The second International Critical Legal Geography Conference, that will take place at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile, from 17 to 20 March 2026, will bring together transdisciplinary scholars to discuss the mutual constitution of space and law, broadly conceived. The conference follows the first international CLG conference held in Turin (Italy) in February 2024.

This call intends to create an open space for projects that engage with the ‘big tent’ that is critical legal geography. We welcome a variety of thematics and approaches. Given the locality of the conference in Concepción, Chile, we wish particularly to invite scholars whose work focuses on topics that are important in this context (Indigenous territories; extractive borders; the appropriation of common goods; the consequences of climate change; alternative spatial imaginaries) to apply. The intention is to generate debate concerning the current imbrication of law in sociospatial processes of all kinds with an emphasis on the value of perspectives from the South; however, given the general nature of the conference, we welcome contributions on other questions relevant to critical legal geography, such as: energy and extraction; (post)(neo)(settler) colonialism; Indigenous rights; the global/the local; method; anthropocene; climate change; future spaces; more-than-human legal geographies; blue legalities; housing; migration; informality/illegality; borders; property; land use; cities/urban; spatial justice; legal pluralism; infrastructures; spatial justice.

Submissions
Those interested in participating have two options:
One is to respond to one or more keywords by submitting an abstract (max 500 words). Name(s), affiliation(s), and short bio(s) (maximum 200 words) of the authors must be included as well.
The second option is to self-organize and propose a thematic session. In this case, authors should submit a broad overview of the session, together with the titles and short abstracts of the contributions (minimum 3, maximum 4), names, affiliations, and short bios of the participants. In the spirit of dialogue and flexibility, if we receive an individual proposal that also suits a proposed thematic suggestion, we may ask you to create space for the additional presentation.

Fees and grants

No conference fee is requested and a limited number of grants will be available to  support participants experiencing financial hardship, with a particular attention to Indigenous and Palestinian scholars.

More info on conference and submissions: https://www.clg.place/apps/f59d75fb18064323b1ebe28b3bb107a2/explore

The conference is organized by the Critical Legal Geography Network: https://www.clg.place/apps/02a284df1d78436780de10db530c65cf/explore