The Future of Sociology, The Sociology of The Future: Social Sciences in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

December 18-19, 2025, Ankara

Artificial intelligence technologies, rapidly spreading globally, are transforming social structures, institutions, and everyday life practices. This transformation is not merely a technical innovation; it also entails the reconstruction of social relations, power mechanisms, identity formation processes, and cultural meaning systems. 

In this context, the National Congress on the Future of Sociology: The Future of the Social Sciences in the Age of Artificial Intelligence aims to bring together researchers from all disciplines of the social sciences to reflect on the following questions: How is artificial intelligence reshaping social stratification, class relations, and forms of labor? How does technology create tension between surveillance, privacy, and citizenship rights? How are cultural production, identity politics, and collective memory transforming in the age of artificial intelligence?

We invite academics, researchers, and experts from sociology, anthropology, political science, communication, psychology, history, philosophy, and other social science fields to share their original contributions within the framework of the conference themes. Our conference aims to contribute to a multidimensional analysis of social life in the age of artificial intelligence by providing an interdisciplinary discussion environment.

Conference Themes

* Artificial intelligence and social change: transformation, continuity, and resistance

* Artificial intelligence in the context of class, gender, ethnicity, and inequalities

* Digital surveillance, privacy, and citizenship rights

* Artificial intelligence in education and higher education: opportunities and risks

* Labor processes, automation, and the sociology of digital capitalism

* Cultural production, media, and the algorithmic transformation of art

* Democracy, politics, and artificial intelligence ethics

* New methodological possibilities: big data, digital ethnography, and algorithmic analysis

About the Conference

* Participation in the conference will be possible with papers in Turkish. 

* Depending on the number of accepted papers for each of the above conference themes, one or more sessions will be planned for presentation at the conference. 

* The conference is open to all interested academics, researchers, and experts. In addition, graduate students enrolled in doctoral and/or master's programs in sociology, anthropology, political science, communication, psychology, history, philosophy, and other social science fields may also participate.

* In addition to oral presentations, poster presentations will also be accepted at the conference. 

* Each author may submit a maximum of two papers to the conference.

* Applications for conference participation must be submitted via cm.baskent.edu.tr, including the following information and documents: 

• An abstract of the paper (in Turkish) of at least two hundred and fifty and at most four hundred words,

• At least three and at most five keywords selected according to the content of the paper,

• The name, surname, and title of the corresponding author (and other authors, if any), along with information about the university/institution/institute where they work,

• The academic CV of the author(s). 

* Abstracts must be prepared in accordance with the “Abstract Preparation Template” shared on the sos.baskent.edu.tr website. Those whose abstracts are accepted must submit an extended abstract.

Please click here to submit your abstract.

Important Dates 

Abstract Submission Date: October 17, 2025-November 21, 2025 

Announcement of Accepted Abstracts: December 01, 2025 

Final Registration: December 05, 2025 

Announcement of Final Program: December 07, 2025 

Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2025

Conference Dates: December 18-19, 2025

For detailed application requirements and schedule, please visit sos.baskent.edu.tr.

The conference will be held at Başkent University Bağlıca Campus. 

Participants' extended abstracts will be published as e-books with an e-ISBN number. 

Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. 

The conference participation fee is set at 1000 Turkish Lira, and for graduate students who are not affiliated with any institution, it is set at 600 Turkish Lira.

Başkent University 3rd National Conference on The Future of Sociology, Sociology of the Future Bank Details

Recipient name: Pomona Tur.Org. Tanıtım Reklam Dan. San. ve Tic. A. Ş.

Bank: Denizbank A.Ş.

Branch: Bahçelievler ŞB.

TL IBAN: TR16 0013 4000 0016 8071 6000 04

When sending the conference fee, please use the name of the conference (preferably 3rd National Conference on the Sociology of the Future, The Future of Sociology) and the full name(s) of the participant(s) as the payment reference. The conference registration process will be completed after the registration fee has been paid.