4th Congress on Participation Research
Date: September 10 and 11, 2026
Location: University of Siegen, Lower Castle Campus – Lecture Hall Center (US-C), Unteres Schloß 3, D-57072 Siegen
Programme
Thursday, September 10, 2026
| 9:30 | Check‑in | Cloakroom | Coffee |
| 10:30 | Welcome Addresses | Thematic/Organisational Introduction (Friedrich-Schadeberg-Hörsaal, Room US-C 116) |
| 11:00 | Keynote I: Prof. Dr. Theresia Degener Twenty Years of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Friedrich-Schadeberg-Hörsaal, Room US-C 116) |
| 12:00 | Keynote II: Prof. Dr. Tsitsi Chataika From Global Commitments to Local Realities: Decolonising Participation and Reclaiming Community Agency Twenty Years after the CRPD (Friedrich-Schadeberg-Hörsaal, Room US-C 116) |
| 13:00 | – Lunch break – |
| 13:45 | Panels |
| 15:30 | Coffee break | Poster session |
| 16:15–17:45 | Research workshops |
| 18:00 | Annual General Meeting (AGM) Aktionsbündnis Teilhabeforschung |
| 20:00 | Joint Dinner (Siegerlandhalle) |
Friday, September 11, 2026
| 9:15 | Welcome | Introduction to the Day’s Schedule |
| 9:30 | Keynote III – Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a challenge for local authorities and social services Following this: Dialogue session with representatives of MAGS NRW (Friedrich-Schadeberg-Hörsaal, Room US-C 116) |
| 10:45 | Panels |
| 12:15 | – Lunch break – |
| 13:15 | Keynote IV – Dr. Šárka Káňová (Friedrich-Schadeberg-Hörsaal, Room US-C 116) |
| 14:15 | – Coffee break – |
| 14:30–16:00 | Panels |
| 16:15 | Joint Conclusion (Friedrich-Schadeberg-Hörsaal, Room US-C 116) |
| 17:00 | Departure |
Note: The programme is continuously being updated.