​Social inequalities — such as poverty, social exclusion, and discrimination — along with legal inequalities and gender disparities, lie at the heart of many challenges that shape modern societies. Religions have historically contributed to the emergence of various forms of inequality, for example by promoting hierarchical views of society, yet they have also played crucial roles in mitigating and reducing inequalities through commitments to equal dignity, charity, social welfare, peace, and justice. 

EuARe 2026 will feature keynote speeches from world-renowned scholars Yann Algan, Winnifred Sullivan, Tamar Herzig and Paolo Benanti, who will explore the multifaceted relationships between religion and the problematics of (in)equalities. At the same time, EuARe warmly invites both longstanding and new members to join the conversation on this theme and beyond, providing a venue for sharing and developing research in an interdisciplinary context dedicated to the study of religion in all its dimensions

​The Conference is interdisciplinary in nature and structured around working sessions, including open, closed and author-meets-critique panels.

Hosting Institution Scientific Organizing Committee: Prof. Kristina Stoeckl;  Prof. Rosario Forlenza; Amb. Pasquale Ferrara; Prof. Fiorella Kostoris; Prof. Valentina Meliciani.

For more information, visit the EuARe 2026 website.

The following events are open to the general public:
1 July 2026, 5:20 pm - The Economy of Francesco
2 July 2026, 5:20 pm - Religion and Global Social Justice in the 21st Century: A Catholic Perspective