Niagara Conference on Workplace Mobbing

2026 Niagara Conference on Workplace Mobbing

Theme: From Awareness to Action: Building Healthy and Respectful Workplaces
Dates: July 20–23, 2026

Following the success of the 2024 and 2025 Niagara Conferences on Workplace Mobbing, the 2026 conference will continue to bring together scholars, practitioners, clinicians, and policymakers from around the world to advance research, dialogue, and cooperation on workplace mobbing.

This year’s theme emphasizes the need to continue raising public awareness of workplace mobbing, moving forward toward proactive strategies for prevention, intervention, healing, and organizational change. The conference will feature keynote lectures, individual paper presentation sessions, poster presentation sessions, panel discussions, and roundtable discussions focusing on how we can build workplaces rooted in dignity, justice, and compassion.

We invite proposals that address, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Leadership, power, and responsibility in workplace mobbing
• Cross-cultural and comparative research on mobbing
• Legal, ethical, and policy frameworks
• Trauma, healing, recovery, and restorative practices
• Mobbing in digital and hybrid work environments
• Interventions, organizational change, and preventive strategies

Due to space limitations, the number of in-person participants is limited to 100. Register as soon as possible to reserve your place by completing the reservation form and sending it to the Conference Registrar.  All participants (either in person or virtually) must register for conference.

Conference Language

All presentations, discussions, and conference materials will be in English.

Registration Information:

Registration fee is in US dollars. Payment should be made in US dollars.

• In-person participants: $225 (The registration fee is $200 for members of World Association for Research on Workplace Mobbing, WARWM), include:
  • Videos of in-person presentations, along with Q&A and discussion, may be posted on YouTube.
  • Complementary lunch, coffee, fruit and snacks on July 20 and 21.
  • Complimentary sit-down dinner on July 21.
  • Complimentary tour of Niagara Falls attractions on Wednesday, July 22.

• Virtual participants: $100 (The registration fee is $75 for members of World Association for Research on Workplace Mobbing, WARWM)
  • Videos of virtual presentations, along with Q&A and discussion, may be posted on YouTube.
  • Access to all presentations, including opportunities to ask questions, provide feedback, and join discussions

Join the World Association for Research on Workplace Mobbing (WARWM) annually for membership fee of $20.

Presentation Formats and Submission Requirements

(All presentations are in English)

We invite submissions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates from a variety of disciplines. Proposals for papers, panels, and workshops may include case studies, quantitative or qualitative analyses, or theoretical perspectives contributions.

Individual Paper Presentations

For researchers presenting original studies, theoretical work, or case analyses.

Submission must include:

• Title of paper (maximum 15 words)
• Abstract (150–250 words) summarizing purpose, methods, findings, and implications
•  3–5 keywords
• Presenter’s name, affiliation, and contact information

Presentation time: 15–20 minutes, plus Q&A.

Panel Discussions

For groups (3–5 speakers) presenting multiple perspectives on a shared theme.

Submission (by panel organizer) must include:

• Panel title (maximum 15 words)
• Panel abstract (200–300 words) identifying the central question or theme, explaining the purpose, relevance, and coherence of the panel
• List of participants (moderator’s and 3-5 panelists’ names, affiliations and emails)
• 100–150 words abstract from each panelist (Each panelist should submit a short summary of their planned contribution or perspective).
• Optional: brief format description (discussion sequence or guiding questions or audience interaction plans)

Session time: 60–90 minutes total.

Roundtable Discussions

For interactive, conversational sessions exploring emerging topics, opportunities for joint projects, or shared experiences. The purpose is to encourage open, informal exchange of ideas among participants with shared interests.

Submission (by organizer or facilitator) must include:

• Roundtable title (maximum 15 words)
• Roundtable abstract (150–250 words) describing purpose, key questions, and goals the topic and its significance, the guiding questions or themes for discussion, the intended outcomes (e.g., networking, collaboration, research ideas).
• Facilitator’s name, affiliation, and contact information
• Names of known participants (if available)

Session time: 60–75 minutes.

Submission Instructions

Please submit your proposal through the online submission portal. Each submission should be in English, in Word format, and include full contact information for the lead author or organizer.

Conference presenters are invited to submit their papers for publication in the Journal of Workplace Mobbing.

About The Niagara Conference on Workplace Mobbing

This conference initiates an effort to establish workplace mobbing as a comprehensive scholarly discipline and aims to raise public awareness of mobbing, and establish a connected and interactive community of mobbing scholars, labor experts, and committed attorneys, with the following objectives:

• A clear conceptualization of workplace mobbing: Identify clear empirical distinctions that set mobbing apart from the broader term of bullying, emphasizing the multidimensional structural framework of workplace mobbing.
• Mobbing as a scholarly subfield: Establish a disciplinary framework for mobbing, acknowledging its presence in psychology, sociology, administration, political science, economics, and many other disciplines.
• Scientific research on workplace mobbing: Creating a peer-reviewed journal: The Journal of Workplace Mobbing. Encourage theory and research on root causes and common consequences, profiles of mobbers, and implications for organizations.
• Policy impact: Identifying directions for future research and promising initiatives for policies aiming for generalizable findings and effective anti-mobbing policies and laws.

Scientific Committee of Niagara Conference on Workplace Mobbing

• Chair and Registrar: Qingli Meng, Criminology, Niagara University
• Robert Ashford, Law, Syracuse University
• Walter S. DeKeseredy, Criminology, West Virginia University
• Joseph Donnermeyer, Criminology, Ohio State University
• Janie Harper, Anthropology, Independent Scholar
• Gorazd Meško, Criminology, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Richard Peltz-Steele, Law, University of Massachusetts
• Florencia Peña Saint-Martin, Anthropologist, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico
• Eve Seguin, Political and Social Science, University of Quebec in Montreal
• Peter Wylie, Socioeconomics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
• Tim Ireland, Provost, Niagara University
• Kenneth Westhues, Sociology, University of Waterloo