EURYO Conference 2026 · Angra do Heroísmo, Azores · 11 September 2026

The right to stay, the right to prosper: Rural young people in contemporary European societies

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Registration and abstract submission opened on 6 April 2026.

EURYO Conference 2026 poster
Conference date
11 September 2026
Location
Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal
Working language
English

About the conference

The 1st EURYO Conference will bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and youth representatives to reflect on the challenges and opportunities faced by young people living in rural areas across Europe. The event will run in parallel with the 2nd EURYO Summer School and aims to foster knowledge exchange, networking and collaboration.

The conference will showcase research and practical experiences on social inclusion, rural employment, youth participation, education, mobility and entrepreneurship, with a broader focus on supporting prosperous futures for young people in rural territories.

What you can do in CongresSphere

  • Create your participant account
  • Complete your profile
  • Submit and manage your abstract
  • Add co-authors and follow confirmations
  • Access your conference participation area

Key dates

The public conference page sets out the following timeline for abstracts, decisions and registration.

  • Abstract submission: from 6 April 2026 to 31 May 2026
  • Notification of abstract approval: 15 June 2026
  • Registration deadline for participants with an abstract: 15 July 2026
  • Registration deadline for participants without an abstract: 31 August 2026

Registration fees

These are the participation options currently published for the conference.

Full Fee
120€
Participation and presentation
Reduced Fee
90€
Participation only
Online Participation
80€
Including abstract presentation
EURYO Member Fee
60€
50% discount on the full fee
EURYO Member Fee Online
40€
50% discount on the online fee
Summer School Participants
0€
Free admission and presentation with an accepted abstract
Registration includes conference participation, light lunch and presentation where applicable.

Scientific Committee

The following Scientific Committee is published on the EURYO conference page.

  • Adriano Mauro Ellena (Faculty of Psychology, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore Milano-Brescia, Italy)
  • Alen Mujcinovic (University Of Sarajevo, Faculty Of Agriculture And Food Sciences, Institute Of Agricultural And Food Industry Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Claudia Petrescu (Romanian Academy – Research Institute For Quality Of Life; University Of Bucharest – Faculty Of Sociology And Social Work, Romania)
  • Elena Marta (Faculty of Psychology, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore Milano-Brescia, Italy)
  • Emre Erdogan (Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations, Turkey)
  • Frida Jonsson (Umeå University, Sweden)
  • Francisco Simões (University Institute Of Lisbon (University Institute of Lisbon, ISCTE, Portugal)
  • Kerli Koiv (University of Tartu, Estonia)
  • Leonor Bettencourt (University Institute of Lisbon, ISCTE, Portugal)
  • Luziana Hoxha (Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania)
  • Òscar Prieto-Flores (University of Girona, Spain)
  • Paul Flynn (School of Education, NUI Galway, Ireland)
  • Slaven Gasparovic (Faculty Of Science, Department Of Geography, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
  • Stefan Bojnec (Department of Economics at the Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, Slovenia)
  • Mariano Soler-Porta (Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales – Universidad de Málaga, Spain)
  • Tatiana Ferreira (Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal)
  • Vladislava Lendzhova (South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria)

Conference poster

Official poster of the EURYO Conference 2026.

EURYO Conference 2026 poster

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