Democracy, Autocracy, and Protest: Social Movements in Times of Crisis

Join us for the next Mobilization-SDSU conference on Democracy, Autocracy, and Protest: Social Movements in Times of Crisis, June 23-24, 2025

We are planning another international conference for social movement scholars in San Diego on June 23-24, 2025. Previous conferences confirm the popularity of smaller collegial gatherings of about 100 engaged researchers—a perfect size for relaxed discussion, schmoozing, but a critical mass for intellectual engagement on topics that interest you. We will ponder where the field has come from and where it is headed, theoretically and methodologically, in these challenging times. We invite everyone to attend, from established scholars to young and eager innovators and thinkers in our field. The theme this year is “Democracy, Autocracy and Protest: Social Movements in Times of Crisis.” We will sponsor plenary sessions on this topic, and host paper sessions on other topics as submissions cluster. Our goal is to offer a place of engagement and discussion for your ideas and current research. Please plan to join us in 2025. Attendees often say, “This is my favorite conference.”