16TH ANNUAL GWO 2026 CONFERENCE
16th Gender, Work and Organization Conference
(GWO2026)
The Gender, Work & Organization community warmly invites everyone to the 16th Annual GWO Conference, which will take place from 8 to 10 June at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
This year’s theme — Voices at the Margins: Rethinking Gender, Labor, and Belonging — calls us to reimagine what counts as knowledge, whose experiences shape theory, and how gendered forms of labor and survival are produced under conditions of precarity, displacement, coloniality, and social transformation.
Grounded Stories. Global Conversations
Let’s rethink what counts as knowledge.
Let’s center the margins.
Across disciplines, scholars are questioning dominant knowledge systems — yet Eurocentric frameworks still define what is valid theory, whose labor counts, and whose stories are heard. Voices at the Margins invites us to reimagine these hierarchies and bring forward the wisdom of communities, movements, and thinkers often left out of mainstream narratives.
This conference brings together global and local scholars, artists, and practitioners to share grounded insights and open space for epistemic justice and feminist solidarity.
Key Dates
Early Bird Registration (deadline: 30 March 2026)
- In-person delegate: USD 400 (+20% VAT)
- PhD student delegate: USD 250 (+20% VAT)
Standard Registration (deadline: 15 April 2026)
- In-person delegate: USD 550 (+20% VAT)
- PhD student delegate: USD 350 (+20% VAT)
Online delegate (keynotes + sessions): USD 150 (+20% VAT)
Optional events (Opening Dinner & Gala Dinner): USD 35 each.
Conference Dates: 8-10 June 2026 (Doctoral Day 7 June)
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Why Attend Our Conference?
3 days of concentrated experience and new knowledge
The conference will bring together participants from all over the world
Experts from different countries are invited to the conference
Networking and collaboration opportunities with scholars around the globe.
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How to Participate | GWO 2026
GWO 2026 offers multiple ways to engage with our international community of scholars, researchers, and practitioners.
Deadline: 25 January 2026
Propose a thematic stream aligned with the conference theme, Voices at the Margins.
Selected streams will host sessions and workshops during the conference.
Deadline: 01 March 2026
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract for consideration. The abstract should clearly articulate the paper’s contribution to debates on gender, work, organisation, and belonging.
Extended abstracts are peer-reviewed by the conference committee.
Length: 800-1,000 words (excluding references)
Content: Extended abstracts should include:
Title
Research focus and motivation - Clearly state the problem or question and its relevance to gender, work, and organisation.
Theoretical framing - Engage with relevant feminist, critical, intersectional, decolonial, or organisational literatures.
Empirical context and/or methodology (where applicable) - Describe data, methods, or cases clearly (conceptual papers are also welcome).
Key arguments or findings
Contribution - Explain how the paper advances debates aligned with the conference theme Voices at the Margins.
References - Include key references (no strict limit).
Format Word or PDF
12-point font, single-spaced
References in Harvard style (or another consistent academic style)
Submission process
Submit via the conference platform: https://event.fourwaves.com/gwo2026
Authors will be asked to indicate preferred streams after stream acceptance.
Both empirical and conceptual papers are welcome. Work-in-progress is encouraged, provided the core argument and contribution are clearly articulated.
Dates: 8-10 June 2026 | Astana, Kazakhstan
Participate in keynote sessions, panel discussions, workshops, and networking events.
Both in-person and hybrid/online attendance options will be available.
Gain visibility among 400+ international scholars.
Feature your brand on conference materials, bags, certificates, and digital platforms.
Contact us at 📧 gwo2026@nu.edu.kz to explore partnership opportunities.
Location
Hybrid event:
Nazarbaev University
Astana
Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000
Dates
Submission period:
September 5, 2025 - 3:58 AM EDT - March 9, 2026 - 10:05 PM EDT
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact gwo2026@nu.edu.kz