I EPER Connect: Building Connections Among Early-Career Criminologists in Europe

EPER Connect is the first conference organised by the Postgraduate and Early Stage Researchers working group within the European Society of Criminology. This event aims to bring together researchers from across Europe who are at the beginning of their careers in the field of criminology and senior academics to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, promote professional networking and strengthen the EPER community. At the same time, EPER Connect marks the official launch of the renewed EPER working group, confirming its commitment to supporting emerging scholars within the European criminology community.

For this first event, rather than focusing on a single theme, EPER Connect is open to all topics in criminology. Its main priority is to highlight and support early-career researchers by offering a free and accessible online conference.

Practical Information

Conference date(s): 4–5 May 2026

Format: Online

Participation: Free of charge

Target audience: Postgraduate students and early-career researchers in criminology are welcome to submit and discuss papers or posters; the conference is open to all.

For more information, please visit our website or our social media where you will find the abstract submission link as well as all important dates.

We count on you: will you join us?

Mariana Sebastião Machado and Giulia Lausi

(EPER co-chairs)