The 1st International Online Conference on Social Sciences
Thank you for attending IOCSS2026!
On behalf of the conference organizing committee of IOCSS2026 , we would like to express our appreciation to all of the participants for their contributions. From all accounts, the event was a success.
We are pleased to announce that all IOCSS 2026 award winners have now been selected, and the recipients have been notified.
All the registered attendees can access their certificates by logging into their Sciforum account here.
Click HERE for the Book of Abstracts.
Click HERE for the Poster Gallery.
For any inquiries, please contact us at: iocss2026@mdpi.com.
the chairs
This conference will offer a platform for scholars, researchers and experts from across the social science community to exchange innovative and impactful research. The conference is oriented around general themes across the social sciences, including, but not limited to, the following:
We anticipate submissions encompassing individual paper presentations and pre-arranged panels on specific thematic topics, as well as plenary sessions involving invited world-leading speakers.
The event will take place via Sciforum.net, a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize and provide technical support for electronic conferences. The conference’s virtual format offers the distinct advantage of eliminating the need for travel and its associated expenses, allowing you to engage in quick and direct exchanges of the latest research findings and innovative ideas.
We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event and providing an opportunity to hear about your research.
Kind regards,
Professor Daniel McCarthy, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Dr. Lawrence Ho, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan
Meet Our Chairs
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK;McCarthy is currently Professor in Criminology in the Department of Sociology/Co-Director of the Centre for Criminology. He specialises in research in areas of policing, inter-agency working, and more latterly in the area of prison/family effects and incarceration. He also has interests in cross-national research, including emphasis on public attitudes to policing and punishment (especially the death penalty). Prof. McCarthy's wider interests concern the effects of family contact on prisoner re-entry, the impact of prison conditions on prisoner behaviour during and beyond their sentence, as well as more generally in the application of criminological theory. He is author of 'Soft Policing: The Collaborative Control of Anti-Social Behaviour' (Palgrave, 2014), 'The Impact of Youth Imprisonment on the Lives of Parents' (with Maria Adams, Routledge, 2023) and 'Beyond Porridge' (with Maria Adams, Jon Garland, Vicki Harman, Erin Power and Talitha Brown( Waterside Press, 2024), as well as numerous articles in the fields of criminology and sociology. He has received several grants and awards including the 2014 British Society of Criminology (Policing Network) award, the 2014 Economic and Social Research Council, Future Leaders Award, as well as the 2015 Vice Chancellor's 'Researcher of the Year' Award. He also was co-awarded the Faculty Teacher of the Year Prize (2019).
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan;Lawrence Ka-ki HO currently works at the Department of Social Sciences (SSC), The Education University of Hong Kong. He is also Fellow of the Centre for Criminology, The University of Hong Kong. Lawrence does research in History and Sociology of Policing, Comparative Policing Practices, Policing Issues and Challenges in Greater China and East Asia. He also extends his researches to sports in these years. Issues of politics and sociology of sports are under research.
Important Dates
9 Mar
2026 (23:59 AoE)
6 Apr
2026 (23:59 AoE)
25 May
2026 (23:59 AoE)
Meet Our Speakers
University Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, USA;
Northwestern University, Evanston, USA;Lynne Kiesling is an economist focusing on regulation, market design, and the economics of digitization and smart grid technologies in the electricity industry. She is Director of the Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics in the Center on Law, Business, and Economics, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability program, both at Northwestern University. She is also a Research Professor at University of Colorado Denver, a member of the External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In addition to her academic research, she is currently a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee, has served as a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Smart Grid Advisory Committee, and is an emerita member of the GridWise Architecture Council. Her academic background includes a B.S. in Economics from Miami University (Ohio) and a Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University. Outside of work, Lynne rides her bikes, skis downhill and Nordic, knits, and reads a lot of books
On behalf of the Event Chair and Organizing Committee of IOCSS 2026, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Best Oral Presentation Awards have been awarded to:
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ID |
Title |
Presenter |
| sciforum-160891 | Too human to resist: AI Anthropomorphism and manipulation vulnerability in Gen Z |
Veronika László |
| sciforum-177088 | Patrick Ho Lam Lai |
The Best Poster Awards have been awarded to:
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ID |
Title |
Authors |
|
sciforum-176512 |
Scrolling Science: Undstanding how Audiences Engage with Short Science Videos on Social Media |
Edite Felgueiras |
| sciforum-173699 | Please Vote! Exploring Celebrities' Effect on Mobilising Young Voters in Japan | Helix Lo |
Ms. Dora Szepesi
Mr. Ionut Spatar
Mr. Russell Wang
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