NIGHT(S)-Science: Call for Abstracts (PDF Download)

About NIGHTS @ Vienna After Dark Conference

For the first time, the European NIGHTS conference for urban leisure activities, particularly those at night, is joining the conference Vienna After Dark. Following events in Padua, Brussels, Berlin, and Zurich, the story will continue from the14th to the 16th of November 2024 in Vienna, Austria.

All those involved in leisure, nightlife, and festival culture, whether independently or as representatives of industry, academia, politics, culture, administration, health, harm reduction, and awareness initiatives are invited to take part. The Vienna After Dark Conference is the ideal platform for international networking and exchange, with over 400 participants from across Europe.

Date: 14.11.2024 until 16.11.2024
Place: Club U, Sass Music Club, der Salon im Künstlerhaus, Stadtkino, more tba.

About NIGHT(S)-Science

NIGHT(S)-Science aims to promote know-how transfer between academia and the private and public sector. NIGHT(S)-Science seeks to bring closer together research and practice. Submitted abstracts will be double blind peer-reviewed by our international scientific committee.

Scientific Committee

• Marie-Avril Berthet, School of Geography, University of Leeds (UK)
• Nicky Dirkx, coordinator research group SUPRB (Substance Use and Psychosocial Risk Behaviours) University of Applied Sciences HOGENT (BEL)
• Carlo Fabian, Institut Soziale Arbeit und Gesundheit, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (Switzerland)
• Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-IUL), Lisboa (Portugal)
• Maria Giæver López, School of Sociology, University of Westminster (UK)
• Anton Luf, Medical University of Vienna (Austria)
• Jordi Nofre, NOVA University Lisbon (Portugal)
• Christine Preiser, Institut für Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin und Versorgungsforschung, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen (Germany)
• Peter Rantaša, Universität Wien, Vienna Cognitive Science Hub (Austria)
• Rosa Reitsamer, Department of Music Sociology, mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria)
• Christian Schlager, Department of Design and Narrative Media – University of Applied Arts Vienna (Austria)
• Jakob F. Schmid, Stadt nach Acht, Hamburg (Germany)
• Will Straw, Department of Art History and Communications Studies, McGill University (Canada)
• Nikhaela Wicks, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent (UK)

Abstract Requirements

• max. 250 words, 5 Keywords
• a short introduction to the problem, or presentation of hypothesis
• justification for some methods, arguments/findings
• conclusions or contributions for a future debate

Possible Topics of Interest

Nightlife & Wellbeing ⋅ Prevention ⋅ Harm Reduction ⋅ Drug Policy ⋅ Accessibility ⋅Safety and Security ⋅ Gender and Sexuality ⋅ History(ies) of Nightlife ⋅ Nightlife and Youth Culture ⋅ Art and Aesthetics in Nightlife ⋅ Nightlife and Cultural Heritage ⋅Ethnography of Nightlife Spaces (formal/informal) ⋅ City Planning & Architecture for the Night ⋅ Economic and Tourism Insights and Perspectives ⋅ Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Nightlife ⋅ Ecological Transition of the Nightlife Industry⋅ Technological Innovations in Nightlife

Deadline for submission: 08.09.2024
Notification of decision: 30.09.2024
Submit abstract: https://forms.gle/1q3vYFNDAVvNG78r6

Additional information for the selected contributors

• Free admission to the whole Vienna After Dark Conference
• Accommodation and travel expenses will not be provided
• The sessions may be recorded