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TLC Journal Club
Join us for the first TLC Journal Club meeting to take place on June 29, 2026 from 12 PM to 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time!
We’ve heard from our community members that they wish we offered more opportunities for networking and connection over shared interests. The Love Consortium Journal Club seeks to offer just that: a virtual space to meet new people and discuss the latest research in a small group setting.
Each TLC Journal Club meeting will focus on one paper pertaining to love or social connection which attendees will be expected to read in advance of the meeting. Topics and methodologies will vary across meetings to accommodate the wide-ranging interests of our community members.
For our first Journal Club meeting, we’ll be discussing “Can generative AI chatbots emulate human connection? A relationship science perspective.” by Molly Smith, Thomas Bradbury, and Benjamin Karney. Dr. Karney will join us for the first half hour for a moderated discussion and Q&A with the audience. Attendees will then be split into breakout rooms for small group discussions about the paper, guided by members of The Love Consortium Events Committee.*
Note: To ensure these meetings are as welcoming and productive as possible, we ask that attendees please treat each other with respect and ensure any criticism remains constructive. Our goal is to inspire intellectual discussion and enthusiasm for future research while also creating the conditions for new collaborations to arise with fellow participants.
*In addition to being the first TLC Journal Club meeting, this is the first event to be entirely planned and hosted by our recently formed TLC Events Committee. Learn more about that group and the great work they’re doing here.
Call for Speakers: 2026 TLC Virtual Love Conference
The Love Consortium team is thrilled to announce our fourth Love Conference—to take place virtually on October 13, 2026.
Do you have a research question about love that you’ve been meaning to test with an existing dataset (or perhaps one on The Love Consortium Dataverse)? Well, here’s your chance! We’re opening speaker submissions early to give more researchers an opportunity to share their work.
As with our previous TLC Love Conferences, we welcome scholars from all career stages, geographies, and scientific disciplines to submit their research for consideration. In line with our new project on The Love Ethic we are especially eager to feature research and fresh perspectives on how love can be employed within moral and ethical frameworks. We also welcome work exploring the development of love (particularly among younger populations), how love motivates prosocial behavior, shapes interpersonal dynamics, or functions as an individual trait.
Following our last intellectually rich 2024 Love Conference (see the full event program here), we are thrilled to once again bring together researchers from around the world—this time virtually—to share findings, exchange ideas, and engage with the latest love research. TLC Founder Dr. Sara Algoe will give a keynote address on her new conceptual framework for the scientific study of love. It's sure to be a great event.
We are accepting submissions for three presentation formats:
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Poster presentations
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Flash talks (5 minutes)
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Full talks (15-20 minutes)
You are welcome to submit for any and all formats for which you’d like your work to be considered.*
Submissions will be evaluated through peer-review according to the following criteria:
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Scientific contribution: To what extent does the research advance the science of love?
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Methodological quality: How sound are the methods, analyses, and conclusions?
Submissions are due by July 15, 2026 and decisions will be announced by August 1.
We look forward to learning more about your work!
*Note: Final decisions regarding presentation format(s) will depend on reviewers' scores for each submission as well as overall programmatic experience.
WEBINARS
Join us for an upcoming informational webinar! During our time together, we will give an overview of The Love Consortium Dataverse, explain the process to post a dataset description, and answer any questions you may have. Each webinar takes about 30 minutes, but we reserve the full hour for additional conversation, should the Q&A portion run over.
Register for a webinar
There are no webinars scheduled at this time. If you would like to schedule a private webinar for you or your lab, please reach out via our Contact page and we'll be happy to accommodate.
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