Book
All abstracts accepted by the Program Committee (submitted for both oral communication or poster presentation), will be published in a Book with DOI entitled ‘Spatial Humanities 2026 – Book of Abstracts’. All abstracts must follow the instructions provided in the Abstract Template file
- SH26 Book of Abstracts
JOURNALS – Special Issues
This special issue, guided by the theme “Rethinking Approaches in Spatial Humanities”, aims to explore and demonstrate the contributions to knowledge enabled by geospatial technologies and by AI approaches, along with methods within and beyond the digital humanities.
We welcome submissions on all aspects of using geospatial technologies in humanities research, and in several research fields, including geography, history, archaeology, sociology, education, literary studies, classics, linguistics, art history, anthropology, and religious studies.
We welcome original research articles, in-depth case studies, and methodological reflections from researchers around the world.
This special issue evaluates how digital fabrication, robotic construction, 3D printing, and related forms of automation are reshaping housing production and transforming wider urban processes. It places the technological and material dimensions of housing production in dialogue with long-standing urban debates on inequality, governance, labour, and spatial justice.
At a time when the global housing crisis is increasingly intertwined with affordability pressures, labour shortages in construction, and environmental concerns, automation is often presented as a promising solution. Yet its broader social, spatial, and political implications remain insufficiently explored within urban studies. This special issue addresses that gap by reframing digital construction not simply as a technical innovation, but as an urban process embedded in uneven socio-economic landscapes and governance regimes.
We welcome original research articles, comparative studies, empirical case studies, and theoretically driven contributions that critically engage with the relationship between cities, technologies, housing production, and social justice. Interdisciplinary perspectives from urban studies, geography, architecture, sociology, planning, housing policy, and related fields are especially encouraged.
Although selected conference participants may be invited to submit extended versions of their work, other participants who consider their work to be aligned with this topic may also submit directly to the editors by e-mail.
This special issue, guided by the theme “Advancing Intelligent Geography in the Humanities: Geospatial AI, GIS, and Remote Sensing (AIGeoHumanities)”, seeks to explore how emerging technologies are transforming spatially oriented research in the humanities and supporting more informed decision-making in complex systems.
We welcome contributions that examine the application of geospatial technologies within humanities research, including but not limited to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI), remote sensing, deep mapping, digital archives, and immersive technologies.
These perspectives demonstrate how spatial thinking, combined with advanced computational tools, can deepen our understanding of places, histories, and human experiences. Collectively, they highlight the growing relevance of the spatial humanities in bridging disciplinary boundaries, generating new narratives, and reshaping how we investigate and interpret the world.
We invite original research articles, in-depth case studies, and methodological contributions from scholars worldwide.