The Love Consortium invites you to submit your research for a presentation at The Love Consortium’s Global Gratitude Summit that will take place virtually on Wednesday, May 14, 2025! The organizers are currently accepting submissions for three scientific presentation formats: virtual posters, flash talks (5 minutes), and full talks (15-20 minutes). You can submit your research for the scientific presentation by providing a 500-word abstract detailing your research. The abstract must include background information, your research question …

The International Institute of Love Studies invites you to submit proposals for presentations at the Conference on a wide range of love-related topics. The call for proposals is open. The deadline for submitting proposals is January 14, 2025. Format of the Conference: the online conference will present pre-recorded talks, followed by the Zoom livestreaming of thematic panel sessions. Dates of the Conference: March of 14 –16, 2025 You can see more information at the Conference website: https://love-studies-institute.org/second-conference-on-love-studies-online/ and the Call for Proposals. …

The Institute of Love Studies is thrilled to announce the publication of three interesting books on love research that are worthy of your attention. These are: Karandashev, V. (2024). The Varieties of Love as Interpersonal Attraction. Springer. Singla, R. (2024). Living apart together transnationally (LATT) couples: Promoting mental health and intimacy. Springer. Van Voorst, R. (2024). Six in a Bed: The Future of Love-from Sex Dolls and Avatars to Polyamory. John Wiley & Sons. The Institute of Love …

With great sadness and sorrow, the International Institute of Love Studies announces that Dr. Helen E. Fisher, the world’s expert on romantic love, passed away on August 17, 2024, at the age of 79, in New York, United States. Helen Fisher, a renown biological anthropologist, was instrumental in bridging the gap between academic knowledge of love and the popular science of lust, romantic love, and attachment. The Diversity of Love Journal has published an obituary …

Sam Joel, María Alonso-Ferres, and Hannah Williamson are editing a special issue of Personal Relationships, focused on measurement and assessment issues (broadly construed) in the field of close relationships. We are looking for articles on topics such as: Careful validity testing of existing, widely used measures within close relationship (e.g., convergent validity, divergent validity, predictive validity) Careful generalizability testing of existing, widely used measures within close relationships (e.g., to different populations, languages, and contexts) Validity testing …

The 2024 loveresearch.info Symposium will be held online at 1200 EDT (1800 CEST) on Friday 25 October. Presentations will be 12 minutes with three minutes for questions. All work related to the science of love in romantic relationships is welcome! Abstract submission is open and will finish on Monday 30 September. Submissions can be made here:  https://anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYBZkUl1iWGecpU