Annual Research Conference 2026
16 & 17 September 2026
We The Curious, Bristol
Conference theme: Collaboration, connection and community
We are delighted to confirm that the next NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR) Annual Conference will be held in Bristol in September.
Following on from last year’s conference in York, this conference will bring together researchers and a broad range of key partners, collaborators and people with lived/ living experience to share evidence and on-going research in social care practice. The conference provides a valuable opportunity to network and hear about leading social care research including SSCR’s commissioned studies and the broader NIHR programme offer.
Programme and registration
We are now at capacity for this year’s conference. Please join the waiting list and we will let you know if a place becomes available.
School for Social Care Research Annual Conference 2026 – registration (opens an external page – Eventbrite – in a new tab)
The conference programme is now available to download. An accessible version of the programme is available to download here.
You can also download an Easy Read version of the programme and a Visual Guide to the Conference.
Guidance for presenters creating presentations for the conference is available here.
The Abstract Book, detailing the abstracts of all of our presenters is available here. An accessible version of the abstract book is available to download here.
