ESELS Conference Toulouse 2025

The Future of the Law

ESELS Conference 2025 Toulouse

The upcoming Annual ESELS Conference will take place on 19-20 June 2025 in Toulouse, France. The event will be hosted by the Toulouse Capitole University: one of the oldest universities in Europe (founded in 1229) and widely known for its long-standing commitment to Empirical Legal Studies. This makes Toulouse an excellent venue to showcase the importance of empirical thinking in both the history and the future of the law.

The ESELS 2025 Conference will offer legal scholars from across Europe and beyond the opportunity to present their empirical research to a European audience of scholars. We welcome pre-arranged panels, full papers and single abstracts with relevance for European lawyers, employing quantitative and/or qualitative methods of various kinds.

Moreover, key note speakers of great renown will shed their light on the relevance of empirical-legal research in Europe today and in the future, while historians of legal thought take you to the origins of Empirical Legal Research in Europe.

For junior ELS scholars and PhDs our upcoming Annual Conference provides a unique opportunity to share their work-in-progress and receive valuable feedback from European legal scholars and colleagues. We also invite early-career researchers to submit full papers and become nominated for our ESELS young scholar recognition.

Our call for submissions is open from 15 December 2024 to 15 February 2025. In this period registration is also possible for our two pre-conference training workshops, taking place on 18 June 2025 in the afternoon at the Toulouse Capitole University (more info follows). The Annual Conference officially opens on the evening of 18 June at the city hall with a historical address about the Toulouse Capitole University.

Toulouse

The city of Toulouse has an impressive historical heritage, a unique natural environment and a rich culture. It is often a fascinating destination for visitors! The city is lively with a vibrant student life and comfortable climate. Some of its highlights are the historical Place du Capitole, the Basilique Saint Sernin, the idyllic Garonne river, the Jardin des Plantes and the medieval Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse.

Accommodations

Below, we leave you a list of hotels located in the centre of the city of Toulouse, close to the Toulouse Capitole University :

– Premium hotels

**** SOCLO (≈ 310 euros/night ; 5 min walk from the conference) : https://www.soclo.fr/en/

**** Villa du Taur (≈ 180 euros/night ; 10 min walk from the conference) : https://www.villadutaur.com/fr/

**** Hotel de Brienne (≈ 140 euros/night ; 10 min walk from the conference) : https://www.hoteldebrienne.com/en/

– Middle range hotels

*** Appart’hotel Odalys Compans Caffarelli (≈ 75 euros/night ; 15 min walk from the conference) : https://www.odalys-vacances.com/location-ville/sud-ouest/toulouse/centre-compans-caffarelli.html

*** Hotel Une chambre en Ville (≈ 100 euros/night ; 15 min walk from the conference) : https://toulouse.unechambreenville.fr/ ** Hotel Gascogne (≈ 80 euros/night ; 20 min walk from the conference) : https://www.hotel-gascogne.com/fr/

** Résidence hotel Le Pastel François Verdier (≈ 70 euros/night ; 30 min walk from the conference or 20 min by public transportation) : https://hotel-lepastel-toulouse.com/fra/room_categories

** Hotel Arnaud-Bernard (≈ 60 euros/night ; 5 min walk from the conference) : https://www.hotel-arnaudbernard.com/

– Hostel

La petite auberge de Saint Sernin (≈ 30 euros/night ; 5 min walk) : https://lapetiteaubergedesaintsernin.com/en/hostel-toulouse/

Hostel Toulouse Wilson (≈ 30 euros/night ; 20 min walk): https://hostel-toulouse-wilson.com/en/

Eklo Toulouse (≈ 35 euros/night ; 30 min by public transport from the conference) : https://www.eklohotels.com/fr/toulouse