Announcements
24 March 2026
Social Sciences | Interview with Prof. James O. Finckenauer, the Session Chair of the 1st International Online Conference on Social Sciences
17 June 2026
2025 Impact Factors Released
15 June 2026
Meet Us at the 13th International Conference on Population Geographies, 23–26 June 2026, Nanjing, China
15 June 2026
Meet Us at the 121st American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, 7–11 August 2026, New York, USA
12 June 2026
Summary of the MDPI Academic Publishing Workshop at Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
A successful academic publishing workshop was jointly organized by MDPI and Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, with the goal of strengthening scholarly communication skills among local researchers. Through hands-on sessions and open dialogue, attendees learned how to effectively craft scientific papers, respond to reviewer critiques, and avoid frequent pitfalls that lead to rejection in the initial editorial check. The event provided a lively platform for peer learning and professional exchange.
We were honored to have Asst. Prof. Dr. Supit Boonlab, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburiม, open the Academic Publishing Workshop, organized in collaboration with MDPI. In her opening remarks, she emphasized that the workshop provided a valuable opportunity to strengthen the publication environment within the faculty and to support academic staff in enhancing their research and scholarly communication skills. She also encouraged all faculty members and participants to take advantage of the workshop to exchange ideas, learn about current trends in academic publishing, and improve the quality and international visibility of their research outputs. Furthermore, she expressed her appreciation to MDPI for supporting academic development activities and fostering collaboration with the university community.
The first session was shared by Dr. Krit Inthajak, the Regional Engagement Editor. MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Human Thought and Cultural Expression, consisting of Social Sciences, Histories, Humanities, and Languages, was introduced since the majority of participants came from social sciences. He also provided research trends that RMUTT scholars have published where the majority submits through Sustainability.
The second session, “How to Write Scientific Papers”, was presented by Dr. Juthathip Poofery, Editorial Team Leader and Regional Engagement Editor. The session introduced the fundamental structure of scientific manuscripts, including the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion Sections, and emphasized that the Results Section is the core section of a research paper. The speaker also reviewed how to write an effective title and structured abstract, as well as how to clearly present participants, variables, and research procedures in the Methods Section. In addition, the session covered the differences between Results and Discussion, appropriate academic writing style and tense usage, and strategies for writing concise and impactful scientific language. Important elements of the Back Matter Section, including author contributions, funding, ethics statements, data availability, conflicts of interest, and references, were also introduced as essential components that contribute to transparency and research integrity. Participants showed strong interest in keyword selection and the appropriate use of language in academic writing.
The third session, titled “How to Respond to Peer Reviewers”, was presented by Ms. Hathaipat Kittirojana, a Regional Journal Relations Specialist. She discussed the peer-review process at MDPI and guided participants through how to revise manuscripts professionally. This session also included the key tips of revision preparations and how we can organize a response in an effective way. In conclusion, she encouraged the audience to remain positive, open-minded, and professional when replying to reviewers.
Dr. Siriporn Tantiwatcharothai, Regional Engagement Editor at the MDPI Bangkok Office, delivered a presentation on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the academic publishing industry. The presentation covered an overview of how AI works, its advantages, and key concerns related to the use of AI in manuscript preparation. In addition, Dr. Siriporn introduced how MDPI applies AI technologies within its editorial processes to support efficiency, quality control, and research integrity, as well as how AI can assist researchers in identifying suitable journals for their work. She highlighted that although AI is a useful tool, users should always carefully verify and critically review AI-generated content to ensure its accuracy, reliability, and ethical use.
The collaboration between MDPI and Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi not only enhanced participants’ confidence in navigating the publication process, but also deepened mutual trust and opened doors for future joint initiatives. Moving forward, both parties are committed to supporting researchers in producing high‑impact scholarly work.
10 June 2026
Social Sciences Receives an Increased CiteScore of 3.5
5 June 2026
Meet the Editor Series | Featuring Dr. Marcelo J. P. Paixão
Dr. Marcelo Paixão is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a faculty member at the African and African Diaspora Studies Department (AADS). Dr. Paixão is a Brazilian economist and holds a PhD in Sociology (IUPERJ, Brazil). Before coming to Austin, he was a Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) for 16 years, the same place where he majored. Between 2012 and 2013, he was a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, where he was a member of the Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA). He is the author of several books and articles, among others: A Lenda da Modernidade Encantada (Ed. CRV) 500 Años de Soledad: estudíos sobre las desigualdades raciales en Brasil (Ed. Universidad Nacional de Colombia).
1. Could you share what drew you to your research field and what motivated you to take on the role of an academic editor for Social Sciences?
My research focuses on ethnic-racial relations, democracy, and development. I am an Afro-Brazilian scholar with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a PhD in sociology, both obtained from leading Brazilian institutions in their respective fields. My work on racial inequalities in Brazil and Latin America has been pioneering and has gained international recognition, which led me to join the University of Texas at Austin in 2015, where I became affiliated with Afro-diasporic and Latin American studies programs.
The initiative to lead the Special Issue “Racial Injustice, Violence, and Resistance: New Approaches under Multidimensional Perspectives”, in partnership with my esteemed colleagues Norma Fuentes-Mayorga (NYU) and Thomas McNulty (University of Georgia), emerged from a shared concern with the central themes of our research and their growing relevance in addressing contemporary global challenges. We were fortunate to bring together a diverse group of international scholars whose work advances emerging research agendas and policy discussions, representing nine countries across three continents.
The Special Issue has been well received within the academic community as exemplified by 96,030 views so far. This reception suggests that the concerns motivating the volume resonate broadly with scholars working on related topics.
2. Your research interests span development economics, racial inequality, and public policy. May I ask what prompted you to apply your economics training to the study of racial and ethnic injustice?
To address this question, it is important to distinguish between the dominant understanding of “economics” in the United States and the Anglo-Saxon world, and its broader conception in Latin America, France, and other intellectual traditions, where the discipline remains closely linked to political economy. This perspective entails a more comprehensive approach to economic problems, incorporating dimensions such as social conflict, income distribution, social hierarchy, political power, and geopolitical dynamics.
This broader framework does not diminish the importance of methodological rigor or the use of quantitative tools and econometrics. Rather, it seeks to complement them with interdisciplinary perspectives and critical analytical approaches.
Within political economy, however, there remains significant resistance to incorporating key dimensions such as gender relations, environmental issues, and, importantly, ethnic-racial dynamics into the analysis of core categories. This limitation is still particularly evident in countries like France, although important advances have been made in Latin America over the past two decades.
My research agenda directly engages with these gaps. I understand ethnic-racial relations—often conceptualized today as racial formations—as central components of distributive conflict and, consequently, of development models. While this perspective must be adapted to different national and regional contexts, its core insights remain valid. The positivist and eugenic legacies that continue to shape dominant conceptions of development and democracy remain hegemonic globally, as postcolonial and decolonial scholarship has consistently emphasized.
These considerations inform my efforts to integrate the study of racism, in its multiple forms, into the field of socioeconomic development.
3. The Special Issue you led, “Racial Injustice, Violence and Resistance: New Approaches under Multidimensional Perspectives”, has garnered significant attention (viewed by 96,030). Could you share with us what initial spark or academic observations inspired you to conceptualize this theme? What kind of discussions or impact did you hope this Special Issue would generate within the relevant research field?
This question overlaps in part with the previous discussion, but it allows me to elaborate further on the broader context that contributed to the Special Issue’s impact.
We are living through a period marked by an increasingly evident convergence of environmental, geopolitical, and social crises. The global order established in the aftermath of World War II has eroded, giving way to a widespread crisis of hegemony that manifests across multiple domains—from international relations to national political systems and even social institutions such as the family.
These dynamics are compounded by recent global shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside the ongoing risk of new crises, including future public health emergencies. At the same time, rapid transformations in information technologies and artificial intelligence—largely controlled by major technology corporations without robust democratic oversight—introduce additional layers of uncertainty and risk, despite their undeniable benefits.
As Antonio Gramsci once wrote, this is the time of the emergence of “terrible things”, today personified by the rise of intolerance, racism, hate speech, and the growth of xenophobia around the world.
In this context, the strong reception of the Special Issue, as evidenced by its wide readership, suggests that it successfully addressed pressing and widely shared concerns that extend beyond academia into broader societal debates.
4. You have served on the Editorial Board of Social Sciences for several years and have successfully led a Special Issue. From this internal perspective, what unique role do you think open access journals like ours play in facilitating academic dissemination and global dialogue on urgent social issues like racial justice? In what areas could we potentially improve?
Serving as co-editor of this Special Issue was a rewarding experience. First, it enabled a highly stimulating collaboration with colleagues of exceptional academic standing around a project of both scholarly and societal significance.
Second, the editorial process itself involves deep engagement with authors’ research agendas and the diverse ways in which their work intersects with broader intellectual concerns. Equally important is the dialogue with reviewers, whose insights often provide invaluable contributions, even when editorial decisions ultimately diverge from their recommendations.
My experience as a volunteer member of the Social Sciences editorial board has likewise been enriching, fostering ongoing dialogue with peers in multiple roles, including reviewers and editorial staff.
Open access journals such as Social Sciences play a crucial role in democratizing knowledge production and dissemination, particularly on urgent issues such as racial justice. They enable broader global access and facilitate more inclusive academic dialogue across regions and institutions.
At the same time, a key challenge for editorial boards lies in strengthening academic impact metrics while also identifying and promoting emerging themes that can shape scholarly debate in meaningful ways.
5. For early career researchers, especially those working in the Global South, who aspire to publish in international journals, particularly in Special Issues addressing social justice topics, what advice would you offer, as a senior scholar and experienced Guest Editor, regarding topic selection, writing, or navigating the peer review process?
To early career scholars from the Global South seeking to internationalize their work, my first recommendation is to undertake a profound intellectual shift: to recognize that the issues they study are not peripheral, but central to both the academic enterprise and the future of humanity.
The contemporary academic system was largely shaped within a Eurocentric framework that positioned certain regions as the primary sources of theory and universal knowledge. Under such a paradigm, the Global South risks being reduced to a site of empirical observation, and its scholars to mere “informants.” Challenging this hierarchy remains an essential task.
This is not a new argument, but it requires constant reaffirmation, as it has yet to become fully hegemonic within global academia.
We are currently facing an unprecedented convergence of crises—environmental, geopolitical, and social—that cannot be adequately understood or addressed through narrow or geographically limited perspectives. The transformations affecting the global order—intensified by recent disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic and by technological changes driven by artificial intelligence—demand more inclusive and plural analytical frameworks.
The challenges of our time cannot be resolved through partial or exclusionary approaches that claim universal validity while remaining rooted in specific local experiences. A meaningful response to these global crises will only be possible if scholars from the Global South play a decisive and active role in shaping new intellectual directions and envisioning alternative futures.
Related Special Issue:
“Racial Injustice, Violence and Resistance: New Approaches under Multidimensional Perspectives”
Guest Editors: Dr. Marcelo Paixão, Dr. Norma Fuentes-Mayorga and Dr. Thomas McNulty
Highlights:
- This book offers transnational research from nine countries on racial injustice, far-right nativism, and democratic erosion, while highlighting grassroots resistance and the “periphery's potency”;
- It examines how economic precarity, pandemic, and social protection collapse fuel racist ideologies, while showcasing grassroots strategies for socioeconomic and racial justice in Latin America and Brazil;
- Despite diverse issues, the collection coheres around policy recommendations linking global governance failures to targeted violence against immigrants and emerging forms of grassroots resilience.
4 June 2026
Open Access, Broadly Recognized: 363 MDPI Journals Receive CiteScores for 2025
1 June 2026
MDPI INSIGHTS: The CEO’s Letter #35 – 30 Years of Open Science, Open Access Policies, Spain Summit, MMCS 2026 & Antibiotics 2026
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
30 Years of Open Science, Built Together
This month, we officially launched MDPI’s 30th Anniversary campaign and dedicated anniversary website, marking an important milestone in our journey as an open access publisher. What began in 1996 with a single journal and the simple belief that scientific knowledge should be shared openly and freely has grown into a global publishing organization supporting more than 500 journals, 68,000 Editorial Board Members, and millions of researchers worldwide.
The anniversary page, entitled 30 Years of Open Science, Built Together, reflects on the people, milestones, and partnerships that have shaped MDPI over the past three decades. It includes a retrospective of our development, key moments in the evolution of open access, landmark research articles, journal anniversaries, an interview with the CEO, and perspectives from colleagues and partners who have contributed to our success.
Looking back, one of the most striking aspects of our journey is not simply our growth, but the broader transformation of scholarly publishing itself.
Open access has moved from a niche concept to a widely adopted publishing model, helping make research more accessible, discoverable, and impactful for researchers, institutions, policymakers, and society.
MDPI has been part of this transition and continues to invest in the people, technology, partnerships, and research integrity infrastructure needed to support high-quality open science at scale.
While anniversaries naturally encourage reflection, they are also an opportunity to look ahead. The challenges facing scholarly publishing today, including research integrity, artificial intelligence, accessibility, and global participation in science, will require continued collaboration across the research ecosystem. As we celebrate 30 years of publishing, our focus remains on supporting researchers, strengthening trust in open science, and helping shape the future of scholarly communication together.
I encourage you to visit the anniversary page, explore the milestones, and take a moment to reflect on the role each of us has played in contributing to MDPI’s story.
Thank you for being part of this journey.
Impactful Research
Highlights from MMCS 2026 in Beijing (14-17 May)
From 14–17 May, MDPI hosted The 5th Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (MMCS 2026) in Beijing, China, bringing together academia and industry to explore advances in chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, and drug discovery.
The conference hosted more than 230 attendees from 37 countries and regions, alongside 257 submissions and 145 accepted abstracts. With a significant increase in attendance – up by 100 participants compared with the previous edition – the popularity of MMCS continues to grow in terms of its international profile and scientific relevance within this rapidly evolving field.
The scientific program covered seven themes:
- Chemical Biology for Drug Discovery
- Medicinal Chemistry Research Progress
- Natural Products in Drug Discovery
- AI-enabled Drug Discovery
- GPCR & Ion Channel Targeted Drug Development
- Innovative Proximity-Based Drug Modalities
- Biocatalysis for Natural Product & Drug Synthesis
The event featured three plenary speakers, 14 keynote speakers, 35 selected oral presentations, and 98 poster presentations, creating opportunities for open scientific exchange and collaboration. Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero described this edition as one of the most successful MMCS events to date.
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Thanks to our Sponsors
MMCS 2026 secured sponsorship support from 12 industrial partners, 11 of which set up on-site exhibition booths. Covering biopharmaceutical R&D, life science supplies, pharmaceutical experimental instruments, and industrial service sectors, exhibitors were able to connect their businesses directly with attendees and make connections at the conference.
30th Anniversary Celebration of Molecules
During the conference, we also celebrated the 30th anniversary of Molecules, one of MDPI’s flagship journals. The celebration brought together Section Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board Members, MDPI leadership, and editorial colleagues to reflect on the journal’s development, achievements, and continued future growth.
Events such as MMCS 2026 highlight the important role conferences play in creating scientific exchange and collaboration, and in connecting our research communities in person.
They also reflect the continued development of MDPI’s conference portfolio and our commitment to supporting academic engagement beyond publishing alone. Thanks to everyone involved in organizing and contributing to the success of this event.
Inside MDPI
Open Access Policies Continue to Accelerate Globally
One of the clearest indicators of the continued momentum behind open access is the growing number of national and institutional policies supporting, and increasingly requiring, open dissemination of research.
Around the world, governments, funding agencies, and universities are building their open access mandates, with increasing focus on transparency, rights retention, and public accessibility of publicly funded research. While these policies vary across regions, the broader direction is clear: expectations around openness and compliance continue to accelerate.
For researchers, navigating these evolving requirements can be complex and time-consuming. Supporting the research community therefore means not only publishing high-quality open access content but also helping stakeholders better understand changing requirements and emerging opportunities. At MDPI, we see this as an important part of our role within scholarly communication.
“Expectations around openness and compliance continue to accelerate”
Through the MDPI Blog, our Content team continues to publish monthly articles overviewing different countries’ relationships with open access, exploring their histories, policies, opportunities, and statistics. All this information is centralized into an article which contains brief summaries of each country, with links to all the full articles, and is updated monthly.
Recent Policy Developments
South Africa
In 2026, South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation introduced the South African Open Science Policy. The policy states that: “Open access shall be required for publications arising from publicly funded research, and desirable for research from all sources of funding.”
The policy envisions a coordinated and broad approach to open science that will sustainably and ethically drive socio-economic development by increasing the practice of open science through policy, training, incentivization, and infrastructure.
Canada
In Canada, the Tri-Agency OA Policy on Publications was revised, removing the 12-month embargo for research that must be deposited in a repository with an open license and with author rights retained.
The Agencies argue that “societal advancement is made possible through widespread and barrier-free access to cutting-edge research and knowledge.”
Chile
Chile is a collaborative and engaged member of the global open access movement.
The National Research and Development Agency (Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, or ANID) is Chile’s main funding agency for R&D. It mandates that all beneficiaries must deposit the final version of their published scientific output, with an embargo period of up to 12 months, into a repository.
ANID also supports the InES Open Science funding program, which allows universities to request funding for capacity and infrastructure building. Further, Chile is an active participant in various international initiatives, such as Redalyc, SciELO, and Red de Repositorios Latinoamericanos.
Openness Beyond Research
At MDPI, openness remains one of our core values, ensuring that research outputs are freely accessible to anyone. This commitment also extends to sharing knowledge about the scholarly publishing landscape itself, which we practice on the MDPI Blog through various topics, including open access, recent advances in science, and opportunities for researchers.
As the open access landscape continues to evolve, helping researchers, institutions, editors, and partners navigate these changes will remain an important priority for us.
Thank You
I would like to thank Jack McKenna (Senior Content Specialist, MDPI) from our Content team for his ongoing work on the MDPI Blog series covering global open access policy developments. Initiatives such as this help make complex policy discussions more accessible and useful to the wider research community.
Coming Together for Science
Reflections from the MDPI Spain Summit 2026 in Valencia (21 May)
On 21 May, we hosted the MDPI Spain Summit 2026 in Valencia.
The Summit brought together 30 Editorial Board Members and MDPI colleagues for a discussions on the future of publishing, research integrity, peer review, artificial intelligence, and the evolving research landscape in Spain.
We hosted participants from leading Spanish institutions and spoke on the importance of Spain as a major contributor to global open access (OA) research. In 2025 alone, Spain ranked among the leading countries worldwide for OA publishing, with more than 85% of publications made openly accessible. MDPI also continues to play a significant role within the Spanish research ecosystem.
MDPI in Spain
Spain remains one of MDPI's most important academic markets and a leading contributor to OA research globally. Ever since our Barcelona office opened in 2016 (Happy 10th Anniversary!), MDPI Spain has been actively supporting researchers, institutions, societies, and academic partners across the country. Today, the office plays an important role in creating engagement with the Spanish scholarly community through editorial support, partnerships, conferences, training initiatives, and outreach activities.
A cluster of high-level indicators highlight both the strength of the local research ecosystem and MDPI’s role within it:
- 43,218 total publications in Spain in 2025, of which 35,728 (83%) were open access (49% Gold OA).
- 211,200+ total publications (2021–2025), with 84% published open access.
- 13,444 MDPI publications from Spanish institutions in 2025, representing 14% of all open access publications in Spain.
- More than115,100 MDPI publications from Spanish institutions since 1996.
- More than 4,500 Editorial Board Members from Spain, including more than 150 Chief Editors and 57 Associate Editors.
- 42 institutional partners participating in MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP).
- Spain ranks second globally for MDPI society affiliations, with 26 affiliated society agreements currently in place.
Program Overview
What made this summit special was the openness of the discussions around the research landscape in Spain and the role MDPI plays within the market. General topics of the presentations included:
- MDPI Introduction – Stefan Tochev (CEO).
- Engagement with the Academic Community – Dr. Marta Colomer (External Affairs Lead).
- Latest Developments in the Editorial Process – Dr. Jordi Martinez (Deputy Managing Editor).
- Research integrity and Publication Ethics – Slavomir Nikodijevic (Research Integrity Specialist).
- A 360 View of Academic Publishing – Prof. Dr. Luis Angel Ruiz Fernandez (EBM of Remote Sensing).
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Panel Discussion
We also hosted a panel discussion moderated by Marta, entitled “The Future of Academic Publishing” with Prof. Luis Ruiz, Prof. Marta Feliz (EBM of the journal Catalysts), Dr. Enric Sayas (Product Owner, AI & Technology Innovation), and myself. The discussion looked at the evolving role of editors, the future of peer review, and the growing importance of maintaining trust, ethics, and research integrity in an era increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence.
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Themes from the Summit
Several themes emerged throughout the discussions, reflecting broader conversations taking place across publishing:
- The academic community values efficient publishing workflows, but expectations around scientific quality and editorial rigor continue to rise.
- Reviewer fatigue and long-term sustainability of peer review remain major challenges across the industry.
- AI is rapidly changing scholarly communication and requires transparent and responsible governance.
- Reputation and trust continue to depend on long-term engagement, transparency, and quality-focused decision-making.
“Maintaining an open dialogue with researchers, editors, reviewers, and institutions remains a priority for MDPI”
It was constructive to see the willingness of participants to engage directly and candidly with us. These conversations provide insights that help inform how we continue to develop our editorial processes, engagement activities, and support for the research community. While certain discussions included concerns, there was also recognition that open dialogue between publishers and the research community is essential if we want to improve scholarly communication together.
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Events such as this are increasingly important for MDPI. They allow us to present our perspective, to listen to the experiences, expectations, and concerns of editors, reviewers, and researchers, and to address these accordingly.
Thank You
Thank you to our Barcelona Office and all colleagues involved in organizing the summit, as well as all participants for contributing to these thoughtful and constructive discussions.
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As publishing continues to evolve, maintaining an open dialogue with researchers, editors, reviewers, and institutions remains an important priority for MDPI. Events such as the Spain Summit play an important role in helping us to build relationships, foster trust, and better understand the needs of our community.
Closing Thoughts
Highlights from Antibiotics 2026 in Barcelona (11–14 May)
This week, MDPI hosted the Antibiotics 2026 — Advances in Antimicrobial Action and Resistance conference in Barcelona, bringing together academics and industry experts to discuss one of the most important scientific and public health challenges of our time: antimicrobial resistance.
The conference welcomed 145 attendees from 42 different countries and territories, alongside 265 submissions and 127 accepted abstracts, showing the international reach of the event and the strong scientific interest in this rapidly evolving field.
Scientific Exchange on a Global Challenge
Antimicrobial resistance continues to be a global concern, creating collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and regions. The conference program focused on a range of topics including:
- Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms
- One Health approaches to antimicrobial stewardship
- Discovery of novel antimicrobial agents
- Innovation in clinical strategies and treatment approaches
- Ethnopharmacology and emerging therapies
Through keynote plenaries, invited lectures, oral presentations, and poster sessions, the conference created a platform for dialogue and scientific exchange.
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International Participation and Collaboration
One of the highlights of the event was the diversity of participation across both geography and expertise. Researchers and speakers from Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America took part in discussions throughout the conference, highlighting the global nature of both the challenge and the scientific response.
The scientific program included:
- 2 keynote speakers
- 10 invited speakers
- 36 selected talks
- 78 posters
The conference brought together perspectives from academia, healthcare, and industry, helping facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration around future approaches to antimicrobial research and resistance management.
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The Role of Conferences in Scholarly Communication
Conferences are an important platform for collaboration, scientific exchange, and community-building. Events such as Antibiotics 2026 show the value of bringing researchers together in person to discuss emerging challenges, share new findings, and strengthen international networks across disciplines and regions.
Thank You
I would like to thank the conference chairs, speakers, participants, sponsors, and the entire MDPI conference team for their work in making this event a success. The engagement and positive feedback from attendees highlight the importance of our events in addressing some of the most pressing scientific challenges facing society today.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
22 May 2026
Meet Us at the 31st International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), 21–25 July 2026, Florence, Italy
