Seventeenth International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
July 14-17, 2026 • Lisbon, Portugal
Ninth International PhD Seminar • July 12-14, 2026
Deadline For Conference Submissions and PhD Seminar Applications: October 31, 2025
In the 2026 conference, we want to envision the next generation of the third sector by building bridges and facilitating the exchange of knowledge: between research and practice; between different countries and cultures; between communities and organizations; between funders and recipients; between new technologies and established methods; and between competing interests. In increasingly troubled times, we want to focus on hope, celebrating both our diversity, developing what unites us, and exploring how we can connect different pieces together for the future of the third sector.