-10:20 | Alicia Martínez Moreno Selected Speaker |
Beyond the Game: The Contradictory Logics of Sport |
| 10:20-10:40 | Barbara Mazza Selected Speaker |
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AS AN ATTRACTIVE LEVER FOR A SPORT TOURISM EVENT: THE CASE OF RUNNING |
21st January - Morning
IOCSO 2026
Session 5. Science and Technology
Date: 21st January 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:40 (CET, Basel) | 04:40 (EST, New York) | 17:40 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 10:40-10:50 | Prof. Dr. António B. Moniz Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 10:50-11:10 | Ioannis Zervas Selected Speaker |
DigComp and Its Limits: New Human Resource Management Constructs for Generative AI Skills |
| 11:10-11:30 | Ehsan Baha Selected Speaker |
Letters of Care: Educating Clinicians for Caring Design in the AI/Hybrid Era |
| 11:30-11:50 | Isabella Corvino Selected Speaker |
Technology and hope: AI potential in healthcare |
21st January - Afternoon
IOCSO 2026
Session 2. Disabled People/People with Disabilities (Non-Medical Coverage)
Date: 21st January 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 08:00 (EST, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Prof. Dr. Gregor Wolbring Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 | Prof. Dr. Gregor Wolbring Invited Speaker |
Ability judgment concepts: A gift from the disabled people community to the academic community and society at large |
| 14:40-15:10 | Prof. Dr. Trudo Lemmens Invited Speaker |
Death as Therapy in Canada’s ‘Assisted Dying’ Regime: A Threat to Disability Rights |
| 15:10-15:30 | Gabriela Stefkova Selected Speaker |
Easy-to-read communication for cancer screening in people with intellectual disabilities: The Slovak perspective |
| 15:30-15:50 | Abdelrahman Elsawy Selected Speaker |
A Proposed Guideline for Adapting School Track and Field Events for Students with Physical Disabilities in Alignment with International Standards |
| 15:50-16:10 | LIJA JACOB Selected Speaker |
Multilingual and Region-Specific Image Captioning and Contextual Scene Recognition using Transformer-Based Architecture for Inclusive Technology Design for Visually Impaired |
IOCSO 2026 Program (Day 2)
22nd January - Morning
IOCSO 2026
Session 4. Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Date: 22nd January 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 09:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EST, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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Time in CET
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Speaker
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Title
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9:00-9:10
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Dr. Roda Madziva Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 9:10-9:40 | Prof. Dr. Delfín Ortega-Sánchez Invited Speaker |
Social Representations of Teaching Controversial Issues in Secondary Education: A Study with Pre-Service Teachers from a Central Core Theory Perspective |
| 9:40-10:00 | Juan Brea Iglesias Selected Speaker |
“They're not listening to me”: An analysis of epistemic injustice from the perspective of mental health activism in Spain |
10:00-10:20 |
Alba Meroño Asenjo Selected Speaker |
“Just Show Me, Don't Do It for Me”: Characterizing Effective Informal Support for Older Adults Digital Learning |
| 10:20-10:40 | Isabella Corvino Selected Speaker |
Labour Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Tourism Sector: A Systematic Review from a Sociological Perspective |
| 10:40-11:00 | Xi Jiang Selected Speaker |
The “Silver Digital Divide” and Intergenerational Support Mechanisms among the Elderly in the Era of Artificial Intelligence |
| 11:00-11:20 | Iye Ogbe-Dibia Selected Speaker |
“AFRICA- THAT’S NOT MY NAME”: NAVIGATING HYBRID IDENTITIES AND INCLUSION FOR RECENT AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE US SOUTH FROM A DECOLONIAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE |
| 11:20-11:40 | Eliud Kiprop Selected Speaker |
Understanding Regional Disparities in Foreign Migration Across Japan: A Hybrid Laplacian Diffusion–Gravity Approach |
22nd January - Afternoon
IOCSO 2026
Session 1. The Social Nature of Health and Well-Being
Date: 22nd January 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 08:00 (EST, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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Time in CET
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Speaker
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Title
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14:00-14:10
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Dr. Katie Aubrecht Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 | Prof. Dr. Nicola Magnavita Keynote Speaker |
Eating Disorders in the Workplace |
| 14:40-15:00 | Gintarė Vaznonienė Selected Speaker |
Women's subjective well-being – a micro-level analysis for Poland and Lithuania |
| 15:00-15:20 | Elena Fusar Fusar Poli Selected Speaker |
Ethical Mapping of Agricultural Arenas: Wellbeing, Equity, and Sustainability in the Ebro Lands |
| 15:20-15:40 | Sultana Ali Norozi Selected Speaker |
Integration and Belonging Through Relationships: Immigrant Youths’ Experiences of Community-Based Mentoring |
| 15:40-16:00 | Davide Costa Selected Speaker |
The 'Cinderella Disease' Reconsidered: A Qualitative Study on Health Professionals’ Perception of Chronic Venous Disease through the Lens of Medical Humanities |
| 16:00-16:20 | Florence Akumu Juma Selected Speaker |
Perceptions of psychotherapy among African Caribbean and Black Identifying (ABCI) young adults in Southwestern Ontario: Towards an exploration of best practices in psychotherapy |
| 16:20-16:40 |
Guilherme Welter Wendt |
Understanding Sexual Abuse Risk: A Brazilian School-Based Study |
IOCSO 2026 Program (Day 3)
Flash Poster Session
IOCSO 2026
Date: 23rd January 2026 (Friday)
Time: 09:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EST, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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Session
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Poster Presenter
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Title
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Session 1
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| 9:00-9:10 | Calla Glavin Beauregard | Detecting sub-populations in online health communities: A mixed-methods exploration of breastfeeding messages in BabyCenter Birth Clubs |
| 9:10-9:20 | Liviu Tatomirescu | Understanding Dementia through Caregivers’ Experiences: Behavioral Challenges and Quality of Life |
9:20-9:30 |
Suzana Turcu | Wellbeing of Cancer Caregivers: Scoping Review |
| 9:30-9:40 |
Klaudie Němečková |
Continuity of care for children with mental health problems: experiences of children, parents and social workers |
| 9:40-9:50 |
Adriana Rodrigues Machado |
Umuarama Circular: Social Transformations in the Construction of a Circular City |
| 9:50-10:00 |
Zhaoyang Xie |
Gender specificity of teachers' stress sources and health problems: evidence from a network analysis |
| Session 2 | ||
| 10:00-10:10 | Ashmita Singh | Immersive Virtual Reality for Peer Support in Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Pilot Study |
| Session 3 | ||
| 10:10-10:20 | ELENI ROMPOTI | Human Resource Management and Labor Relations in Tourism and Cultural Enterprises: Evidence from Crete |
| 10:20-10:30 | Miloș (Ilie) Constantina Alina | From Risk to Resilience: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review of Tourist Loyalty and Sustainable Tourism in Coastal and Post-Pandemic Contexts (2020–2025) |
| 10:30-10:40 | Mariana Floricica Călin | Psychological Values and Attitudinal Predictors of Sustainable Tourism Consumption |
| 10:40-10:50 | H. Antonio Pineda-Espejel | Motivation and intention to performphysical activity in secondary-school students |
| Session 4 | ||
| 10:50-11:00 | SABRINA BELLAFRONTE | Precarious empowerment on TikTok: gendered digital informality and the paradox of new survival economies |
| 11:00-11:10 | Pariya Parchini | Immersive Behavioural Assessments for Autistic Job Seekers: A Protocol of a Participatory Approach to Autism-Inclusive Hiring Practices |
| 11:10-11:20 | Elitsa Dimitrova | Equal in Sharing, Unequal in Care: Social Differences in Attitudes toward Shared Parental Leave in European Societies |
| Session 5 | ||
| 11:20-11:30 | POLYDORA ANNA ELENI | Digital and Social Ethography: The Case of Youth Digital Platforms |
| 11:30-11:40 | Jingsheng Wang | Super AI Evolution Theory: Algorithmic Competition and Civilizational Risk in the Data Colonial Era |
| 11:40-11:50 | Lisa D'Errico | A Scoping Review of Sociological Literature on Sex Dolls and Sex Robots (2000–2025) |