10 minutes until the second and final day of the 2026 International Association of Vegan Sociologists conference! (AKA #IAVS2026)

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And that's a wrap for day 1! See you all tomorrow for another packed day of vegan sociologies around the world #IAVS2026

Our final paper for the night is Robert Rosenberger discussing a fantastic sounding book on overturning the curriculum of frog dissection #IAVS2026

Michael Briscoe brings the stats! Always appreciated and fascinating insights into social globalisation as a key driver of meat consumption (rather than economic and political globalisation) #IAVS2026

Next up Ela Przybylo takes us through a fascinating exploration of nonhuman animal representation in queer and trans social imaginaries in literature #IAVS2026

Interestingly some advocacy methods can backfire with likely allies' likelihood of engaging with pro-animal actions after 3 months #IAVS2026

We’re now turning to Robert Rosenberger for ‘Overturning the Hidden Curriculum of Frog Dissection’, the final talk of today’s session, and day 1 of #IAVS2026!

Final session for the day - North America is here to see us out! Andrea Polanco from @faunalytics.bsky.social kicks us off exploring whether animal advocacy changes hearts and minds in a randomized control trial #IAVS2026

In final reflections Stǎnescu puts forth that cultured meat is a solution without a problem — that doesn't seem to appeal to anyone #IAVS2026

Can one change meat eating without changing eating meat? Richard Giles warns us not to believe the hype around cultured meat #IAVS2026

Vasile kicks us off with a critical examination of the claim that cultured meat will result in a reduction of harming nonhuman animals for meat - is the goal of cultured meat actually a 'yes and' scenario where both cultured and factory farmed meat prosper? #IAVS2026

Tune in now for 'Cultured Meat, Speciesism, and the Futures of Vegan Sociology' - a panel with Vasile T. Stǎnescu, Richard Giles and Nathan Poirier #IAVS2026

We hope you’re returning refreshed from the break! Time for our next panel: Cultured Meat, Speciesism, and the Futures of Vegan Sociology, starting with ‘Bringing Home the Bacon: Cultured Meat and the Myth of Animal Realism’ by Vasile T. Stǎnescu! #IAVS2026

So exciting to hear about the Vegan Sociology book series with emerald press! Series co-editor @katestew.art joins us with Katy Mathers (Commissioning Editor) and authors Kadri Aavik, Ellie Atayee-Bennett, and Louis Gough. Impressive pipeline of vegan sociology scholarship! #IAVS2026

Drawing a close to the first session of #IAVS2026, we are passing the mic to IAVS co-founder Zoei Sutton with a presentation entitled ‘Critical Pet Studies: Reimagining companionship with Vegan Sociology’

Our third Australian is Stephen Burrell discussing men and boys' relationships with nonhuman animals and nature - rigid pressures around restrictive understandings of masculinity are crucial to understanding violence against human and nonhuman animals #IAVS2026

Cassie A. Pedersen argues for a reimagination of witnessing trans-species trauma as reciprocal encounter grounded in address and response. This addresses power concerns around traditional 'seeing' that sets the liberal human up as a 'seer' while nonhuman animals are objectified 'seen' #IAVS2026

Mohamad Faazeli kicks us of with their excellent project researching vegan activism and Islamic eco cultural discourses in Sydney #IAVS2026

For this year's theme (internationalising vegan sociology) we are going region by region to learn about the many vegan sociologies around the world. First up: the Australians! #IAVS2026

#IAVS2026 is here!

The 2026 meeting of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists has officially begun

(Pssst, it’s still not too late to grab a ticket!)

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