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A platform for global and inclusive knowledge exchange on preventing, reducing, and ending homelessness.
January 26-29, 2027 | Pretoria, City of Tshwane, South Africa
We are thrilled to announce that the third biennial International Journal on Homelessness Conference will be held on January 26-29, 2027, at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, City of Tshwane, South Africa. This conference is developed in partnership with the Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH) and the Center for Faith & Community at the University of Pretoria.
Call for Abstracts
The International Journal on Homelessness invites you to submit your abstract to give an oral, Symposia, or poster presentation at the IJOH 2027 Conference. To allow space for as many interested presenters as possible, presenters may only submit one abstract as the lead author, although they may be named as co-author on any number of presentations.
The deadline to submit is March 20, 2026. Authors will be notified about the result of their submission in late April 2026. If you have questions regarding the abstract submission process, please contact: Dr. Abe Oudshoorn, Editor-in-Chief, IJOH, abe.oudshoorn@uwo.ca.
Conference Program
The in-person convening is expected to convene up to 400 attendees, including people with lived experience/expertise of homelessness, researchers, practitioners, local and national government leaders, and other experts from nearly every region of the world, to exchange knowledge about proven practices and strategies to prevent and end homelessness.
The conference is inclusive of all knowledge and disciplines related to preventing and ending homelessness, featuring keynote speakers, panels, presentations, discussion forums, and optional site visits to local organizations.
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Partners
The International Journal on Homelessness (IJOH) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal focused on promoting and advancing scholarly communications and academic discourse among all sectors regarding preventing and ending homelessness locally and globally. Learn more about IJOH here: www.ijoh.ca.
The Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness was founded in 2014 via DePaul University (Chicago, USA), and Depaul International (London, UK), as the first organization to focus on homelessness as a global phenomenon with an emphasis on those who are living on the street or in emergency shelters. Learn more about IGH here: www.ighomelessness.org. Learn more about IGH here: www.ighomelessness.org.
The University of Pretoria is an impact-driven, research-intensive institution recognised among the world’s leading universities. We offer high-quality teaching, learning, and research across nine faculties. The university’s mission is to be a human-centred university that pursues meaningful impact and shapes the future through transformative education, research, engagement, and innovation. Learn more about the University of Pretoria here: https://www.up.ac.za/.
The Centre for Faith and Community at the University of Pretoria is a trans-disciplinary centre of engaged scholarship, based in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria. The Center’s scholarship fuses action and advocacy research, contextualised educational programmes, and engagement in and with communities, as we work towards our mission. Learn more about the Center for Fatih & Community here: https://www.centreforfaithandcommunity.co.za/.
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