The GOR 26 Conference will take place in Cologne from Thursday, 26 February to Friday, 27 February 2026, in cooperation with the Rheinische Fachhochschule Cologne (Vogelsanger Str. 295, 50825 Cologne).
The traditional GOR Workshops will be held on the preceding day, Wednesday, 25 February 2026, at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Unter Sachsenhausen 6–8, 50667 Cologne).

• 04 September 2025 – Start of Super Early Bird
• 14 November 2025 – Submission deadline (Oral Presentations, Impact & Innovation Award, Thesis Award and Workshops)
• 05 December 2025 – Deadline for Poster Award submissions
• 31 January 2026– End of Super Early Bird Registration
• 01 January 2026 – Start of Early Bird registration
• 13 January 2026 – Registration deadline for presenting authors and poster presenters (usually the first author)
• 13 January 2026- End of Early Bird Registration
• 14 January 2026 – Start Regular Registration
• 22 February 2026 – Deadline for uploading presentation slides and posters
• 25 February 2026 – End of Regular registration
• 25 February 2026 – GOR 2026 Pre-Conference Workshops
• 26–27 February 2026 – GOR 2026 Conference Days