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.

If you have any questions about the conference schedule or submission process, please contact us at [email protected]

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 Studies has published the summaries of these books in the Diversity of Love Journal for those who are interested.

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 for Helen Fisher, a towering figure in the study of love.

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 of non-self-report measures in close relationships (e.g., experimental manipulations, observational coding schemes, implicit measures)
• The development and validation of new, improved measures of existing, widely used constructs in close relationships

Initial abstracts will be due December 1, 2024, and the full manuscript will be due a year from then, providing ample time to complete any projects that are currently at a nascent stage. You can find our full call for papers here: https://osf.io/egha5

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