International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST)

Building Bridges

Jun 28 - Jun 30, 2027

The International Sustainability Transitions conference (IST) 2027 will be the first IST to take place in Latin America. Bringing together participants from around the world to discuss the latest developments in sustainability transitions, the program will include a diverse array of themes and many opportunities for interaction and collaboration.

Conference theme

The conference theme is “Building Bridges” and invites transition scholars and practitioners to build bridges across world regions, perspectives, ontologies and epistemic communities. In a period of political polarization and fragmentation of information, how can we build bridges with those who have different experiences, backgrounds, positionalities, and perspectives to create concrete changes in the world?

Conference Organizers

The IST conference 2027 is taking place at Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali), Brazil, Campus Balneário Camboriú. It is hosted and co-organized by UNIVALI’s research group on Sustainability Transitions and the Pluriverse of Alternatives (TranS-PlurAL) and the Graduate Program in Tourism and Hospitality.

Key dates

Call for session tracks and special sessions

mid-September 2026

Deadline for session tracks

mid-October 2026

Notification of decision session tracks

mid-November 2026

Call for abstracts

mid-November 2026

Deadline for abstract submissions

January 8th 2027

Notification of decisions to authors

End of February 2027

Conference registration opens

Beginning of March 2027

Deadline for early-bird registration

mid- April 2027

Conference registration deadline for presenting authors

mid- April 2027

Full paper submissions deadline

end of May 2027

Conference registration closes

mid-June 2027

ECR day

27/06/2027

Conference

28/06 – 30/06/2027

Paper development workshop and thematic group sessions

01/07/2027

Key links

> Travel and accommodation

If you have any questions, please reach out to the organizing team at: IST2027@univali.br