We invite abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the 12th edition of the Sociolinguistics Circle, to be held in Brussels on April 24th, 2026.

Contributions should deal with topics in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, dialectology, variationist linguistics, social dimensions of multilingualism and lan-guage contact, language policy and planning, or related disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars with a connection to the Low Countries and/or on topics relevant to language varieties used in the Low Countries.

Abstracts should be submitted before December 1st, 2025 via e-mail to sociolinguisticscircle2026@vub.be.

They should be between 300 and 500 words, not including references. Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts, at most one of which may be sole- or first-authored. Abstracts should situate the study within the field and clearly identify the research aim, theoretical and methodological framework, main results and implications.

Contributions can be submitted in Dutch, French, or English. Given the Socio-linguistics Circle’s orientation to the Low Countries, we would like to emphasise that contributions in Dutch and French or multilingual formats are warmly wel-comed (e.g., presentation in Dutch/French, slides in English).

All submissions will be reviewed by the organising committee.

We aim to decide on acceptance before February 1st, 2026.

Organising committee

Rik Vosters

Wim Vandenbussche

Laura Rosseel

Philipp Krämer