Dissertia Forums & Working Groups
Your Digital Gateway for Scholarly Exchange and Collective Flourishment
Inclusivity is not an add-on but our shared ethos.
Dissertia Forums provide an open and inclusive meeting place for graduate students, early-stage researchers, established scholars, educators, and practitioners across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Rooted in the academic ethos of Dissertia, our forums encourage dialogue that is comparative, cross-disciplinary, and problem-oriented. Here, connections are sparked across disciplines and languages; ideas are shared beyond borders; and research grows through dialogue and exchange that value both critical perspectives as well as the qualities of empathy, humility, openness, and mutual respect. Whether your work lies in literature or law, philosophy or political science, education or environmental studies, Dissertia Forums invite you to join a global community where scholarship is enriched through dialogical engagement, discursive critique, and the richness of diverse thought and experience. We believe that the most meaningful advances emerge when knowledge is shared widely, when critique is respectful and constructive, and when every researcher, regardless of background or career stage, has a voice at the table. We build our academic community by listening deeply, welcoming differences, and promoting collaborative learning. Dissertia Forums are more than a platform: they are a shared space where intellectual traditions and social realities meet, where projects gain momentum, and where collective scholarship can contribute to lasting impact across societies.
Active participation in Dissertia’s forums and working groups nourishes thought, promotes more engaged and thematic learning, enhances familiarity with emerging trends and projects, and opens pathways to collaboration, funding opportunities, efficient publication, and potential study or professional positions.
Our current forums and working groups
Open for free registration now!
All Opening Online Meetings · December 2025
1. Climate, Sustainability, and Alternative Futures
Conceptual focus
Examining sustainability through cross-disciplinary perspectives on climate, society, culture, and possible alternatives.
Practical focus
Integrating research, education, policy, and practice into frameworks for long-term, sustainable transformation.
2. AI in Research, Education, and Society
Conceptual focus
Exploring AI’s transformative roles across research, education, communication, and public knowledge.
Practical focus
Developing ethical, interdisciplinary applications to advance discovery, foster learning, and support social engagement.
3. Care, Compassion, and Fairness in Plurality
Conceptual focus
Investigating care, compassion, and fairness across various cultural, social, worldview, and other pluralities.
Practical focus
Promoting inclusive practices that cultivate justice, empathy, cooperation, and sustainable community relations.
Propose a working group
Do you see a gap in our forums or want to build a community around your research focus? At Dissertia, every scholar has the opportunity to initiate a working group. Whether your theme is disciplinary, comparative, or issue-driven, you can propose a group, gather peers, and shape conversations that matter. Together, we create spaces where ideas grow into collaborations and projects gain lasting impact.