IACESR call for paper closes Feb 6th. Come join us to talk about the cognitive and evolutionary science of religion in Brno in July! iacesr.com/conferences/

IACESR 2026 – 10th Biennial Meeting

We’re excited to announce our keynote speakers:
Will Gervais • Rebekah Richert • Quentin Atkinson • Larisa Heiphetz Solomon

📍 Brno, Czech Republic
📅 1–3 July 2026 | Masaryk University

Registration open soon. Stay tuned.

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☕ Coming to Brno for IACESR 2026?

We’ve curated a list of our favourite cafés around the city for those inevitable coffee breaks between sessions, or just in case the conference coffee isn’t quite to your taste. 😉

Explore the map here:
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See you in Brno!

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🏆 John J. McGraw Award – IACESR 2026

We are delighted to announce this year’s awardees:

🎓Carmen María Callizo Romero — Religiosity, Not Size, Predicts Abstract Cognition in Sacred Spaces
🎓 Radim Chvaja — Is God Perceived as More Moralizing During War? Evidence from Ukraine

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As the conference gets closer, here’s how to get to Brno for IACESR 2026 ✈️

Fly direct (limited routes) or travel via nearby hubs:
Vienna (~2h) • Prague (~2.5–3h) • Bratislava (~1.5–2h)

📅 1–3 July 2026

More info: iacesr.com/conferences/

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The #SpiritsandSources team from @brunelpsy.bsky.social were busy presenting new research at IACESR last week 🤩

Research includes use of musical sounds in ritual by grad student Sotirios Kolios 🎶

We’re organizing IACESR 2026 in Brno (July 1–3) — CFP closes Feb 6.

If you work on cognitive or evolutionary approaches to religion, we’d be very happy to welcome you in Brno :)

What a special treat to give this keynote at IACESR! Thank you so much for inviting me, for the amazing intellectual engagement, and for the chance to visit Brno for the first time.

IACESR 2026 has officially come to a close! Our new President, Eva Kundtová Klocová, closed the conference by thanking everyone for three fantastic days. We were delighted to host you in Brno and hope you had a wonderful time. Safe travels home and please send us your feedback!

We are proud to introduce Quentin Atkinson as one of our keynote speakers at IACESR 2026. His talk explores how the relationship between religiosity and conservative attitudes varies across cultural contexts and measures.

📅 1–3 July 2026 | Masaryk University

More info: iacesr.com/conferences/

Day 2 of IACESR started with a keynote from Kathleen Corriveau (Boston University), who explored how children develop religious beliefs across cultures. Rather than asking whether children believe, the talk asked how they learn what to believe, who to trust, and which norms matter. 🧵#IACESR2026

Think research on atheism is interesting? Come to our mini-conference! It’s in Oxford in June right before IACESR. Come for the Atheism, stay for the cognitive and evolutionary research on religion. www.explainingatheism.org/atheism-expl...

Registrations are still open for IACESR 2026, we encourage all to do it soon!

Join us in Brno, Czech Republic for three days of talks and discussion in the cognitive and evolutionary sciences of religion.

📍 Masaryk University
📅 1–3 July 2026

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Thanks to the International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of #Religion for letting me remotely present to their conference in Czechia not-yet-published meta-analyses of studies of #atheism and reflection across languages.

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One conference in a week isn't enough for the eager scientific minds of CCE (also co-organised by
@aiyanakoka.bsky.social 💀)

CCE members Nachita Rosun and Hugh Turpin are presenting at the 9th meeting of the International Association of Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion

Our president @aiyanakoka.bsky.social has officially declared IACESR 2026 open!

In her opening speech she emphasised the importance of diversity, inclusivity and promoting younger generations as a way to push this field forward.

The opening ceremony was held as Mendel Museum in Brno.

Awardees receive a financial prize and a featured speaking slot at IACESR 2026 to present their work.

📍 Brno, Czech Republic
📅 1–3 July 2026
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This upcoming conference hosted by a fellow IAHR organization might be of interest to NAASR members.

IACESR is here: iacesr.com/conferences/