The Guest Editor of “First-Person Narratives of Mental Illness and Wellbeing”, Professor Olivia Sagan (Queen Margaret University), invites researchers working in the areas of loneliness, solitude, and spiritual experience to consider submitting a paper. The Special Issue seeks to unite diverse behavioral disciplines in exploring first-person narratives of mental health and wellbeing in the 21st century. […]

The 5th Alone Together Conference: Report The fifth edition of the Alone Together conference series, held in Savannah, USA, has come to an end. We experienced many outstanding presentations, most notably the moving keynote lectures by Professor Robert Coplan from Carleton University in Ottawa (Canada) and Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a renowned Buddhist teacher (USA), as well as […]

Conference VenueThe conference will take place at The Armstrong Center, located at 13040 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31419, USA. Day 1 – Thursday April 23, 2026 1500hrs Registration Opens. Coffee & Collaboration. 1530hrs Welcome to the Conference. Opening ceremony. 1600hrs Keynote Session Seeking More Solitude: Conceptualization and Implications of ‘Aloneliness’ – Robert Coplan 1730hrs Closing […]