The University of Bath, together with the Earth System Governance Project, is proud to host the 2026 Conference. Taking place on 7-11 September 2026 in the historic city of Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in England, United Kingdom, the conference will be held primarily in person, with selected sessions available for virtual access and participation.
The main conference is organized around six streams, including the five analytical lenses of the ESG project and a sixth stream on the future of earth system governance, for which participants are invited to assess existing gaps and prospective reforms for improving sustainability governance in different contexts and at multiple scales.
At the 2026 Bath Conference, participants will have the opportunity to join a Townhall to discuss initial steps towards the next Science Plan for the Earth System Governance Project. Building on the Nijmegen Agenda on Transformative Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, proposals are welcomed from interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research with inputs from key stakeholders beyond academia.
Key dates
- Deadline for all submissions: 15 January 2026
- Notification of acceptance and open registration: 16 March 2026
- Deadline for travel grant applications: 30 April 2026
- Deadline for early bird registration: 15 May 2026
- Deadline for registration of presenters: 3 July 2026
- Deadline to submit papers for the Oran R. Young Prize: 15 July 2026
- Deadline for all registration: 7 August 2026
- Deadline for full paper submission: 15 August 2026