Information, Medium & Society: Twenty-Fourth International Conference on Publishing Studies, NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal, 1-3 July 2026

Information, Medium & Society: The Publishing Studies Research Network was founded in 2003 with the inaugural International Conference on the Future of the Book. Since then, the Research Network has expanded its scope in two phases. The first was in 2009 when it became the Books, Publishing, and Libraries Research. In this iteration, the Research Network began to look beyond the book as the primary site of investigation. In 2019 the network underwent another change, to become Information, Medium & Society – The Publishing Studies Research Network.

The Information, Medium & Society: Twenty-Fourth International Conference on Publishing Studies features research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

2026 Special Focus—Beyond Borders: Democratizing Knowledge in a Polarized World

Theme 1: Informational Foundations
Theme 2: Mediums of Disruptions
Theme 3: Social History and Impacts